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Yes, this is the common response. If the system produces situations that are so flawed two completely different groups look at the...

That terminology is certainly one of the contributing factors to people claiming PbtA feels restrictive or boardgamey. John Harper...

We're in agreement here. There's differences, of course, but I see so much overlap that I'm genuinely bewildered by suggestions to the...

You’ve misunderstood what I meant. Part of the intent of a world/city that has events happening independent of player action that then...

I think this is something people should talk about when they join a game. I don't go out of my way to kill off characters and I...

Yikes. And in making that "unilateral and egotistical" decision you also absolutely 100% made the right call. If the "implied social...

The bolded piece is a massive red flag for me, if-when a game allows its GMs to frame scenes and just assume without asking that the PCs...

Maybe is this is an aesthetic preference, but I don't find a player facing graphic to do anything to make Doskvol "feel real". Every...

This is actually not as obvious as it might seem on face value. I have three times as a GM been heavily criticised for abiding to the...

I write my own adventures and I never, ever predict what the players will do. Hell, I don't even bother to think of possible solutions...

My old 1e DMs used to do this. They'd generate a tough situation with no solution in mind, just to see how we'd handle it. It was a lot...

That is just one example. I have definitely prepped material, whether it be NPCs, places, etc that never come up in play. That is just...

We all acknowledge the power the GM has to decide in these campaigns. The problem is people are reducing everything in such games to the...

I fully support people using what works for them. I would like to think nothing I've said in this thread suggests that methods different...

i don't think i'm seeing the argument you're trying to make, it was a fixed world, influenced by the actions of players, that all seems...