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Past performance doesn't always shackle future achievement. More experience, more time, more budget... game studios can definitely outdo...

Its coming across as a combination of arrogance (to the point if being deluded), system/edition warring, and onetruewayism. I dont...

For me, it tends to come across as very strongly implying that a metric crapton of experience in one area (say, D&D) doesn't count for...

Right. People are talking about broad learning being good, and it is. It does help you be better. So does narrow focus, though...

I've never said you can't learn things from other games. Learning those things is not limited to playing other games and doing so does...

If I want to play checkers I'm not going to pull out the backgammon board. If I and my players wanted to play a game with a lot of...

You have perfectly valid experiences and you learned from other games. Good for you. There's just not anything unique that can only be...

It sounds like you learned things from these games, that's great. All I'm saying is that those games are not required to learn any of...

I never once said nor have I implied that people cannot get ideas from other games. I personally don't have the bandwidth, opportunity...

I'll take a shot at it... Managing Game Designer: a bog standard game designer with some additional management duties Game Design...

If you want to run a Cthulhu game because the game itself looks fun obviously you should go for it. While I'm glad it works for you if...

Did someone mention Scooby-Doo. I was thinking this would be cool and someone had already made it. There are no original thoughts.

I mean, if they are going to ask you about things they haven't released, this is very standard.....for every industry on the planet.