I'm sorry. I misspoke in my glib. It is less a "debate" and more like a "Big Ole Can-o-Worms" that has involved many of the same people in this thread. Here is probably the most famous 250+ page leviathan: What is *Worldbuilding* For? Be careful. It gets ugly in there and diverges often from the central thread points.
Despite how heated many of these threads get, I have increasingly found myself drawn to many such threads in General Roleplaying Games. Because a lot of the insight on game design, game theory, and play approaches provided by you, [MENTION=42582]pemerton[/MENTION], [MENTION=22779]Hussar[/MENTION], [MENTION=23751]Maxperson[/MENTION], [MENTION=29398]Lanefan[/MENTION], [MENTION=6696971]Manbearcat[/MENTION], [MENTION=48965]Imaro[/MENTION], [MENTION=85555]Bedrockgames[/MENTION], [MENTION=996]Tony Vargas[/MENTION], among many others unlisted, has been incredibly engaging for me, as it I can apply those insights and approaches to games outside of D&D.Oh, come now, it was a triumph of expostulation...
As you know, I'm hardly one to blow my own trumpet! Still, I've overcome my modesty to point out that (at the time of posting) that thread is number 6 on the list of hottest threads by XP. (And completeness obliges me to observe that numbers 3 and 12 are also threads that I started.)Oh, come now, it was a triumph of expostulation...
I like that they’re all divisible by 3, but you’re missing 9.
Ditto here, though my applications would be more to the games I run and play in.
In other words, you're a good firestarter...pemerton said:
