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First of all, MANY GMs would say that you're halfway up the wall! Heck, 3e very certainly regulates the distance covered by a climbing...

I think we agree. I happen to think PbtA type games do a bit more than that, but certainly in a game like AW every player move has...

It's a lot more like American Football and rugby. Maybe even American Football and soccer.

No, not really, they're just different, but pretty analogous. Neither is better. Why the insecurity?

Eh, there's both more and less differences than you imagine. Playing AW is related to playing 5e as MLB is to high school baseball...

What exactly do you mean by 'correlates to more traditional games'. There are differences, and many similarities, which have been...

As someone who likes them both... Yes, but not in the way you probably mean the question. For example, both games can produce (what I...

Yeah, I always thought that D&D's leveling system is one of the best reasons it is so often used for long campaigns. It was certainly...

I don't think I understand this viewpoint, or at least I lack the perspective necessary to empathize with it. If I'm roleplaying an...

Just on this: a while ago I converted the T1 Moathouse to TB2e. I think it's fair to say that it doesn't get more classic dungeon than...

I do agree that rules will not resolve social issues and that a functional set of creative relationships should basically be assumed...

It's not about legislating good behavior. It's about establishing shared creative goals (that we all agree to take on). This is no...

Sure. But I am more thinking of the sort of structured exposition of aboutness and roles that something like Apocalypse World provides...

Someone just mentioned a 'steering wheel' and my natural reaction is "no steering at all!" That's where really interesting story...