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Whereas I feel the GM should be allowing the players to make whatever decisions they want, interesting or otherwise, that are within the...

The difference to me is that in traditional games focusing on character motivations is a choice made during play. With Narrativist games...

An observation on this: in many campaigns, regardless of play style, the issue isn’t whether the players win, but how they win...

You think wrong. Things going badly for the characters is what makes things interesting for the players. Winning all the time? That’s...

That's kind of what I meant in my post to Micah about what "failure" means. Sometimes it doesn't mean much; sometimes it eats some...

Exactly. I don't base any reaction, any result of character actions on narrative reasons for moving the story forward. I base them on...

An argument for play you find boring, is what I'm sure you intended :p

You said, "give it a try" and "you're conservative". Are we supposed to believe that those statements have nothing to do with each other?

He is limiting retries in a logical, verisimilitudinous way. That makes a difference to some of us. It's not just about results.

You may not plan stories in advance, but the impression I get strongly suggests to me that a major goal of play is to create dramatic...

I'm saying that games that do what you want are not objectively superior to games that do what I want. You just like them more.

So we're back to, "I just don't like to play that way". If people could just say that without implying that there way is better in a...

So, just like in my Living World sandbox campaigns, where I determine or roll for how the world is in motion. Eventually, the players...

Anyone who suggests that a GM's job is to facilitate the fun of others above all other concerns, and it's a problem if they need more...

He’s referring to the consequences of failure, as in, “Nothing happens when you fail to pick the lock,” not “We’re just standing around...