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But I don't think this describes many of the people the OP was talking about. Many of them I imagine wouldn't see knowing rules as...

Why? Not all options in d&d get implemented well. The notion of a mechanically enabled Robin Hood type playstyle is cool. The specific...

Random Thoughts My hunch is your definition of agency is Narritivist and doesnt work for other agendas. Afficionados of sandboxes...

I came a little late to this, but I think it's probably best to start from the first post. I think this is a bit redundant (any rule...

Yeah. There might be an argument with the second clause there ("all") but when you include "any" you've decided to privledge a...

That been my experience as well. I know many folks who had fun with campaigns that were railroads, and comfortable with the choices they...

The answer depends entirely on the creative goals. Yes, because the creative goal of the game was to simulate characters navigating a...

I am happy to let other posters have a conversation about what agency is. Perhaps a thread devoted to the question (rather than one that...

Invalidate -- make pointless. I know OP has said RPGing isn't necessarily pointless even if they players have no agency. I guess I...

Because people playing the ways he is saying don't have agency, care about agency and find agency in those style of play. Agency is...

I know and I found that section particularly frustrating because he anticipates the concern but dismisses is because he too has played...

I disagree. It is an incredibly weak definition, which focuses most on where agency comes from instead of on what agency IS. The...

I think meaningful choices are at the core of the agency, and I think the OP correctly identifies, that this requires certain level of...

I strongly recommend to consider "meaningful" to be relative to one's creative goals. It may well be that “Do you choose faction 1, 2...

I apologize for seemingly ignoring the rest of your post, but there’s a point. First off, the statement I quoted is excellent. It’s...