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I ran a long campaign for my face to face group. It was a great campaign with a lot of surprises and interesting things that happened...

Yup. TV source material that inspired the game usually goes this route. Characters come and go, sometimes even the main characters...

Can you elaborate a bit more on this? I think that the "no hard failure" idea sometimes gets mixed up with some other things: * Not...

This relates to some of what I posted in the other thread: what determines if there is a risk? Eg in a social situation, what creates a...

I GMed a session of Mythic Bastionland this afternoon, with my regular group. I introduced it to them as a game of weird questing...

I mean, the short answer is---to channel the appropriate Star Wars motif---"This isn't the game you're looking for. Move along." If...

I'm not interested in a debate about this with you, Umbran. The thread will develop as it does, and readers can judge for themselves the...

My point was more that @Lanefan 's post is an example of "What about-ism" or shifting the focus of the conversation away from the OP's...

It's possible in Blades in the Dark, but it's not usually a starting Playbook.

100% this. I am honestly shocked when I see this characterization from someone online. I know everyone is different, but compared to...

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I wasn't aware we were limiting discussion here on EN World, a niche website frequented by a minority of players of this already-niche...

Sure, I agree the emphasis in both passages is on technique and mindset (one might say principles and agenda) over mechanics. The more...

Just to be sure (tho I think I understand your position well from many previous conversations): what you're saying is that Baker...

I think that how the player invests themselves in their character is pretty different. It's a much more active process than the...