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Wraith. Kult. Ten Candles. Most of the Something Borg games I've read, which isn't many of them. Those are all on my "rather be...

Methinks you have a definition of "optimizer" that nobody else on the planet is using. Or understands.

Exactly this. The argument that "all optimizers are jerks out to ruin everybody's fun" is symmetric to the argument that "roleplayers...

Optimization is a tool, and like any tool, it can be used for good or ill. My own feeling is that I usually go into a game with an idea...

Learning your character so your lack of knowledge of what you have chosen to play doesn't cause slowdown at the table as we all have to...

@overgeeked Your definition of "optimizer" from the previous thread is both ridiculous and insulting, frankly. You're straight-up...

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...