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Huh. See, as far as I understand how RPG play works those are the same picture. The pass/fail is the input and the changed diegetic...

Sure. Weird edge cases are always gonna happen. But I don't want the core gameplay loop to be me constantly making decisions on if the...

That's not what I meant. The mechanics should be deciding if something worked or not (assuming that the mechanics were required). But in...

I was getting so burnt out on classic high-prep GMing, discovering there was a whole world of “sit down at the table and collaborate...

Well, to some extent you can't escape being the referee when one of your core tasks is to adjudicate player actions, but I know what you...

This. I'm always looking for systems that relieve me of as much of the "master" burden as possible. I don't want to make a bunch of...

I mean, since we're in "dueling anecdotes" territory, that's not how my games work at all. I have one friends-and-family table I'm the...

Man, I'm just glad I'm not that into any fairly immutable 1st party setting lore! I'm glad that I'm not wedded to anything where new...

I never really understood this sentiment. One of the things I've always loved about Star Wars is there were a million scenarios I could...

So let me unpack my apparently somewhat cryptic statement. I don't assume that any significant portion of the RPG playing public...

You must be thrilled with the Star Wars prequels. My point being not catering to everyone is not an odd take. Games place all sorts of...

I was talking more about actual academic investigation into the topic. For example, I searched hermeneutics and games on a couple of...

The difficulty that we have with RPG discussion and analysis is often that it's very new, and also that the people giving it serious...

Or even a Master of Ceremonies?

Yeah, more of a Game Moderator than Game Master.