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But it does have to be A or B if it is to serve certain goals. For instance, if the resolution technique is ostensibly map-and-key, but...

No. I said all he said was that X is better at making omelettes. The thing you're arguing against is that X is better at EVERYTHING...

Yes, I and I agreed that if the question is what is easier in terms of preparation: 1) little to no prep 2) lots of prep. Then the...

Again: no. Subjectivity matters for deciding which increased characteristics matter to you. It doesn't decide whether those...

Yes it can? It is better in one particular sense. Like that's literally what it means. And even if speed isn't the only thing you care...

This seems directly relevant to the thread topic/title. If someone reacts "strongly" to being told that the game they are playing is...

No? You are raising a complete nonsequitur. I am not here defending the claim that Ironsworn is or isn't better at sandboxing than...

I'm making no claims either way here. (Though I personally do believe it's terrible for a sandbox game for a variety of reasons.) I am...

So, you're just ignoring the parts in what you just quoted where Hussar said I'm saying that D&D is not a very good sandbox game...

Point to me the place where he said D&D was a bad system. Point to me the place where he said Ironsworn is just an inherently...

No. I'm saying that someone who argues "no game can ever be any 'better' or 'worse' than any other game, period, hands down, no...

It is one possible valence of "better". It isn't the only one.

Whether there is only one way or no way at all, you have now accepted that objective analyses of some forms of design are possible. If...

So. Just so we're clear. A person telling you, "52 Pickup is better for sandbox gaming than D&D" is something no one can dispute or...

.... So, are we now saying that there's a spectrum with degrees along the way and that some kinds of things called "sandbox" are not...