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I embrace the power of "and" here. Of course, it's subjective which is why I find addressing which tools we opt to use solely through...

What? You leaped several stages ahead there. No. I like to play these things out at the table. I just reject the idea that playing it...

It is not the same. It has zero stakes and zero social or psychological pressure. It is very easy in a roleplayed situation to resist...

I mean, in both cases people are talking. My point is that’s about where the similarities end.

And by “require abstraction” you mean “we can’t feasibly physically act this out at the table”, right? I ask this based on past...

Yes - this seems pretty obvious to me! Quite.

So… it’s a framework that helps us determine success or failure of uncertain actions and allows us to do so with a degree of...

But you can accomplish everything you’ve said without game mechanics. Is it the uncertainty? Those moments when we’re not sure how...

Well, I was commenting on what @Micah Sweet shared, and his exchange with @TwoSix . But if you don’t think they’re necessary, that...

Here's a character sheet from Cthulhu Dark: Name: Jack Occupation: Longshoreman I GMed a session of Cthulhu Dark where someone played...

This alleged promotional seminar would have been 14 months after the game was released.

Oddly, or perhaps not, I find FKR as a design idea intensely frustrating. I love a lot of low weight games, but FKR makes me want to...

Yes but perhaps people can actually stop for a moment and consider these things, no? Sometimes, it may indeed be difficult to explain...

I don't like the term Free form. Every Free form game has system mechanics, principles, agendas and best practices, even if they aren't...

No but it makes it pretty bloody useless to try and get consensus on. It is what it is.