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There is no "the GM's role in PbtA games". The role of the MC in Apocalypse World is pretty clear from the rulebook, and it involves...

Well, not really. In very gamist play, the idea of role assumption isn't a priority at all. Early D&D, for example, was strongly...

Understood. Your Prince Valiant game describes how I see my current game progressing or perhaps where I am intentionally nudging the...

No, a lot of it isn't disparaging at all Max, unless you find any analysis of game play disparaging to you. Basically what you are doing...

The terminology policing goes FAR beyond questions of offense.

I would just say that learning and practicing equanimity is a primary indicator of maturity. I think that is a part of what Lewis meant...

What's odd to me is that some people associate RPGs with kids games and spend hours screaming at the TV passively watching people...

Well, so can princesses! 😁 I think we agree in this area. I certainly wouldn't consider either term derogatory, at least not inherently...

“Critics who treat 'adult' as a term of approval, instead of as a merely descriptive term, cannot be adult themselves. To be concerned...

I'm with you. I used to play Magic the Gathering at a semi-competitive level (two GP day twos and one PT), and I still play at local...

I don't really see the connection between winning and feelings/enjoyment. When I play card or board games, I often lose. That doesn't...

Isn't 'cops and robbers' equally gender charged? Just because you are used to certain phraseology and terms doesn't make them neutral.

He doesn't agree that they are disparaging terms - for instance,: the term “princess play” is not intended to be disparaging. I do not...

I'm not sure that all do. For instance, some "cozy" RPGs seem to emphasise tea parties and the like. Some dungeon crawls, also, don't...

Maybe. I think part of the issue is that these kinds of debate push people towards more and more absolutist definitions of things, where...