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OK, my list of questions about the Hardholder was a pretty superficial description in the sense that it didn't delve into the rest of...
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This to me is where the real differences lay. Not in how plausible things are, but in the objective of play. That sandboxes present...
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Well, it IS an interesting question! WHY any particular setting? WHY any particular decision as to what is there or how it would...
May 18, 2025
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I rolled some dice. I was simulating my own brain, and that's what came out. It is simulation, so it MUST mean something, right?
May 18, 2025
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I'm not so sure about that... I think there's a fairly significant element of deliberate and 'eyes open' kind of design in many...
May 18, 2025
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Why can’t you just say “In a living world sandbox, the setting is the priority, and that’s a good thing”?
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Dude. Did you seriously turn to "hit points" for an example of a simulationist model? Hit points? Solid joke. 9/10. You almost...
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At the table the kayfabe where we do not acknowledge the real world causes of why our characters are acting the way they are or why the...
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I didn’t think AW’s designs were particularly germaine to this specific BITD focused question/discussion so I simply said “other PBTAs...
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Sometimes people will be too scared to kill someone, sometimes they won't be. Hmm. If only there was some way to resolve such...
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Human beings are a murderous lot. Some fear murder, and often don't commit it. Others overcome their fears. A few have no fear at all...
May 18, 2025
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I've never heard of a GM running a model. And on its own, imagining isn't modelling. I mean, the Knights of the Iron Tower - the order...
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I think @thefutilist was pointing to how clocks are used in AW front/threat design (and I think DW is similar): as part of their binding...
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@zakael19 answered a lot of this already. Here's some small snippets from the book that point toward the general attitude. In order...
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I think this correction is suggesting a more derogatory use of murderhobo than I intend. As I understand it (thanks, Wikipedia!)...
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