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Have you shown her Shadowdark? That might fit the style she's aiming for more than A5e which is pretty super-heroic fantasy. Someone...

I could be down with that, as an option.

Video games are the kings of " this mechanic does this specific thing and no more". They're the ones with tunnel vision here. This...

I'm with you, if by that you mean that terms in specific games should stay in their game (or in similar games using g them in the same way).

This is one of those areas where we need to be mindful of the not pulling isolated text out of the context of the game. Apocalypse World...

What's useful or evocative about a phrase that has nothing to do with the actual principle discussed?

That's what you think, huh? That when Vince and Meg Baker wrote Apocalypse World, that they said "we need some marketing phrases that...

You are welcome to believe all those pithy principle names (not to mention all the playbook moves) are clear as to their meaning, and...

I do not think we should be reflecting the argument as an either or. Item loss is a consequence that many simulationists adhere to. I...

Sometimes, if exploring a world with setting logic as an important aspect is enjoyable to them. You can't have everything you like all...

Would this change for you were the consequence or knowledge concerning it diegetic... something the characters can know? "Sure, you're...

By that definition, magical mind control of any stripe is out too.

Kinda, yeah. But I've written about the problems and nature of second-order design before, as well as the issues and differences with...

I actually think the problem is the inverse; two groups may be appearing to do something very similar (especially when you judge the...

Yeah, I empathize with that. My take is that all this churn mostly comes down to struggling with the underlying nature of what we're...