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I'd really question the use of unbridgeable here. I can think of lots of games that mix the two together in very successful ways. I'm...

Thanks heavens I wasn't trying to frame a definition of games you like then, as I would have failed quite thoroughly.

Good heavens no, they certainly do not. As for 'objective', I think that's more a word to apply in individual cases where it might be...

And to go a layer deeper there are all kinds of interconnections between and beneath that typology. Designers don't always colour inside...

Well, my point was that what they have in common is the conversation, shared diegetic space, and to add an item, avatars through which...

Tbf, most casual use has it as a shorthand of games whose core mechanical conceits and framework of principles hew relatively close to...

That really isn't enough to imply anything beyond a vague similarity, which isn't enough for our purposes. They are also both very...

Narrative and 'traditional' play aren't nearly so far apart as this - they are still approaches to RPG play, not entirely different...

Thankfully there are plenty of games out there that rely on less math than D&D: roll under, high roll with dice pool, matching values, etc.

You mentioned VTT support. If you use Fantasy Grounds most of the old PF1 adventures paths support. Roll20 has support for some as...

I don't think it takes anything like that long. The real measure of 'work' is probably the GM - how experienced they are with RPGs...

Oh for sure. I had to play and run some games like that before I really got it. I listened to folks here and dome other online spaces...

Middle ground: "DM is god of wee service animals"? :)

I’ve seen that at times. I think it shows a lack of understanding on the part of the person saying it.

The idea that GMing principles for a RPG are "training wheels" or for "beginner GMs" is one of the more bizarre, yet recurrent, ideas...