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I disagree. It's not meta if it represents a real thing in the fiction. It's just a mechanic, like spellcasting.

J.R.R. Tolkien's Unfinished Tales. About halfway through, then moving on to the History of Middle-Earth series. Been meaning to read...

Be as cute with your phrasing as you like, but the mechanics of how the Force is used is irrelevant to whether or not the mechanic is...

Can you extrapolate how you feel I'm wrong? My metric is that "meta" means outside the setting, so anything that exists inside the...

Ok, I don't agree that Force use in any Star Wars RPG is meta-currency. That work better for you?

I don't know. Since the Force is a real thing in the setting, I can't see using it as meta-currency. There's nothing meta about it. You...

You're welcome to feel that way, but if you aren't willing to find a single example that meets your specifications, I just have a hard...

I do think supers games are perhaps a special case though. IME they're almost impossible to play like the source material without genre...

Meta currencies are definitely modern. I use inspiration as hero points. But I dont like to use meta currency that flows from player to...

But how do you tell the difference, and who is sufficiently privileged to sit in judgement on whether or not any given criticism is...

Well, to be clear, I don't particularly voice those criticisms. I certainly don't storm into positive conversations and say them. I...

Polarization: Constructive criticism is often seen in the same light as non-constructive criticism. The goes hand-in-hand with the...

Something that exists in the real world is always more relevant when you're talking about real people.

Maybe just assume that in good faith I've run the kinds of games I talk about. I'm always up front when I'm talking about received...

I'm sorry. By "the way you suggest", I meant in a low or no prep way consistent with the game's presented style or ruleset. It has...