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It’s just that constraint can help focus things and shape creativity. If someone says “tell a story”, that’s a pretty broad request. If...

I mean, the definition of "metacurrency" is rooted in the distinction between a game element being "only mechanical" versus having a...

No. Spending a Fate point gives you a +2 or a reroll. They are not “just declare whatever you want” points. Fate does have other...

I don't know what 'reasonably possible' means here. Lots of games have very contrived game systems, for example turn-based ones. No-one...

Here I was more referring to the idea that if metacurrency creates a particular result, you can present that in an artificial and...

Sure, but in a lot of cases MC's also represent things that have happened, or been considered, in time that the game-at-table has...

Some play styles chase immersion specifically, which is fine and cool. Where the mistakes creep in is when people want to talk about it...

I think this is an easy answer, but not a very useful one. First, lots of things that people casually label 'metacurrency' don't mess...

I think maybe there is a lot being lost here, dunno where you got any of that. Let's recap. You wanted an example of how metacurrency...

Depends, in this case, is right. I might go so far as to say that if someone can deliberately spend extra effort, it's not properly a...

In superhero RPGs it's the giant, bubble-lettered onomatopoeia that keeps popping up over my head..."BLAM!" "POW!"...that always yanks...

Egads. I know that there are almost 40 more pages of discussion ahead of this that I still need to chew through, but this reminded me...

If a poker player used his supply of chips to bluff a win out of a poor hand, would you accuse them of not taking the loss they "should...

I do find it interesting that some folks do not want an intrusion into the fiction by an outside, or meta, force -- EXCEPT the GM. The...

Meta-currencies are not "I win" buttons. They are just a resource.