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Oh, I'd argue the opposite, I associate negotiation with narrativism. I've been characterized as gamist a few times, and I've been...

One more time. It has nothing to do with the players having ability to manipulate the fiction, I have the same issue if the GM...

I think that even an impartial flawed judge is better than letting those involved in the events become judges themselves. Of course it...

I can agree here. I want my players taking the game seriously. That means trying to act as though they really are their characters and...

I love Monte Cook and most of his older work but I never could get into the cypher system. I wish he produced stuff for D&D instead but...

And that is what I was talking about being irritating. I experienced this long ago in the dissociative mechanics threads during 4e. It...

I mean yeah, you'd think. But every time someone says that "personally I don't like a narrative game due this difference" then certain...

Yes. So...? Like, it is no news flash that games with different rules play differently. That is precisely why we have them! If all...

In fairness it does divide the playerbase though I think the view that the DM is the final authority is the dominant view if you...

The inevitable result that you don’t agree. Maxperson won’t change his ways, and neither will you. That’s all. No need to play this up...

I think for those of us "raised up" in that style we are pretty wedded to it if we didn't abandon it long before now. Even so, that...

In the old days 9 characters was commonplace in the literature. I rarely had that many. We have on occasion played multiple characters...

In some cases my players have said "I try to...." That isn't necessary because it is implied either way and not everyone says that all...

There are a lot of people here making various claims about various ways of describing games and whew this thread has ran a lot of pages...

It's not even obedience. The players always have the options to walk away from the game if the DM is abusing his authority. I have...