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But when the challenge of the game isn't puzzles, traps, and survival sim problems, it is inappropriate to say that the game doesn't...

It's not about the skills in particular, its the focus of the challenge of the game. In this case, focusing on challenging the player...

I think a major issue we face when discussing "skilled play" is simple: skill at what, exactly? It won't be the same from game to game...

Would you say your intent was more "putting certain kinds of traps into a random cave is blatantly unrealistic, and thus not something a...

I think all the 'OSR maxims' at this point have been taken and used out of their original context so long that they've become...

Love a few of your points here, including the excerpts above. Definitely agree, too, about tournaments and funnels (although in my case...

I see your point. I definitely bristle when players attempt to invoke rather than describe their actions, and push back as a GM when I...

Good point. I edited the title.

Perhaps. I personally think it is a good and healthy recognition that what is often passed off as "skilled play" is actually itself...

Based on what was discussed in the previous thread.... I am apparently a diehard new-school fan (4e, 13A, and DW are among my favorite...

Spinning this out of the 6E thread because, well it isn't about 6E. Anyway -- much is often made of "player skill" and "OSR" and how...

TBH, I can’t think of a RPG genre that’s an intrinsic turn-off. That said, I haven’t played every genre out there- the above-mentioned...

I've been running Cypher System since Numenera came out. I can count on one hand the number of times players have spent XP on anything...

To be fair, that's kinda how Monte Cook Games markets the game. But yeah - its "narrative" in the sense of traditional games; the GM...

Thank you for agreeing with me. Just in case I need to explain my joke: I have defined similarity in terms from PbtA using moves. My...