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Modeling is important to my sense of simulation, but yeah eliminating narrative as a mechanical consideration is just as important, as...

I don't think about simulationism in TTRPG as really about "modeling". To me, it's more about introducing procedures into play that...

See, I prefer my TTRPG play to be more setting-focused, and exploring that setting through your PC is the primary purpose of play. So...

To me, simulation is (mostly) creation/use of a systematically-driven model of something. The thing being simulated may not have much...

To me simulation is simply an attempt, however badly, to simulate something in real life. So in D&D when falling does 1d6 per 10 feet...

To me, simulation is simply the idea of modeling the game's setting as realistically as possible within the practical limits of play...

If my experience on Stack Overflow: Worldbuilding is any guide, there are quite a few people out who think that comic-book super-powers...

As I've indicated before, I think it applies to the system across its lifetime. I've said why before, but I don't see this thread as a...

As @Lanefan said, we really need to know what you mean by "D&D", as many games have gone by that name. Several of the older editions...

I don't think "simulation" must necessarily map to "low power." You can do a simulationist super hero game if you care about how powers...

To expand on this a bit - and to (gasp!) bring it back toward the thread topic - setting lore is far more likely to matter to the...

Modern D&D? No. Some versions of TSR D&D could certainly be used for simulation without too much tweaking, and 3e in its hamfisted way...

Fair enough. Although, keep in mind that you can also get your existing players to do recruiting for you. About half of my current group...

Would be an awesome new thread though.

Yeah, I really miss D&D-adjacent discussions here. But most of them are still tagged WotC 5e even though the topic can usually apply to...