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Sounds right. Whereas in BW I would expect that the failure would be on the original attempt to pick the lock, and the intent of getting...

I think we can take it that the cook screaming is a hard move. So let's reason back - what player-side move failed, such that the cook...

That's fair. I am much more used to Dungeon World and similar PbtAs where intent is not as explicitly separated from tasks (sometimes...

You can see more of my thoughts in the post just above. "Fail forward" is primarily the idea that nothing happens is not a permissible...

I'm simply responding to a description of a problem someone had with a certain situation and pointing out that the problem is with the...

So there are a few ways to look at this. First, have all those factors actually been set already? The weather and the location of...

Less fiction, more clarity! 😉 Hmmm, it's hard to analyze that in a general sense, but say looking at a version of the lock picking...

I choose not to argue with @pemerton about his example. I can see the argument against the things he mentioned there being fail forward...

A desire to understand the greater world around us? Knowledge for its own sake? I mean, I know all 50 US state capitals despite the...

This has nothing particular to do with the game or its rules but with fiction. Essentially Harper's arguing for an equivalent of...

I look at it this way. Saying "this technique works if you use Assumption A. This same technique fails if you Assumption B." is...

DW has Discern Realities, which surely any competent player is likely to trigger. They're going to ask at least one question, and it's...

It is illustrating fail forward. Failed attempt at kidnap => word on the street of a knife-wielding assailant. Failed Sing to try and...

I don't know, you tell me? The games that I play have momentum, events in motion, trajectories of threat and promise. I've posted many...

Are you an expert on satellite imaging? Or do you rely on authorities to assure you that Google street view is an accurate representation?