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People also choose to go along with the pressure to do otherwise at least as often. That's what the dice are for.

Seems a little reductive. It's not like the GM is seizing control of the PCs left and right in any of these games.

There's been plenty of antagonism in this thread. I've been responsible for my share of it... as has just about everyone involved. My...

Oh, I’m not surprised by that at all. I’ve never played that way, even in the AD&D days. Sometimes you have to discuss things as players...

Sure...unless you just haven't been persuaded by the right person, in the right circumstance. Imagining it as a white-room scenario...

Wanting sole authorship of the character you play's inner world, emotions and the like is fine preference to have. So is a shared...

I think we can all call upon stories where this has happened in real life without any magic involved, though. It's quite common for...

So?

Maybe read the whole book is my point. It adds context throughout. Maybe the rest of the text will help you recognize why your reading...

Here you go. One thing I think is helpful is to just treat the heading like the name of the thing. What it says underneath each heading...

Read the book for yourself and then at least your opinion will have weight. I don’t think anyone has said that. I know what I’ve...

Yes. Standards for players have always been front and center for Narrativist play. Stylistically it only works with players and GMs are...

This is one of those areas where we need to be mindful of the not pulling isolated text out of the context of the game. Apocalypse World...

That's what you think, huh? That when Vince and Meg Baker wrote Apocalypse World, that they said "we need some marketing phrases that...

Other than gaining some biographical information that you’re willing to cut away a broad swathe of games and play techniques to fulfill...