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Yeah, the problem with Ezekiel's argument is that he's assuming there's no price for supporting the player's investment in important...

I think the combination of group size constraints and people not always being thrilled with being under strict authority don't help here...

I have to agree. There's no ironclad reason social skills can't work on PCs. Just common (but not universal) custom.

There's Mutant City Blues from Pelegrane Press/Gumshoe, but I'm not sure how much their super-powered police officers behave like police.

There is a shocking lack of police procedural games in roleplaying given how popular mysteries are as adventures.

Into The Odd, Mork Borg or Apocalypse World. CBR + PNK looks like it might get up there.

People also choose to go along with the pressure to do otherwise at least as often. That's what the dice are for.

Seems a little reductive. It's not like the GM is seizing control of the PCs left and right in any of these games.

So I think Cypher does this = And in a way that the Players always get to act, so no GM rolling vs GM garbage. Example = Cypher has 3...

Wanting sole authorship of the character you play's inner world, emotions and the like is fine preference to have. So is a shared...

Here you go. One thing I think is helpful is to just treat the heading like the name of the thing. What it says underneath each heading...

Yes. Standards for players have always been front and center for Narrativist play. Stylistically it only works with players and GMs are...

This is one of those areas where we need to be mindful of the not pulling isolated text out of the context of the game. Apocalypse World...

Other than gaining some biographical information that you’re willing to cut away a broad swathe of games and play techniques to fulfill...

A PC was negotiating with NPCs in Sigil. One of the NPCs used Detect Thoughts which allows one to pick up surface thoughts for free...