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More often than not games of all types are much more fun when you play them as intended. Its way too easy the suck the fun out of a...

I keep getting banned from Reddit for mildly suggesting Nazis should be met with violence, and I ultimately like this place better for...

If you want emergent gameplay, you need interactive systems, and the more you add to those systems, the more emergent possibilities the...

Something that can always stand scrutiny is the assumptive frictions that Crafting systems, whether its tabletop or video games, tend to...

I'd add that Sports is a good one to consider here as well, though people tend to think I'm speaking illiterate pig latin when I suggest...

An admonition to look outside the genre (tabletop RPGs), to read and play widely across all game types (video games and boardgames...

Tl;dr - Lot change, updated docs, lot thoughts. So over the past two weeks, Labyrinthian has undergone a rather fun flurry of design...

For those that want to see some rules, I've attached the draft for the Adventuring subsystem. Still wants some polish, but aside from...

Every game should have pooping rules.

My table has an inviolable rule that players can’t throw poop at each other. Do tables that allow such behavior have more player agency?

The thing about ajudication is that its just a middle man to improv. This isn't strictly a bad thing, as maintaining Tone is an...

An argument I've favored is that if you want true agency, you should design the game in such a way that it doesn't care how the player...

I haven't read the whole thread, but Im going to jump in from the OP. This is correct, and this is referred to as volition. Volitional...

So, TL;DR, I have a lot of thoughts and I'm going to share them. If you like, you can peruse the attached docs though don't expect...

I sidestepped the problem by getting rid of target numbers.