Rulesets as artforms - writing a game never intended to be played?

[Anonymouswizard]

Golden Sky Stories called, and advises you that there are games that don't do that.

...yes. I own Chuubo's Marvelous Wish Granting Engine, and know that other successful cozy and/or no combat games exist. Although I'd argue that physical conflict can still theoretically be a big part of a cozy game, imagine one centered around School's martial arts club. I was specifically being unabsolute.

FWIW, the main reason I don't own GSS is because I'm really not a fan of the Little Bit Beasty look. I can also easily imagine a game of Ryuutama without using the combat system, it's setup is great for personal conflicts.