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Something I want to add: long stories are both granular and fractal. Just like a chapter in a novel might be a story in and of itself...

It is definitionally not a complete story.

The story of Lord of the Rings existed long before you decided to just watch the middle portion, so yes, it was a story by then, or...

I do think that deciding that a thing will definitely happen -- or more specifically, that your character will definitely do a thing --...

I would say that how the PCs interact with the world and it's denizens generates events, not story. Story comes from the telling of...

Great analogy! So far as I know, no one presently watching or playing a football game sees it as a story until the game is over, if at all.

This As a DM I want to set up a situation and then let the players solve it. I dont have a correct/preferred way for it to be solved...

Thank you for starting this thread. I was very interested in the other discussion but have been locked out of "D&D General" threads. I...

This started in another thread but I thought I would spin it off into its own thread before it goes wild. What do you think of TTRPGs...

It's hard to find a "perfect" trilogy. There's almost always a weak film among the three. This list is ranked based on my overall...

Yes. DCC is a love letter to polyhedral dice of all shapes and sizes. It shouts from the rooftops embrace the randomness!

Re Firefly: I agree that the browncoats (and the civil war of that show in general) have parallels to the Confederacy from the US Civil...

To my mind, Fatigue (physical exhaustion) and Strife (mental/emotional exhaustion) from Level Up is an even better representation.

And yet exhaustion is a better and easier mechanical representation of wearing a character down that can't be totally erased (like...

My entire point here is simply that I think it's wrong to levy moral judgement on those who don't criticize a given work of fiction to...