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I think tis makes sense when specifically talking about the dungeon exploration game. Every PC there is a professional tomb robber and...

Great question. This has never stopped OSR fans in the past and never will.

I'm working on an actual play right now sponsored by Green Ronin that uses their Adventure Game Engine, which has mechanics that pretty...

In some cases, people use "player skill" to mean "system mastery." Meaning people can become very skilled at knowing how the abilities...

I actually think the 2024 rules are a step backwards towards 3E-level granularity and away from 2014's move towards DM fiat. The 2024...

I think they really intended to step way back from that level of granularity in what tasks are and what the rolls apply to. That said, I...

This is a good example of how folks may view the game differently. On one hand you have actual first hand experience and are viewing the...

Lots of OSR-sphere GMs don't want character statistics to be used to resolve actions at all, ever. I've seen a number of people who...

One of the issues with this, particularly when using the old school rules, is that much of it is driven if not by GM whim, by pure...

I think it's all too common case of people mostly correctly identifying their feelings, but being atrociously bad at determining their...

One term that could be used to define a skilled player is Munchkin. Skilled at designing a character to get maximum benefit from the...

Depends on how you define player skill. I've never really cared for things like math puzzles for example. I am not my character and if...

Part of what is implied by "Skilled Play" is that the player choice can, when the player is clever/prepared/creative enough in their...

Sure, as long as the puzzle challenge for the player and not the character remains at the fore front. Often times, its no longer the...

Yes, ive mentioned that the inference of not skill play focus isnt no skill involvement at all. Its just not the sole focus of the...