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I should think it obvious that the answer is "no", but this thread has made clear that unless I spill a thousand words on every single...

For what it's worth, I think setting creation and scene framing are pretty different things. For instance, setting creation is normally...

Assuming that they're playing Burning Wheel, then no. The whole point of the game is to focus on tests that will resolve key moments of...

Alternatively: you're all assuming map-and -key and/or timeline-based prep and resolution, but for some reason are being coy about it?

The reference to an ambush reminded me of this from rpg.net - an old series of posts about resolving combat in Apocalypse World, which I...

Like I said I don't have an issue with any of the above...since we share a lot of it. My contention is not necessarily that GM decides...

Don't want to play them? Cool. Don't want them to exist when so many games require a set of play-style that is similar to yours? Not so...

Strongly empowered to do what? When I GM Burning Wheel, for instance, I feel "strongly empowered" to present my friend with...

I think you may have misread his post. He changed his decision so that the PC was not killed by the critical hit.

I don’t know, Max… read his account and decide for yourself. I read it, and I know how I view it.

I’m not sure what you mean here but I’m reasonably sure it doesn’t pertain to what I said. Are they self-imposed? Look at @Enrahim’s...

The two examples I gave were honoring player rolls and honoring GM prep. You said such things should be “suggestions”. I don’t agree...

I think I’ve been pointing out that BITD does the “living world” thing built in a way I haven’t seen any other larger scale commercial...

This is actually not as obvious as it might seem on face value. I have three times as a GM been heavily criticised for abiding to the...

It’s nothing like what you describe, Rob. I’m not trying to trick anyone. In every RPG, the GM operates with some form of constraint...