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Maybe not "wrong", per se. But maybe needed some practice? It is a skill like every other player skill - it takes some time to master...

Yeah, its interesting that I'd probably prefer a game with more emphasis on fixed beats like you see in a Firebrands Framework game...

Yeah, essentially. I don't want it to sound like the problem was specifically giving up control of outcome narration, but rather the way...

I found FitD (via Scum and Villainy) to feel a little too much like a "writer's room" -- that is, when playing we (as a group) were...

I was somewhat inspired also by overgeekeds post in what are you reading about kishōtenketsu story structure, and recognizing i quite...

From a long-term campaign standpoint, the funnel is also more likely to spit out a weird mismatched party than one that will do well...

Some folks in this thread should read Meander, Spiral, Explode: Design and Pattern in Narrative by Jane Allison. It’s all about ways of...

While I may agree with not getting that outcome naturally, I don't think that is only definition of story, and that you can have stories...

If a player comes to me, and says, "Look, I've got this nemesis, and I think it would be really cool if we have a confrontation and...

To expand on this: someone (I think it was Ron Edwards) once said that an RPG needs to have some things that are fixed, and some things...

Great questions! I think we spin waaaaay to much over the distinctions here, like between, "...is a story," and, "...is a story...

I’d say there’s a couple different aspects here (and this is a yes, and). Presenting an invading army that will overwhelm the defenses...

I definitely agree that RPGs shine on those open-ended challenges where players can find solutions that surprise me. I won't get into...

Something I want to add: long stories are both granular and fractal. Just like a chapter in a novel might be a story in and of itself...