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I would think that wanting PvP to happen is the more uncommon preference, in that probably one of the most common table agreements is no...

I don't think I denied such a scene was gameable, or that it couldn't exist in an RPG framework. What I argued is a good deal more...

Aspects are actually one of my favorite things about it. Also the discussion of Fronts and how to organize and plan for long term play...

I'm pretty sure that's Shadowdark at the mo.

FATE is my favorite whipping boy when I want to talk about badly designed systems that fail to achieve their declared objective. It...

The latest 'cool thing' is games that you can play solo, which I think very much fits with the antithesis of the sort of preferences...

I do think it is the current "hotness", the thing all the "cool kids" and all the designers admire the most at the moment. It is hard...

The topic is why we have separate systems for social, exploration, combat, and other pillars of play, and why also we prefer (or do not...

It's hard. Don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good. I frequently find myself sympathizing with B.A. from "Knights of the Dinner...

No, it's not. It's some objective observations combined with one actual preference. And the fact that it is in fact not just a pile of...

This is the received wisdom of modern gaming that I've been listening to now for like 25 years. And all the attempts to actually act on...

I recently got to play a game of Top Secret: New World Order with one of the creators, Jayson Elliott. We were just finishing up a...

I like them. Cramming all the different rules into a single unified system often just ignores that the things being simulated are...

Clear the bridge with flamethrower.

I don't know. Since GURPS is intended to be a pick your own toolbox sort of game, the most you could say is that you were playing with...