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I don't think this characterisation of narrativist games as relying on players being uninterested in a particular outcome is correct. I...

I don't even understand you. Why are you playing a game at all? I am playing one for the same reasons, because the structure of the game...

And in which type of game would it NOT be true that this is a goal of the players', or at least a strategy! I don't send my wizard out...

So, there was discussion of In a Wicked Age and 'agendas' (best interests to use IaWA terminology). I think we then have some hybrid...

Here’s the types I think we’ve covered so far: Map-and-key Draw a map, fill it with content. Where the players go, there is where the...

It's a decision about "weight", about the degree of focus/attention to be given, in play, to this particular matter. Which is no more...

Like I said, it's a distinction without meaning. The DM is changing/adding/subtracting things from the setting. We're all doing it for...

Blades in the Dark is oft praised for it's faction element. It's fairly light compared to Dungeons of Drakkenheim, but more detailed...

A key element of rogue-likes is that they are intended for multiple plays. The player makes 'runs' from which they iterate better, more...

I would not characterize, say, FitD clocks, 4e SCs, and TB2e contests as always being equivalent to a graph. In fact, my experience with...

I mostly see this particular fudging example as more evidence that critical hits are a bad general mechanic that is specifically...

Here is the relevant rules text, from p 6 of In A Wicked Age (I've elided some stuff that deals with particular mechanics and examples)...

The OP does not say what you say that it says:

I agree with you about being forward facing, so the players don't have to guess the stakes. When the skill system is leveraged in the...

D&D should definitely be included, but not given special weight because more people play it. Vastly more people play Call of Duty than...