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Considering that literally every "modern" game I've seen come out this year has been explicit about the separation between PC and NPC...

I don't really view Fabula Ultima as neotrad in the slightest. It's pretty much just a straight up modern Narrativist design. Its rules...

I am beginning to think the mistake might have been trying to return to professional freelance for gaming. I don't need the money, and...

I think it’s the second-best balanced edition of D&D. Not a high bar, but it’s something.

Now to me this is a good illustration of why neither extreme is good. The "pure prepper" would have prepared these tests entirely in...

Yeah. In fact, I think that Ema has the opposite approach of a JRPG programmer. A lot of their play principles are coming from the...

Then why are you getting involved in a side discussion about the finer points of Apocalypse World?

You also have some like really interesting random tables driving play in the most recent NSR games (I'm thinking like Electric/Mythic...

Reaction tables aren't (in my view) about reducing GM workload in generating content. They're an action resolution tool (if the players...

Oh, I dont think that's it at all. Ema had a very specific vision of how they wanted the arcs of play and relationship between GM and...

Aldarc Reads Fabula Ultima (again) This is a plus thread for Fabula Ultima, and a big PLUS for me of this game is the core rulebook...

FU is as opinionated and directive towards the GM as games like AW and BITD, if less deliberately provocative in word choice then the...

Thanks. I apologize if I am unable to give proper dedication to your post as you give here to mine, but it's late and I am somewhat...

We'll have to agree to disagree. Anyone else interested who is reading this can check the primary sources for themselves.

It is very true that current trends in design have historical antecedents. What makes it a trend is its pervasiveness. Many of things...