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So, essentially, we can't have these things in the game because we cannot trust players to actually play in character. Hrm... how...

So you don't want something like that? One of the most memorable moments in gaming history?

I don't understand this emerging view that it is unreasonable for a RPG to set out principles for players and GMs. It's not a new...

I think the idea of "fan" as it applies to "be a fan of the characters" is more the way we can be a fan of a fictional character rather...

These were excellent! This is what I was trying to get us to explore way upthread (thread moves so fast for me) instead of the...

I have, perhaps, a slightly-more-useful demonstration case for a "Fail Forward" situation. The party is chasing someone, say an...

We've been talking about a thief. You've just recently added the "master" designation. PC skill doesn't make the cook more or less...

That's interesting. But not entirely surprising, I guess. There is a tendency for notions from indie RPGs to be picked up as slogans...

Typically, I think this action is prefaced with the statement of, "Hold my beer."

I don't run narrative games so I have only seen be a fan of the players/characters here, but my impression as I've said upthread is that...

Most of the people who run in a race lose. Nevertheless, they make it to the finish line. In @hawkeyefan's example, the character...

The rules is not addressed to you. It's addressed to GMs of Apocalypse World.

You think that is what RPGs mean when they say be a fan of the PCs? Make sure they succeed or stack it heavily in their favour? EDIT...

Lanefan and Max, you can honestly say you are not a fan of any of the PCs at the table in which you run games? Do you not find ways to...

Right - this is something that makes sense in the context of games in a specific context where leveraging certain types of power alters...