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Monster of the Week = for sure a good beer and pretzels narrative game! Masks too! Could toss in Pasion de Las Pasiones as well...

Not familiar with the first three of those, but while Dread works for a beer-and-pretzels one-off (I've played it that way and it was...

Again, someone starting with one or two high (as in, 16+) scores is fine with me. Perhaps. I've seen a lot of characters come and go...

The official ones I converted and ran in full were Keep on the Shadowfell and Marauders of the Dune Sea. I also converted Orcs of...

Agreed. And if it's 11 or higher it isn't really a dump stat in any case.

OK so far - I see no problem with someone starting with an 18. Using our usual 5d6drop2 I've seen a pretty good number of 7s and 6s -...

To the bolded: how so?

You must have run different 4e modules than I did. :) The ones I ran were a very mixed bag in their information conveyance - really...

Thanks. •The room was based upon the concept of a Rubik's cube. Each of the surfaces (4 walls, ceiling, and floor) could rotate...

In real life, sure. But in a situation where narration really ought to be both direction-of-approach agnostic and at least somewhat...

A recent anecdote which fits here: I just ran (for the first time myself) a game of Brindlewood Bay (Carved by Brindlewood) for three...

We are not limiting discussion to casual players. But explicitly including them. He's asking where do casual players fit in this scheme...

All of those except the second would fit my idea of a casual player, but my thoughts and comments have been mainly about the first type...

I need to find me a DM who uses the "All 18s method!" 43 years and I still haven't found a DM who uses it. The long and the short of...

Personally, I far prefer the bolded to be the default: for the most part, you play the hand you're dealt. On this, at least, we agree.