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What happens in that fictional space of the game must originate from the players of the game. If you reject that then nothing can ever...

You are the only I've seen that adds the bolded. Diegetic: existing or occurring within the world of a narrative rather than as...

What is it that I don't understand? All the actions and reactions happen in the fictional world without outside metagame influence...

For the 777,777th time, there is nothing wrong with playing other ways. Everyone here has repeatedly said that.

From the dictionary- Diegetic: existing or occurring within the world of a narrative rather than as something external to that world...

You have a rune reading skill, then perhaps difficulty of the runes. Then from these you draw the odds of runes being good or bad. These...

Yeah, I wouldn't call that simulation. By that metric almost anything can be simulation. Nor would I link immersion and simulation in...

If I don't get any player buy-in then clearly I've got it wrong somehow and have to start over. If, however, I get keen buy-in from...

Let me tell you a story... Once upon a time, my father was a science fiction writer. He won some awards, even. That was long ago...

IMO, yes, you are overreacting. And this repeated, "the water is getting warmer" is mildly insulting. Those of us who disagree with...

Don't sell yourself short, man. I think you deserve a Death Knight bard, only the best for you!

It may be widely assumed, it is not universal. If I'm thinking of joining someone's game one of the first things I'm going to ask is...

You can assume all you want, I see no reason to assume anyone else agrees with you.

But it's not making stuff up out of thin air, which is what you claimed. And you know what? You can figure out why you missed or fell...