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There is no need to apologise! But what prompted my response to your earlier post was that you framed it as "to me, a game that's all...

What @hawkeyefan said. "Exciting" is a useful shorthand for "interesting, exciting, emotionally resonant, etc".' @zakael19 got at...

The short answer is no. The slightly longer answer is that, if your character has revenge as a goal, then the GM will be framing scenes...

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I tend to push pace in places that it doesn’t hurt, such as downtime shopping and combat. If it’s routine and mechanics heavy, I’m gonna...

They still banging on this empty promise?

I just want to briefly explain my response to @hawkeyefan earlier. I’ve noticed a recurring pattern where posts—maybe...

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...