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That we know of 😉. Seriously though, I prefer to treat the sub-creation of the setting as real for purposes of the game. As the author...

Many people believe the GM of the real world can control the weather.

I thought this tangent was a dead end, but indeed this one could be fruitful! It is a way to clarify the distinction between world and...

So anyone that says "I played it, I didn't like it" can just be dismissed by "You played it wrong"? Because that's the answer to...

True. Did you win? Because I believe the question is still out there.

In an ideal environment, simulation would be my purpose. Creating/exploring a consistent imaginary world diagetically is my goal. For...

Ok. So let me clarify. The player decided that as the alternative of thiefling was not on the table, they rather wanted to make a new...

Because "simulationist" refers to your purpose of the activity. You do indeed simulate something, but that is not the purpose of that...

Who do you think decided to build the town and challenge the dragon?

Are you sure your position isn't, "if the players wants to play something that isn't in the world the GM made and is running, the GM...

If you want to bring the analogy back to RPGing. You have a world you have worked on for 30 years. You could have kept it for yourself...

Strangely enough, I'm not Bloodtide. Very few people are. Just one, really.

But not by the player! I’m not sure how that’s a counterexample? And here the player didn’t decide what if any argument would sway...

No, it's simulationist if the weather is outside of the player's control. Like it is in the real world. If the player narrates "just as...

‘Runes cannot be read without first assigning them a meaning’. How did they get assigned a meaning? In this case the player selected...