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I think there's a difference between "the simulation is abstracted" and "this simulation is providing results contrary to what I would...

We had a Table Decision when the players did this at our table to an NPC, that same could be applied to them.. the players agreed to it...

To be fair, if there's a diagetic reason the character doesn't fear crossbows then it absolutely is a sim agenda. For other uses, I...

If heavy armor didn't prevent people from taking damage nobody would wear it. Try punching someone with your fist in their stomach...

And yet there's a common real-world example that quite strikingly well emulates the in-game class system: that being degree paths...

Fair enough. I was referring more to run-of-play procedure during the session, where in both sandbox and narrative the ideal would seem...

I don't believe the world remains in stasis unless the PCs act. NPCs have their own motivations that lead them to make moves. That means...

I would say this. I think players can definitely have implicit agendas that map to their general preferences, but I definitely think a...

One cognitive model of fiction argues (from evidence) that people maintain an internal representation of the real world, an internal...

It's accurate to mine, to some extent; as part of what you're simulating is a) the character's presence in the setting and b) how the...

Is there any reason someone couldn't just say "I prefer to resolve skills checks in a simulationist matter" regardless of what they...

Plan B: long-range communication (via telepathy, magic device, or whatever) between characters such that the scout can report back on...

For WotC-era D&D: Gamist - snap to grid; movement in squares or 5-foot steps; area-of-effect rules Gamist - overly-fast hit point...

Yes. Exactly this! If viewed as trying to differentiate narrativism from every other style of play it makes a lot of sense...

The fourth one might want to use the word "conflict" rather than "combat", to allow for settings or games where social and-or...