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Yeah, an SC is an encounter worth of play, complexity 5 might need 14 rolls to resolve. Even at 5 minutes each it's an hour of play. So...

Just from conversing with them over the years, I know @pemerton and @Manbearcat are often in agreement but also have different styles of...

I simply don't see that as a problem. I see that as good design. I find the game more interesting when my role is to depict the...

Oh yes we are! (Granting I'm not sure who you are referring to). Soft pedalling failure and coddling players is just crappy play! You...

I have no problem with @EzekielRaiden example either. Such examples could be great play or not based on other aspects, but in general I...

I think there is no game text that is going to both present a generalized RPG, as most of us would recognize it, and not be open to some...

Yeah, there are games, like 4e D&D, where everyone being equally effective in combat is kind of important. OTOH outside of that sort of...

And for the last time, many of us have said that this was a bad example. Why do you keep bringing it up like it's the end-all and be-all...

I don't think there's a version of FF that demands no failures. The example you were responding to seems to me to be pretty solid...

Yeah, all I'm saying here is that your envelope as Little Lord Fontleroy is a bit different shape than that of Sam the Gardner, but they...

I've neither read nor played Monsterhearts myself. I think this is a bit of a genre trope though. You are playing teenagers and dealing...

No I don't. We've all been posting here and discussing each other's ideas for a LONG time! You've been posting for 5 years now...

I don't know what you mean by "rising conflict" or "rising action". I don't see a long discussion of how many pitons the PCs have, how...

Heaven forbid that the fiction in a RPG be affected by (i) the actions the players declare for their PCs, and (ii) their success or...

I just note how you don't distinguish the interests of the player and the character here. Sure, it's probably advantageous from the...