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MWithout the G, what would we be doing? I think that's what comes to my mind on this topic.
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MIt’s only too much when it doesn’t support what one wants play to be about. It’s possible to ignore those extra elements, but I like it...
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MI want a RPG to be game, in the sense that the participants can do thing - make "moves" - that change the circumstances of play for...
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MManbearcat replied to the thread What makes an TTRPG a "Narrative Game" (Daggerheart Discussion).Are you using mechanics and system interchangeably here? If so, there is the problem. System includes ethos & principles (which...
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MManbearcat reacted to AbdulAlhazred's post in the thread What makes an TTRPG a "Narrative Game" (Daggerheart Discussion) with
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And here's where I think things can be discussed. The later, a situation in which there's one simple obvious morally correct answer... -
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"Valid" is not the write word. GNS is a descriptive analysis, not a normative one. Edwards' view is that the goal of "getting the...
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MManbearcat reacted to pemerton's post in the thread What makes an TTRPG a "Narrative Game" (Daggerheart Discussion) with Like.
I don't know how you are using "gamist" here. Not in Edwards's sense - perhaps in some bespoke sense of your own? I also don't know why...
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MManbearcat reacted to AbdulAlhazred's post in the thread What makes an TTRPG a "Narrative Game" (Daggerheart Discussion) with Like.
Right, but also moving a lot of discretion about how to apply the rules into the system, both in terms of combat but also by using SC...
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MManbearcat reacted to Autumnal's post in the thread What makes an TTRPG a "Narrative Game" (Daggerheart Discussion) with Like.
At first when I read that 4e has significant assets for narrativist play, I went: o_O Then I went: :unsure: And now I go: (y)
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Hi. Im running 4e, 5e, and playing 4e story now as we speak (in metaphorical terms, not literally concurrently to be clear). 4e...
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It seems like there are two factors at work. 1. Who has the authority to narrate the next segment of forum discussion evolution, and...
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MManbearcat replied to the thread What makes an TTRPG a "Narrative Game" (Daggerheart Discussion).That's cool and good for you (sincere). But that isn't how things have gone down here on ENW. IMO, its one of the more weird (yet...
