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I think story, as it's used in this article, means a broad outline of the expected fictional content of gameplay, so the "story" of D&D...

The G in RPG stands for game. So I'm going to go with the functional constraints and mechanisms of gameplay as taking precedence to...

I'm willing to give STA a shot as an exception, but only because I love Star Trek. Same thing applies to supers games. Otherwise, sim...

For me I like both kinds of games, but have really enjoyed playing in narrative games, assuming they align with the genre. We already...

Agreed. For my part I don't want any rules that try to make that narrative experience happen. I'm fine with simulating a setting as best...

Absolutely. Indeed I think this was one of the really big tensions in game design for a long time. Many modern games are designed to try...

Have to hard disagree. Verisimilitude does not enhance all types of RPGs, so it cannot be the primary design goal for all RPGs. Take a...

I am not like the ordinary players but more like a collector but if I buy a sourcebook I want this to be a source of inspiration for my...

I think this is just a terminology issue I'm not understanding, not a problem with the article, but for the life of me I can't...

Fair enough. To each their own, but I generally take play too seriously to enjoy fourth wall breaking unless comedy is the point.

Trek has plenty of stuff in the narrative layer, no doubt. But not the examples you gave. Those are scientific, natural phenomenon...

I see what you're saying. I guess for me Lara Croftian plot armor is part of a genre like pulp, but I agree that generally speaking it's...

Yeah that might be a better characterization of the kind of character I tend to like than hero per se, although my current PC is more of...

Personally I prefer playing veteran characters rather than hormonally still unstable teenagers. But then even so, the "knows nothing...