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No, luckily not. Thank you for bringing this up, because I think it is a nice opportunity to show some of the limitations (and possibly...

IRL, if a building is on fire and someone is inside I would break a window if if the door was locked and I didn't have the key. If the...

I agree with pretty much everything you're saying here. It's certainly not that hard to just say, "You can only get things we agree are...

Indeed, it doesn't, and in the extremely unlikely event that two characters try picking different locks at the exact same time each with...

Do you think you could enjoy that sometimes though? Such as for an hour of play during a session?

All this tells me is that we have different ideas of what can be fun in the game. And don't get me wrong - it doesn't have to become an...

This is a very good point! This again emphasizes the importance of having several interesting options at all times. My worst puzzle...

Can everyone not see that there is a difference between direct and indirect consequences? And that arguing about exactly where the line...

How about "adjudicating the things the players are making (or trying to make) happen"? Or, "assessing the results of things that have...

To me, that's completely counterintuitive.

It's inseparable from a game, but not any specific game. I can run Planescape, Dark Sun, Greyhawk or Birthright with any number of...

First, I want to say that what I know of GNS comes from debates here, so while I can comment here and there, I'm not as knowledgeable...

One could argue that it's the GM's job to set the stage and the players' job to make things happen, to which the GM as the "stage" then...

Given how I've had some systems described to me, his leaps are perfectly logical. If a game is based around resolving intent rather...

The problem with asking permission is that a) it gives people far too much opportunity to deny said permission and b) ruins the surprise...