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FFarealmer3 reacted to Celebrim's post in the thread What Does "Simulation" Mean To You? [+] with
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Yes. If the "inputs" of the rules include things that exist outside of the fiction, that is they are in the meta about the fiction but... -
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Good for you, but I am saying based on stories that I've heard that DMs do play "Gotcha! Muahahahahaha!" and do not inform players in...
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FAs fantasy heartbreakers go, it's pretty well done - at least at the level of reading. It is a hodge podge of ideas stolen from other...
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FFarealmer3 reacted to Celebrim's post in the thread What Does "Simulation" Mean To You? [+] with Like.
No. They just mean that they'd prefer you not fill up the thread with an argument about how simulation is a dysfunctional play style...
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FFarealmer3 reacted to Celebrim's post in the thread What Does "Simulation" Mean To You? [+] with Like.
I'm aware of the history here. Among a dozen or more other books I've read Peterson's "Playing at the World", Fine's "Shared Fantasy"...
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FFarealmer3 reacted to Celebrim's post in the thread Worlds of Design: The Warship Trinity with Like.
I strongly suspect that sensors and fire control are the dominant factor in space warfare. Can you see them before they see you? Can...
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FFarealmer3 reacted to Celebrim's post in the thread D&D General A Rant: DMing is not hard. with Like.
I have been mostly a forever DM. This past year we've had a lot of life disruptions - new kids, sick relatives, players getting in that...
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FFarealmer3 reacted to Celebrim's post in the thread What Does "Simulation" Mean To You? [+] with Like.
Which is why I prefer games with strong sim attitude towards play, because the moment in the middle of a game when I must suddenly rules...
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FFarealmer3 reacted to Celebrim's post in the thread What Does "Simulation" Mean To You? [+] with Like.
Well, the point is definitely not to make realistic planets. My understanding is the planets are really only a few dozens of kilometers...
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FFarealmer3 reacted to Celebrim's post in the thread What Does "Simulation" Mean To You? [+] with Like.
Or maybe I've been the forever GM most of my life hearing horror stories like this about the abuse players have had to endure at other...
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FFarealmer3 reacted to Celebrim's post in the thread What Does "Simulation" Mean To You? [+] with Like.
I think that is fundamentally misunderstanding the nature of simulation and of heroism in the context of D&D. The big misunderstanding...
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FFarealmer3 reacted to Celebrim's post in the thread What Does "Simulation" Mean To You? [+] with Like.
Simulation means to me that we take seriously the imagined fictional universe as a real place and we try to imagine and inform the...
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FThis is not however a figure per trap, but a figure by career. Approximately 700 men served as Tunnel Rats. They explored 4500...
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FI have long held that the simple "search" check is the most complex thing in all of D&D and this doesn't really matter whether you are...
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FI agree. In a sense, a treasure chest, the door to something secure, an altar, an idol, or a tomb are all themselves tells. They are...