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Here’s the types I think we’ve covered so far: Map-and-key Draw a map, fill it with content. Where the players go, there is where the...

Yeah, and you mentioned that complexity is essentially a matter of determining the overall weight of the events contained within the...

It's a decision about "weight", about the degree of focus/attention to be given, in play, to this particular matter. Which is no more...

One other thing I would add on 4e SCs. There are 5 complexity levels, each requiring more successes. Yes CL5 is harder than CL1, but let...

I think they did. Implicitly if not explicitly in the OP. Alright so it seems like the "best interests" that Permerton is talking...

But that 'someone' can only be the GM. Yes, at first glance SCs, used in a freeform fashion, are fairly favorable to player-side...

Skill challenges are better understood as a shared fiction generation exercise that allows for player contributions to be digested...

It is a measure of difficulty. The wider the gap between needed success and failures, the more likely failure is. Another factor is...

I don't think the two must be mutually exclusive, but they will have to share. As the race happens at the pyramid, if the map dictates a...

There is no "shorter path". The idea of a skill challenge is to establish a degree of "weight" to the attempt to achieve some overall...

This is a good question. So this assumes that the GM baked a path into the SC, like the graphs mentioned elsewhere. This is certainly...

A key element of rogue-likes is that they are intended for multiple plays. The player makes 'runs' from which they iterate better, more...

I like your description. What I found is that it leads to a lot of distribution of authority over the salience, and shape, of the...

But, it isn't necessarily specifically related to a map. The players need to succeed at 6 actions that would plausibly aid them in...

Here is the relevant rules text, from p 6 of In A Wicked Age (I've elided some stuff that deals with particular mechanics and examples)...