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The player decisions are always meta to some degree. TTRPGS are not perfect simulations, so at some point the player is going to look to...

That's why my PC carries around a meat-meter, to measure my depth of meat remaining. My plan is to have my PC's artificer friend...

When a D&D player looks at their PC's hp, sees that they are getting low, and so has their PC drink a potion of healing, that's pretty...

Burning Wheel is pretty clear on what a GM can do to dice pools by spending Fate or Persona for a NPC. Marvel Heroic RP is pretty clear...

I played 3.5e throughout its run. Near the end, the game started to wear me out. It was mostly higher levels of play that killed my...

I recall the Dragon Magazine articles counting down to 3rd edition. I remember thinking that they are ruining the game and this will be...

It's about a very specific approach to what 'setting' means. The idea is that the rules should focus solely on play within the setting...

It’s just that constraint can help focus things and shape creativity. If someone says “tell a story”, that’s a pretty broad request. If...

Yeah, I haven't believed in open-ended GM interventionism for many years now.

I think you will find that many people, and games, do not take that position. Also in some cases (like Daggerheart) the GM-side...

Depending on the context, no. In the computer game world (which is much larger and has many more players), a roleplaying game is one...

Well. All acronyms are unnecessary. Some are almost pointless, like the ones that require the same number of syllables to speak as the...

To be even more blunt, I would recommend Robert O. Paxton's "The Anatomy of Fascism" as an informative and explanatory read.

Yeah, I've GMed it quite a bit - of MHRP and also my various fantasy hacks. I like spending 2d12 from the Doom Pool and making the...