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No, I think that's perfectly legitimate, but at some point you need to be aware that, if you have idiosyncratic wants, that's not going...

My only normative judgment is that the norm should be that people examine and approach games with the mindset of “I wonder how this game...

I work under the assumption that the amount of people who read threads is larger than the amount of posters. I’m more interested in...

I look at it this way. Saying "this technique works if you use Assumption A. This same technique fails if you Assumption B." is...

Are you an expert on satellite imaging? Or do you rely on authorities to assure you that Google street view is an accurate representation?

I've already posted examples in reply to you, twice. Here's a third go:

Sure. But the core point remains: even from the very foundation of the hobby, even from the moment that what most folks see as the...

And this, right here, is one of the things I find extremely frustrating about discussing game design. Note your comparison: literature...

Who says it often doesn't happen? Have you been on many overland expeditions? I haven't. My experience with them, such as it is, comes...

I mean I don’t think the original quote applies to those OSR players who are focused on skilled play, and any story that shows up is...

So, if you roll a cook on a random table, does it suddenly become less implausible? The criticism that was made against « fail forward...

Sure, but that doesn't make consulting an expert, or accepting the opinions of one on a matter in their field, as a fallacy, or foolish...

...OK, you know it doesn't have to be a cook, right? It could be a member of the house having a midnight snack. It could be the dog. It...

No protagonists? Do you just mean characters? So a cook is very likely to be found in a kitchen, right? But the cook will not spend...

You keep pointing to an example where the consequence - the screaming cook - has not been telegraphed, has not been expressly or...