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I'll be honest, I've never found the games that get put into the CaS category satisfying on a strict mechanical interaction level...

This is most easily resolved by just making perception/knowledge defenses. Gated information can have an obscurity modifier the GM rolls...

sigh I knew when I posted that you'd obstinately miss the point. Yes, there aren't so many wishes and in general they aren't used for...

Wow. That’s…well, in line with stereotypes about gamers. But beyond the presumption, it also shows a gross misunderstanding of my...

In Realm of Stars I have 2-action combat turns in a 6 second round, based on a redesigned 3.0 combat with some bits from other OGL...

You're basically just working around a smaller atom of actions, right? Like, "1 action" is a useful generic label, but you can express...

I also think it's just habit/history. So often when I bring this topic up I get these sideways looks (or, at least, that's how I'm...

unpacking, analyzing, probing, considering.... EDIT: Or, to paraphrase Billy Collins, tie it to a chair and beat it with a hose.

Hey, this has been a really fruitful discussion for me. Once again, the pushback and questioning helps me think about (dare I say...

This is the kind of play I find most confusing. I personally don't like gambling (narratively or otherwise), but I grasp the general...

...or, as per my response to Micah upthread, even iterated gambling where you might not win, but you can't really lose, either. (E.g...

I think you're totally right in identifying that as a separate category that gets rolled into "Sport," which I've always found perhaps...

None of that conflicts with the approach to skills that I have been advocating, although neither are they necessarily identical. I will...

I think the bolded steps are the place where a well designed skill system can come in and meaningfully change gameplay. The downsides...

I'm going after calls for Perception checks/"roll History to understand this mural" but it's certainly defensible to completely remove...