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...well if you take it from the source, here are his four distilled nuggets of definition... None them demonstrate critical perspective...

If you want to joke that your self-published homebrew is a heartbreaker, thats probably OK, but otherwise it feels like a dated term...

I tend to think of "heartbreakers" as an 80s and 90s concept; they're typically rooted in a GM's belief that D&D is too "gamist", and...

I think part of what makes something a heartbreaker is that they are derivative of D&D unconsciously. They didn't see the wider...

...my interpretation may deviate from more-common derogatory usage, but i've always read fantasy heartbreaker as an intensely-personal...

To me, a "Fantasy Heartbreaker" (and that first word is important) is designed "I can do D&D, but better". Basically something that...

And as someone kind of unfamiliar with the term but seeing it a lot lately, this was the sense that I had, too. But I would then see it...

Terminology drift is certainly a thing, so it makes sense to ask what "Heartbreaker" means to individuals rather than what the original...

Absolutely not. People can be wrong. I've seen it used deliberately loosely, like describing one's own project as a heartbreaker. This...

I don't know how much original intent matters in this case. Edwards' article was somewhat influential to perpetually online gamerdom...

Okay, I think we were talking about mostly the same thing, but past each other. I don't know that I've seen it used "derogatorily", but...

With respect, Morrus, I think you are a bit short of the mark of what an rpg heartbreaker is. If we go with your analogy: The Foody...

I don't think any of these are heartbreakers, either artistically or commercially.

As the barriers to publishing have largely fallen away, and awareness of other games has massively increased, heartbreakers are now...

It comes from an essay by Ron Edwards: The Forge :: Fantasy Heartbreakers As coined a fantasy heartbreaker is a game designed by...