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So I've talked a few times about what I'd want in a 6e game. Often enough that at 3am this morning I was plagued with thoughts of game...

No, you can compare Team PC to Team Challenges Set by GM. That is the basic question of the tactical game - do the PCs beat the...

Yeah, it's always something constantly considered by me, finding a balance between presenting interesting/worthwhile challenges, and...

How is 'anytime you resist my plot hooks, the game immediately ends' not also railroading?

Edit; ninja’d

Interestingly, this is exactly the opposite of what player skill means in the context of most discussions about it.

I get that you just jumped in without reading the thread and we all do that sometimes, but I politely suggest you read the thread...

That’s not really the point I was making. I’m just refuting “the fiction requires it!” argument for why we have to have resource...

There is no need to conflate, "play that focuses on use of a set of skills" and "players are in competition over which of them is better...

So in GoT they are using torches in dark places they know. It’s not a traveling spelunk into unknown regions with danger around every...

I'm still trying to figure out if I roll for effect or affect...

This is an interesting point. The protagonist picks up an old stick/bone, wraps some cloth around it and has a light source that lasts...

I first dismissed it as steampunk, which I was not interested in. Little did I know that the setting has so much more to offer! I love...

While I've definitely encountered players (and GMs) who are competitive (which in itself is kind of absurd in this kind of game), I'd be...

I don't think it makes sense to tie the existence of skill to the measurement of skill. In principle this measurement can be done by...