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That is 100% wrong. Like, not even close to right.

This does to me seem to suggest that a game would only be simulationist when it takes the time to model a specific process like combat...

Well, D&D 2024 tells the DM that they should ensure changes are fun for the table and discussed with the players. So you know, that’s a...

Option 1 - GM: "I haven't figured this out yet. I'll get back to you." Option 2 - GM: "How do you think it should work?"

Well it's definitely an odd statement, as is the whole argument about what kind of king or dictator a GM is. :whistle:

This reminds me of how I explain the role of IGOs in Global Governance to students. It's like a group of people of equal status...

Even here, tensions can easily emerge. Part of what makes fencing what it is, is the nature of the human body. And also the nature of...

That is very much untrue. The reason you show your work on a math exam is because the answer is largely irrelevant. The point of the...

As far as I can tell, what's at stake is telling people who don't enjoy GM-driven RPGing (whether as players or GMs) that they have...

And for someone who is reasonably well trained in the scholarly study and analysis of human cultures, this often produces utterly...

I’m not sure how rare bad GMs are. I’m far more concerned about bad GMing, as in instances of it, which I think are incredibly common. I...

I think you are overly focusing on the example I gave here. My point is that you don't need to give the GM power to overrule the rules...

Ok I'll stay out of it then as I think there's so many things in there that don't necessarily follow from each other that the whole...

What is actually at stake here in the argument about how rare bad GMs are meant to be? Now, as in many times in this thread, camps seem...

No don't be silly. The guy is calling his players idiots. "Other than that, Mrs Lincoln, how was the play?".