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Btw, I think Shadowrun is an interesting example that touches on the discussion about modern design. Just like me, I see a lot of people...

At least I've now learned that there's nothing "meta" about 4e D&D martial encounter and daily powers. After all, they reference...

I think it can be useful to distinguish between establishing consequences of declared actions and framing a (new) scene. Although the...

This is closer to my experience too. I usually GM, but rarely host. Food and drink are brought by everyone. Scheduling is often, but not...

I don't recall ever having had much trouble following your posts about RPGing. For whatever that's worth! In my day job I work on...

No, I'm telling you that there is a calm and useful definition of metacurrency that you are completely ignoring in favour of, um, I...

Okiedoke. You can have your idiosyncratic interpretation. But don't pretend it's anything but that. There are standard and usual ways to...

See, but that's not how we decide a mechanic is meta or not. Obviously the name helps it seem less meta, and that's actually quite...

But it doesn't work on points per day, does it? That actual mechanic isn't tied to a single thing in the source material outside of its...

This is all great evidence that we should[n't] confine out thoughts about 'player engagement' to matters that appear on forums like this...

Yeah, I guess if my players are doing stuff off on their own I don’t really know! Some write fiction about the world, or muse on poetry...

I don't know a lot of people who know RPG "theory", but I have RL several players/GMs in my groups who quite enjoy discussing ways to...

Sigh. Ok, sure. Just because a mechanic directly indexes class mechanics and per day usage and also has no direct or useful connection...

I meant in an entirely personal way, not in any way that involves social media or forums. If someone like to roleplay they are going to...

Yeah, I’m a mid-millennial and the oldest in all but one of my groups by a good bit. My Tuesday group is all <30, and we met by me...