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But players out to break things and ruin everybody’s fun are not just optimizers; they’re jerks who use optimisation to ruin everybody’s...

I play RPGs to have fun and be creative. If I were ever playing with players or a GM who were out to break things or people, and not...

I mostly agree with you, with the caveat that between “minor optimisation” and “optimisation before concept” there is a large number of...

I've run plenty of games where optimization pretty much required breaking the rules... amongst them, Traveller (Classic), Starships &...

A cake mimicking a mimic mimicking cake. That's getting pretty meta!

So, June 26th was my birthday, and my absolutely amazingly talented and wonderful wife baked me a homemade cake! I went to cut a slice...

Whoa there buddy. You’re laying it on pretty thick here.

I know the question wasn’t for me, but from what I’ve seen, nobody is asked to optimize more. Their friends will give them advice...

Serious question: Have you ever seen a player who was the lone non-optimizer at the table, and how did they react to being asked to...

Wow. Just...wow.

I've always loved the phrase "Optimizing your fun." Minimizing the things that are not fun, and maximizing the things that are!

To be clear, I am very happy with disentangling species from alignments and ability scores and away from inevitable references to...

Reality is that McDonald's is doing quite well.

Let's remember oldest horror movies are +13y or +7y for current standars. "Tales to tell in the darkness" could be a example of how...

For sure. We had a few characters optimized for team playing, or for optimizing the party by basing concept on missing roles and skill...