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That’s a rather crappy interpretation. I didn’t really describe the mechanics at all…just pointed out that they exist and therefore...

I don't think all RPG experiences are the same in this regard. It seems to me that you are talking about 'story now' versus 'story...

Perhaps we should take a closer look at what actually happens at the table when we play RPGs. Humans are, by nature and context, story...

I think there’s advice in the book for the GM to turn to the players if they’re struggling with ideas. I don’t think it’s meant as...

Well yeah? It’s just a discussion.

I mean, you’re playing S&V. The game gives you Actions which are the sorts of things characters in War Stars and Firefly do. It asks how...

You won't get a story out of AD&D 2nd ed, played according to the rules - that is, protagonists in a conflict with rising action, and...

Nearly 16 years ago, Eero Tuovinen wrote this: Here’s how games like Sorcerer, Dogs in the Vineyard, some varieties of Heroquest, The...

There's a big difference between giving agency towards what kind of scene will be presented versus how the scene will be resolved. Many...

Because "better" is subjective. I find streamlining to be what I think of as "modern." I don't (personally) like looking up tables. I...

To me, it seems that you're not fully responding to the bits that I've bolded: The worry about "do I want to find out if I can be as...

In all honesty you need to find better games. One of the things I look for in a game I'm considering for a campaign is whether there at...

It often only needs one player to be learning the higher options for it to propagate, though; even some players who won't put in a lot...

I dunno about the players, but over the years I've found a variety of RPGs that don't have the lack of depth/stability that you...

Oh yeah, there's a lotta different nuts in that there granola, for sure. Some of those secondary issues lie mostly with the GM I think...