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I've seen two strands of play over the years getting thrown into the "Viking-hat" concept. One is that the GM is going to run the...

I GM a lot, yes. Hey. If you want to get anything out of this discussion, you're gonna have to stop projecting your own emotional...

I don't think the basics of my position require "truths", just logic. (Take note, @GobHag if you're genuinely interested). Let's say...

I don't consider myself a GM yes, but I do one-shots and playtests and short 8-16 session campaign once or twice. And I'm perfectly fine...

I want to add to this as a bit of a digression, because.. reasons. :P I ran a game of Forgotten Realms where there was some reason for...

So, there's something here we can pick at. The genre of fantasy, overall, is broad. The genre of easy-entry, psuedo-medieval...

Not sure if I agree with this. IMHO, aesthetics and resonance matter, and both of these are reasons why players pick certain races even...

Because, as we all know, the internet only supports the extremes. We can embrace the broad space between "the GM is all-powerful" and...

Yeah, I tend to think of HP in most TTRPGs simply as a "pacing mechanic," which is generally how they operate in video games too.

Then why do HP go up with level?

Fate points are only abstract in the sense their effect isn't specified until you use them. And are abstract in that way so they CAN...

And this is why HP are not a sim tool: they change what they represent from moment to moment, monster to monster, encounter to...

I was watching a GDC talk by one of the designers of Magic, and he was tossing out a number of lessons he’d learned over his 20 years...

Pretty much this, yes. If setting lore doesn't impact play, a person playing is not likely to give that lore priority in their mind.

This pretty much was the reaction of the more Sim-oriented approaches of RuneQuest and BRP. BRP basically exists because people thought...