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But it would give you the opportunity to yell out "Guys, this is all Greek to me!", which is generally not a chance afforded to someone...

Eh, I agree with @pemerton here, 2, socially conformant game-facilitating play is extremely prevalent. Many of the old classic pitfalls...

I would say it's not my place to bring toys, the players do that! I might bring a couple of my own too, but my job is to fill in the...

Yes. I've spoken a great deal in this and other threads about procedures of play. Generally I have been trying to steer the discussion...

You'd think someone would have told Michael Bay that by now

I'm not sure where the word "allow" comes from. I didn't say anything about anyone granting anyone permission. Nor did I say that you...

I agree that the experience is the more important bit. For me, and I suspect to some degree for you, to get the experience I want I have...

There is no need to apologise! But what prompted my response to your earlier post was that you framed it as "to me, a game that's all...

None of us are telling the players what their characters should be doing. But, if we're playing BitD and the players have decided their...

I understand what you're getting at, and it absolutely makes sense that handling the game that way gives you a feeling of...

The short answer is no. The slightly longer answer is that, if your character has revenge as a goal, then the GM will be framing scenes...

What @hawkeyefan said. "Exciting" is a useful shorthand for "interesting, exciting, emotionally resonant, etc".' @zakael19 got at...

Agreed. Often, I find high detail does make it easier to believe the thing is grounded. But sometimes, high detail becomes distracting...

Well, I think my only response to this is annecdote. Our 1KA game had 3 PCs. Mine had a goal of opposing the dominance of Odu over the...

I'm glad I stopped to read this, rather than focusing on the original reply, as it almost certainly would have resulted in me kicking a...