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One cognitive model of fiction argues (from evidence) that people maintain an internal representation of the real world, an internal...

If one takes rpg play as an inherently creative activity then any agenda for rpg play would be a creative agenda. That would be my...

I dunno. Sim play is a really broad term. I don’t think it’s worth exploring commonalities in games that simply feature simulation...

Considering most on the simulationist side in this thread have at best skimmed the rules of traveler and at worst taken your...

I think many would say the metagaming aspect expressly moves it far outside the simulationist camp. I think your simulationist scale...

Reading through all of these and the same themes and arguments keep coming up, retreads from the "Are you running a sandbox". Arbitrary...

Does any game tell you why someone falls off a cliff? How does it do so? How could it? Simulationism is about how we approach cause...

Eliminating stop motion combat would be my focus for realism. For human fighter vs human fighter conflicts I think ac is simple and...

Body armor exists for the inevitability of getting hit, stabbed, shot, whatever. More importantly, it is designed with expectations in...

I don’t get the whole non-expert criticism. Assuming someone is incompetent but consistent then at worst we have an inaccurate...

Yes, this is the common counter - and there has never been possible to reach an agreement on where the limit for sufficient competency...

First, it doesn't just tell you that you fell down. It also tells you how far you fell down. To have fallen X distance, you had to be...

My proposal, a broad category that lumps together all RPG’s that use simulation as if the use of simulation is a play agenda unto itself...

Exactly what I thought.

Obviously. Do you have a broader point?