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If whether you are willing to make an accommodation for the player is not dependant on who the player is and the nature of your...

The issue here is what D&D is supposed to be simulating. (Also I don't understand the Sim-meter comment - all games have secondary...

People have enough in common that we can meaningfully talk about system tendencies.

To be fair I've been reading a lot of the defences of the traditional GM role in this thread and thinking the whole time "you are...

Eh. It might be subjective but it's not arbritrary. People generally have commonalities in their experiences.

And some of us never think or worry about immersion at all.

I'm having trouble understanding the arguments here because they seem so tied to what imagined subjects of play the group have chosen to...

I don't think I really agree with Hussar's strict criterion in theory but I think he is onto something in practice. It is very hard to...

Here's an explanation.

A good rule of thumb for writing SF is that you are allowed one "gimme" IOW, the writer is allowed to break science without having to...

Not 4 years from your point of view ;)

It's not a problem as such - more like a structural constraint of the medium. I'm reminded of Greek Tragedy where the audience would...

Right. I posted something very similar not too far upthread, I think in reply to @clearstream. And the Decanter of Endless Water...

Isn't the bigger issue with FTL settings that even if you have something like an Alcubierre drive that is powered by some kind of...

sorry, I just picked the easiest examples off the top of my head. My list certainly wasn't meant to be exhaustive. When I have time, I...