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The point of starting with the bare minimum and then layering rules on top isn't to remove things we consider valuble. It's to find out...

To be fair, that's often been how a lot of analysis was here. For example, there was a guy here who argued that games with...

I was going to mention the game of Ironsworn my group has been playing. It’s a GMless game, so I’m not sure how people would view that…...

This is absolutely true. Yep, that's one possible example: let the players provide the basic elements that the GM then uses to construct...

I think this is a topic about Procedure of Play. You want procedures that have no (or little) dice rolling and all about communication...

Yeah, I think that the “solution” to the problem, such as it is, can come from a variety of places. I think for many traditional games...

My lived experience suggests that you're not accounting for a statistically untenable propensity to roll 3 or less on each of any number...

I think it depends. I read the bit I quoted by @Desdichado as being more of an ongoing thing. Trails meaning not just a starting point...

Many games give resources on a schedule and then require the GM to frame situations that put pressure on your resources within that...

I will never find it less odd that 99% of all RPG talk is really just "Wargaming". So much fuss over combat, healing, attacks, etc...

Well, I think that actualizing a premise is a bit different than a GM providing an outline or trails. The premise could easily be the...

While I agree with you that trying to force a game to be player-driven can be disastrous, I disagree that actual player-driven play...

These were really interesting to read about. Thanks! These sound like concepts I want to learn about and start looting from. Yes yes...

Yes! This is so worth the time and effort. :) This is where my world of gaming resides very much. And I think what also you said...

That sounds like the sort of thing a boardgamer might say!