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Why? D&D shares many similar features to those games. What makes them simulationist but d&d not? The answers thus far have been...

mediated via mechanics seems to be doing the heavy lifting here. It would include mechanics telling the dm to decide it even the players...

I don’t think Burning Wheel is a great example because to my recollection the only mechanic I’ve seen listed problematic in it is using...

IMO, in relation to simulation, diegetic would seem to entail all stimulative mechanics/processes. Those outside the purview of the...

You quoted me, so I feel like replying. In my view I have yet to come across an RPG not able to provide me a simulationist experience...

I would consider them potentially simulationist for some set of experiences/subjects/treatments. So @Hussar can say that the treatment...

Knowing what the thing simulated by the mechanic actually looks like in the imagined world is very far from "into the weeds". EDIT More...

Works for me. Thus my initial confusion.

I think I have a different point to make than the speaker you were responding to.

Fair. That’s the perspective I am coming from. I understand you wouldn’t call that a mechanic yourself. I dont really understand why...

Installing an expert to makes decisions could feasibly be called a mechanic. (I might not call it that myself, but I can see an argument...

Yes, agreed. And what I mean by identifying simulationist experiences in play is of course identifying testimonial to simulationist...

I saw this now. I think I might have a relevant point before diving to deep into this rabit hole. I would claim neither text nor play...

Do you mean, how can rolling dice support clonking someone with a heavy piece of flanged metal, given rolling dice isn't actually doing...

To check understanding, will you call a game mechanic "simulative" that does not produce simulationist experiences in play? Why not...