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The reason I prep and strongly prefer games run by people who prep is that when you invent something at the table, you have very limited...

Sorry, that wasn't intended. The contrast was meant between a rule that aims at simulation (which is fun) and a rule that is aimed...

Oh absolutely. I've played a lot of wargames, and from the perspective of a 70's player of games featuring combat, D&D is nothing like...

To be honest, I've never really believed him on that. I'm not sure he did either.

In an early post, I suggested that, for me, "modern mechanics" pretty much menat "mechanics not meant to simulate a reality". It is...

While your main point relates to success with complication as a main focus, I think it's worth noting that degrees of success rather...

The modernity comes from the innovation in these mechanisms. Yes, most mechanisms used today were born in the 19th century, but they've...

Yeah, I've never liked that sort of solution -- especially when the GM has to make the decision as to which players' actions to negate...

I started a long answer and then realized it boiled down to two words: "Not Simulationist". Older systems used mechanics as a way of...

So, I think this might be a core reason Force Points are giving you issues -- and why others can run for years without seeing such...

I really am unsure what you mean here. In a game that is a railroad, the tracks very much do go somewhere. If they only mostly go...

My way of thinking about damage on a miss is that the character is so relentless and implacable that they always set back any foe they...

The most typical way of understanding coercion is in terms of a proposal - by the person doing the coercion - to make the other person's...

But in real life, a hit doesn't require damage be done. In fencing and many martial arts, you just have to contact a person and it's a...

Star Wars Saga: If it does hit point damage, it's energy and luck. If it does wounds, it;'s blood. D&D: It depends on the source of the...