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I can't help it if you don't like my opinions on what I prefer for gaming. But I don't do it to purposely annoy people.

but 'wanting' or 'hoping' and the dice roll isn't the important part of the action resolution of what makes them different from each...

The difference is that with a railroad, I still get to play my character within the confines of the train. I can burn one train car...

I don't think going out of your way to annoy people on purpose is a good thing

That seems like a rather large detail? We even send people to jail or not based on that distinction. Sorry, but the way you show a...

Other than that not being a railroad, sure ;)

I wouldn’t even call that a railroad if that’s what the players agreed to. At a minimum character backstory is authoring that players...

I agree with "too specific and not specific enough" as a general criticism of process-simulation. That's one reason I suggest...

There's a difference between railroad and linear to me. To me a railroad means the GM overrides everything, no choice ever matters and...

Sure, it would be great if we never had bad GMs. Text in a book will never be a panacea.

No, I meant I like the way D&D works. I, and others, have stated a preference. You want something else? Play something else. I like A...

By "resistance" you mean expressing preferences? Because I see a lot of D&D leads to railroading, DMs demanding absolute authority...

Then the issue fixed itself. Which is typically what happens. There's a bunch of other text I could quote, about how the DM pitches...

If altering the meaning of the runes works for you, go for it. I don't want to play that game for multiple reasons. But they are not in...