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The hobby itself isn't, but different genres have their tropes that are, and yet the fiction can be compelling in various ways despite...

Exactly, it's all silly. We have to decide what silly we're willing to allow in our games. Things like assassins are key parts of some...

I thought we were talking about ttrpgs and this spilled over into RL :rolleyes: Rather than go down the rabbit hole, I'll agree to...

I seem to recall way upthread that you played/ran Rolemaster. I played and ran that quite a bit back in the day and I'm not sure there's...

I'm not sure where you got the idea I was suggesting that enemies should operate in a non-logical fashion. That's totally not what I was...

The fact that the Japanese fought so tenaciously absolutely did have an impact, even if they lost: For example, Allied tactics had to...

That's certainly true but it's not necessary to assassinate national leaders to make assassination effective even in interstate warfare...

I listened to the audiobook of "The Monsters Know" in a cross-country drive last year. I'd already stated using a good bit of that on my...

Yeah I'm with you. Modern times feature plenty of assassinations. The Russians certainly tried to assassinate or capture Zelenskyy in a...

There's a sweet spot I think. I wasn't arguing for a rule-less game, but I tend to find in much more rules-heavy systems that players...

I thought we were focused on Fantasy, at least primarily. But, I'd add that assassins have had more than their fair share of duty in...

This is why "The Monsters Know What They're Doing" is so popular: The Monsters Know What They’re Doing Differentiating battle tactics...

Oh I have no issue with a war, and I am totally with you regarding having solid logic. I was talking about the actual running of it...

Wars can be won early and often with the proper deployment of assassins. When the opposing army's leadership have been eliminated, its...

Tactics are a good way to differentiate otherwise similar monsters. I haven't looked at the 2024 orc compared to the 2014 one, but orcs...