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The only point where I think we might have differed is in some of the subtleties raised by @Don Durito, especially around skill systems...

Why do I need to? His blog is saying EXACTLY the same thing I'm saying. Again, what do you think diegetic means? And, again, provide...

Ummm... I'm confused. @pemerton, in that link you provided, was pointing to how he agreed with my points. You keep pointing to these...

Really? The rope breaking or the cliff face crumbling is due to my skill? That's an interesting take. See, you've added in all this...

You absolutely do gain some information about how a result was achieved in a video game. You can see the path of the bullet as it hits...

Well, now there's improvement at least. We've gone from "D&D is a great simultationist game" to "it qualifies as a sim, but, just...

I'm sorry, but, "strict"? Seriously? Asking that a simultionist system provide any information about how the result was achieved is...

I agree. When my players create their characters, they write up detailed backgrounds. Those backgrounds often include new NPCs...

I’m right here, you know.

This reminds me of the discussion of the new cast for the Harry Potter HBO series. They get so much hate online (how sad your life is...

Heh. How to say you've never looked at solo RPG's without saying you've never looked at solo RPG's.

I 100% agree with you. For an RPG, working is very much in fact enough. However, for a SIMULATION RPG, it is not. That's the key...

Except that can NEVER be the answer. The player is forbidden to add anything to the game world. So, while the character knows the...

I'm hard pressed to see why "I'd like to set up some elements of my home village" reduces agency in a meaningful way.

Wow. Really? I LOVE it when the players do that. Heck, my players do it all the time. It's fantastic. It means they do all the work...