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You gave the example of not being allowed to play a Tiefling as a DM demanding absolute power and once have again gone on for pages...

It’s clear D&D has some aspects of simulation. It’s clear some other games have more robust simulation at least in some areas. It’s...

Would you like us to point out the every time you use openly disparaging, mocking terms for other DM's preferences in this one post...

Imagine you feel like running Dungeon World. You ask your friend if they are interested to play. Your friend say they do not feel like...

I'm envisioning that someone (maybe GM, maybe someone else, maybe multiple people) propose a game, which may come with a world attached...

Really? In that case maybe this because noone has been aware of ultra fixed settings with everything being nailed down to extreme detail...

Star Trek gave an explanation. A Warp drive ;)

Edit: Me too... so? No. The point argued is that both are simulations :) Edit: The contested question is if these pieces of...

Interestingly, I can't stand the isekai vibe as a player. I don't like it because it doesn't feel grounded, it doesn't feel like a...

"Sorry Dave, you've put a lot of work into this setting but it's not what I'm feeling right now. I'll catch you for the next campaign"

Do you know what your definition lacks? Anything saying that a person with unconditional power can't choose to listen to someone else...

I don't think curation of options is particularly related to broader playstyle questions. I personally tend to favor curating the list...

This thread led me to their “Play D&D in a Castle” retreats and now I am pitching my spouse on a trip to England.

I think a writing course spread out over weeks would be far more valuable to me. Not just better retention but also time for the ideas...

Well, if a GM just says "oh there are trees and whatever you players want to make up on a whim" it won't even be a setting, much less of...