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Well, I responded to the general desire for the rules to get out of the way “whenever possible”. So I asked the question I asked because...

Okay, but you can do that through freeform roleplaying, right? So what makes an RPG a preferable alternative for that goal if the rules...

Yeah, I see this kind of comment fairly frequently, and I know I’ve seen you say it plenty of times. To me, it makes about as much sense...

It's good to know what you like! But what you're saying sure sounds like you enjoy role playing but not games. I know, I know. Next...

Why do people who want to stick with the old edition need to buy the new edition? What's the point of a new edition other than to do new...

I only like chocolate ice cream, every meal I eat is chocolate ice cream, anyone that ever eats any other kind of food is morally...

The problem here is that assumes that playstyle preferences are some immutable thing that can't change over time.

I've always found it weird that people who enjoyed aspects of AD&D/3E D&D but didn't enjoy 4e D&D regard themselves as having been...

I'm probably being too broad there, let me dial that rhetoric back a little. Obviously we all have preferences and those will inevitably...

Keep in mind that we're talking about your goofy hot take on 4E here. If someone agrees that 4E was slanted and exclusionary on purpose...

My personal preferences shape at least some of what I post (see, eg, references to Burning Wheel and Prince Valiant). But I try to do...

The fighter in my game was mostly using a polearm, and was based around reach, forced movement, and multi-/area attacks - so Come and...

Ugh having to imagine all those things sounds positively exhausting!!!!

I had a lot of fun with 4e. For most of it I played a fighter with Come and Get It, which I thought was a fantastic power both...

When I'm reflecting on RPGing, I find it helpful to distinguish between mere colour/flavour, and fiction that actually matters to the...