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I don't really agree, because it moves the tells from the character to the GM, and the ability to read it from the character to the...

I think any game design (that is, a set of rules and procedures created to push for a certain play experience) can push more or less...

Then that means being disruptive or a "chaos gremlin" is part of your table's social contract. The bigger point is that "but that's...

The word "game" can be used in many ways, to describe lots of different human (and other animal) activities. In the context of RPGs...

The “but it’s what my character would do!” defense is offered up almost universally as a “stop judging / being angry at me folks” for...

Given a number of things you've said in the past, I have some question about that first clause.

People are bad at risk assessment in terms of like, "future planning" and stuff. We also love doing risky stuff. We also tend to...

Yeah, even then, you have to be aware of the entire group. Now, I have young kids, and so if they joined us to play, my players would be...

The problem with “IC-authenticity” as a play virtue is that it’s completely unprovable that anyone actually does it. Any declared...

I'm sorry that you seem to stagger through life with no awareness of the risks inherent in what you do, or any judgement of potentially...

As I noted, sometimes the implication may not be clear until you're on the spot, however. I had one time in an RQ game years ago when I...

Even then… it’s a pretty crappy defense since the player is the person who made the character.

I think playing your character with authenticity is important but also creating a character that is suited to purpose for the sort of...

You are correct about my reading of Tuovinen. I see nothing in there that changes the previously-suggested boundaries between...

Oh, all the time. You think some description is so clear but somebody missed a word or you got a little too long winded or your phrasing...