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My take away from this is that, for the skill list to work, (i) the table has to care about the difference between getting in close and...

See… “they are all combat skills” is what I think is off. And also “you just try to describe the thing so that the best skill applies”...

Please. "Old-school gamer" is not the same thing as old person. As a Gen X old person, and old-school gamer, I support @Riley and...

Added flannel and denim as damage types

To me it is perfectly clear that what is happing in any RPG play is story creation. This goes for trad games where players merely...

Right, and, while I don't have any data on this besides my own experience, I think that's probably true for a lot of people who play...

I thought the same thing, especially when the situation the GM is describing, the setting backstory, and the actions the players decide...

I was struck by this post. There can't be a RPG without "fiction": shared imagination is core to RPGing. Funny hats, voices and other...

I would consider playing in an RPG session the equivalent of watching a movie or reading a book. It's how I "consume" the story...

I think there’s advice in the book for the GM to turn to the players if they’re struggling with ideas. I don’t think it’s meant as...

First, one that should be obvious even if you have this definition, is that there need not be a single plot. There can be subplots, and...

I think that RPGs occupy a middle ground between story and game because the two are intertwined. The story is emerging through play, but...

Maybe not "wrong", per se. But maybe needed some practice? It is a skill like every other player skill - it takes some time to master...

I mean, you’re playing S&V. The game gives you Actions which are the sorts of things characters in War Stars and Firefly do. It asks how...

I'm not sure what you mean by "what player choices or actions are curtailed?" I mean, the most straightforward answer is none. But...