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I know this sounds snarky but what exactly do we mean by complex vs simple? To me, rules complexity is defined by the number of places...

This is mostly a set of links related to accessibility in gaming, but it's a start. Then there's the various studies on the now-maligned...

No he didn't. But very few posters in this thread, or on ENW, follow Tuovinen'sa (or Edward's) usage when they talk about...

Believe it or not, this is actually a fairly close image of the final scene of my last session. And the blue giant is actually our PC...

The new Dragon Delves anthology is dedicated to Chris Perkins, who recently retired from Wizards of the Coast. The new adventure...

ROTFLMAO. Weapons and armor are simulated? In what way? How? Exactly how are weapons and armor simulated in D&D? Worlds are not...

That's my point. The "fluff" is 100% generated by the DM. The Dm could easily not mention the crumbling rock and it would make no...

Really? 1 in 6 chance is "fixed" world? How? The presence of the guard is totally arbitrary. It's a 16 percent chance. Doesn't...

It doesn't. The system has to be the one doing the lifting in order to be a simulation.

Nope. You could fall because fairies popped out of the ground and pulled you off the hill. The rules in no way contract this. Now...

Wow. Can't say anyone I've known who leans into the sim end of games would probably be going for D&D as their game of choice...

Again, there's a huge excluded middle here between fill in all the details for everything and provide ANY details at all. I'm not...

But, again, it's not even "fixed world". Not as soon as you use random encounters. Or you add details like "crumbling rocks" causing...

Then you don't want a simulation game. Which is fine. I get that. Lots of people don't like sim games. But, since you're claiming...