Recent content by Micah Sweet

In both cases I would be engaging with the hobby of soccer or chess, in some way or form. Playing the actual games isn't necessary for that, so it doesn't matter to me that they are intended for play.

It doesn't matter what their intended purpose is if an individual uses them for a different one.

The point of cooking as an activity is not necessarily to eat the results.

Strong argument. I really see the point you're trying to make here. I agree with @Maxperson . Interacting with RPGs is like cooking, and play at the table is like actually consuming the meal with others. I don't see eating the meal as the most important part of the entire process necessarily...

Yeah. The less advanced models are not IMO sapient, whether they can talk or not.

It is my understanding that a lack of memory wipes leads to an increasingly complex personality for the droid, which can functionally be considered free will. R2D2 is a good example. Full memory of all nine films.

No, I don't think play is necessarily the highest priority. I still like to play when I can, and when I do, simulation and verisimilitude are my priorities.

And I have no interest in them.

It's what I want out of RPGs, and I work very hard to make it as much like that as I can in my games.

It can, but it might be a hard sell if it has no relation to the real world.

Because I prioritize setting logic over game balance and PC specialness.

Because they would logically exist, for a multitude of reasons.

That is wholly untrue in my opinion. Some options are, by the logic of the setting and the reality it simulates, more or less effective than others. That is life, which games often try to simulate to one degree or another. To have options of realistically unequal quality be equal anyway is not...

I'd prefer it to work a little closer to reality than that.

Those are literally my favorite kinds of RPG books.