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As noted, that second example allows for fewer outcomes and less granularity. Whether or not that's a good or bad thing is subjective...

I hope you aren't disagreeing with me as there's no declarative statements there to really disagree with. The playstyle I mention exists...

To me, player-driven doesn't mean collaborative worldbuilding, it means the players decide what their PCs do in the game as they explore...

I don't use passions and bonds. Never sat right with me.

Alas, players are indeed the weak link in many a great game. GM: You guys can go anywhere and do anything you want! Players: Uh, okay...

Multiple outcomes and granularity are very important to me, so I can't really see "simple" as any approaching a universal good in TTRPGs.

Provided the same range and granularity of results and-or outcomes can be achieved then sure, simpler is flat-out better. The problem I...

Moreover - and perhaps closer to the point you were originally trying to make - a single RPG's rule-set can be (and IMO probably should...

I think the bigger point is that simplifying almost always means you are giving up something. In your hypothetical example of...

The advantage and/or inspiration to which you are referring is a reward to the player for what the GM considers positive behavior. It...

Even in a player-driven game, it's okay to have external events that they have to react to now and then. That's life, and it shows that...

Ok. Sorry, I didn't realize that was a problem for you.

So a couple things for clarity: The players all know that the goal is to be high teens before confronting the Usurper. This was...

Oh, I already have. And telling you serves the purpose of letting you know my mind, just like your public post let's everyone who reads...

Not me. Art is gravy for me, and a lack of it (or a lack of quality IMO) doesn't affect the real (IMO) part of the product: the words...