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Yup, same. I think that prioritizing dramatic and cinematic emphasis will be the criteria for t-ing up a GM action and pivoting, but I...

When we play tested Daggerheart the GM managed the spotlight just like he does running Powered by the Apocalypse games and we had no...

I just don't see how you can see the "Sharing the Spotlight" section and "Engage Quiet Players" and think it doesn't apply to all scenes...

THERE'S NO INITIATIVE. All play is play. Spotlighting an adversary happens in Combat, or in Social scenes, or in Exploration, etc. The...

So, I think the core of the issue for me is what is rewarded most (and expected most at the table) - exploring the fiction, basically...

Verisimilitude and feeling real are not what exploration-oriented play does better. Puzzle solving and digging into details are what it...

Gotcha, that makes sense from your perspective. Since I don't play games to imitate the banality of life, but instead take advantage of...

I'm open up front when we start a game that if a scene seems to be going in circles or there's nothing at stake, I'm going to straight...

I already addressed this in this Prior Post. I think there’s a significant difference at play. As you’ve described it, what your...

Huh? You can also Spotlight an Adversary or Reveal an Unexpected Danger or Capture Someone to make a move against a player who's...

Daggerheart doesn't agree, although again it's designed to collapse gracefully to more "conventional" TTRPG play. This is a game that...

I believe that you're familiar with HLA Hart's discussion of "scorer's discretion". The point of which is that, in the context of...

I think our steading was ultimately safer than it would have been without Yorath and Vahid, but it wasn't necessarily better positioned...

A major goal of play is to have interesting, emotionally resonant things happen frequently. Without it being known in advance what that...

I do find what Lancer with its narrative expansion & ICON are doing fascinating attempts at having your cake and eating it too here...