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That's not at all what I'm saying. I'm only saying that there's a point where liking something, even liking it a lot, shifts into...

I tend to think it's harmful to the subject and object. It can create some really perverse incentives for both sides of the relationship.

Let me ask you... do you think it's more about how you don't want to analyze and breakdown play in this way? Whereas I am comfortable...

Did I say it was? @Paul Farquhar plays D&D and as far as I know it, that's it. He doesn't bring up other games, and every comment he...

I never said that a dungeon crawl and a sandbox are the same. No, I'm talking about the game that people play at the table. Not the...

Yes, this is all accurate. I don't think that it generally delivers what is promised. I do think there is more freedom for the players...

But then inviting people over to play some dungeon-crawling D&D isn't about forcing anyone to do anything. So is not railroading even by...

You're still not getting it; they think they're trying to run a good game. In some cases they just aren't paying attention, in others...

I’m not talking about whatever you’re doing, I’m talking about the specific treasure hunting / dungeon exploration play you were taking...

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This is like saying that your D&D game is a railroad because it doesn't support Napoleonic miniatures play. Or because it doesn't allow...

I can see your concern. It might come off like me talking about majestic wilder lands and someone making a post that PbtA is just like...

@Bedrockgames The reason I usually object to you bringing up Hillfolk all the time is because it is usually in the context of us...

Honestly, I have to fall back on what @hawkeyefan says. I've played a lot of what I would call 'trad' play nowadays, along with various...

Yes, agreed, and I've posted the same. Right. In the context of a discourse that often seems to treat 1984 or thereabouts as a normative...