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It's table culture priorities, right? Like we have games now that make PC Death an inherently consent-based mechanic (and I say "now"...

Failing a dice roll doesn’t teach anything. If you say “it’s cool that TTRPG can teach or enhance lateral thinking” I’m with you. If...

So, this is completely true, not arguing this point... ...but the response to it (and a few others afterwards, about educating players...

There's a difference between not always being able to satisfy someone and doing things that you actively know are frustrating to the...

LOL. There's no "need to defend it's D&D-ness;" it just IS D&D. Established facts need no defense.

Not true. Cooperative games exist. TTRPGs are largely held to be an excellent example of those. In fact, pretty much every TTRPG rule...

Give me a good reason why people should be unhappy while playing a game.

Sure, their own feelings matter (to themselves, anyway), but they're irrelevant when identifying a game as "Dungeons and Dragons." The...

Not at all. Enough people still didn't like that iteration of D&D, so that the subsequent edition of D&D was different enough from that...

But all you can say is that it doesn't feel like D&D to you. That doesn't mean it isn't D&D. I am not a fan of 3e (except under...

Presented by whom? Further, by your logic, the exact same thing happens in D&D. You can't ever meaningfully eliminate the chance of...

It's not complicated. Only WotC can make real D&D. And they did so, putting out 4e. Some people tried it and said "This does feel...

The words "Dungeons and Dragons" are right there on the covers.

Except it is...so I guess the problem is with those people's perception.

Since we're talking about fail forward, that's not an option. We've explained this: it's not interesting or fun. It does nothing but...