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I liked them too. When we were introduced to them, I thought, huh, these seem like authentic, non - Hollywood folk. "Real parents."

I liked that. They were rural folksy people with good hearts. Today’s politics has us all thinking rural people are hopelessly lost in...

In the US, it's blackletter law (that is, explicit in the text of the law) that the rules of a game cannot be copyright protected. It is...

As a creator myself, I like “steal” for much the reasons I like “elfgames”: it encourages a good perspective about the innately...

I mean, honestly, this seems an odd argument. If you consider deriving your mechanics and concepts from other games immoral, that...

I used steal because game designers use the word a lot but feel @chuckdee made a good point. It could be misread. But yes, designers...

Yes, I agree. Steal isn't the best word choice! I should have said learn or inspire.

Yes, though we use steal in common parlance, I like 'learn' better. Steal has an ugly connotation taken out of context.

Yes, there's a lot of morphing and evolution and sometimes going back, but more cleaned up or more modern mechanics.

I put steal in quotes for a reason, as it's not literally stealing games. Designers, of course, learn from each other. For example: 1...

I remember Robin Laws saying that when he originally wrote Feng Shui, it was considered rules light. When he started tinkering with the...

Late 90s games are very different from now. A tip: The vast majority of game designers run and read a wide variety of games. The more...

I appreciate you clearing up your stance, popcorn init is a good compromise if a group is having trouble with raw DH initiative playing...

When a PC succeeds with Hope, I tend to ask if they want to follow-up or pass the spotlight. Once in a while they follow the fiction and...

Huh? I'm not sure how writing down more stuff makes the character feel less like a piece of (or a bundle of) paper. The rules for...