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Pedantic replied to the thread What are the rules for?.So everyone clearly has incompatible design goals in mind here. This is all just churn where arguing about effective implementation of... -
There’s no point in anyone else making a game for you if everything is arbitrary and up to your personal taste, unrelated to reality or...
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No, none of these things are true a priori. Everything in a game is imaginary. If we decide that a wrestler with 10 ranks in Might is as...
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Yes, but at least the game mechanics will be presenting the same assumptions to everybody. Once its personal perception, you're living...
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Can they, though? As six people how long it will take to travel ten miles through hilly terrain, and I suspect you'll get at least four...
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Pedantic replied to the thread What are the rules for?.I agree broadly with your perspective, but I think "fun" is a little reductive here, or maybe should be better understood as shorthand...
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You are conflating the rules of the game with the adjudication of the rules. The basis of Free Kriegsspiel is, literally, Kriegsspiel...
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Free kiegspiel in no way whatsoever means the game has no rules. It's just a different way of communicating and adjudicating the rules...
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Pedantic reacted to Deset Gled's post in the thread Alien forms of gameplay/game design you've encountered? with
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To be blunt, this is how many narrative-focused RPGs feel to me. You can often accomplish whatever you want as long as nobody thinks... -
Pedantic replied to the thread Alien forms of gameplay/game design you've encountered?.I've had some strange experiences that I think of as "Schrodinger's Mechanic" type play. The game has rules for resolving something...
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Pedantic replied to the thread What videogames are you playing in 2026?.The general vibe seems to swing less roguelike-inclined than me here....but surely I'm not the only person deep into Slay the Spire 2...
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Pedantic reacted to zakael19's post in the thread D&D General I’m Trying to Love D&D Again—and I’ve Got Some Complaints. Young Grognard posting. with Like.
When I started posting to r/LFG, I noticed that they had an explicit "LGBT+ Friendly" tag. I started including that, and lo and behold...
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Pedantic reacted to Charlaquin's post in the thread D&D General I’m Trying to Love D&D Again—and I’ve Got Some Complaints. Young Grognard posting. with Like.
Mostly it’s just, a lot of us know people’s first guess is likely to be wrong. Rather than waiting to be referred to incorrectly and...
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Pedantic reacted to Umbran's post in the thread D&D General I’m Trying to Love D&D Again—and I’ve Got Some Complaints. Young Grognard posting. with Like.
"As a person"? Your sexual orientation and gender expression are part of who you are, as a person. Folks who are in the mainstream...
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Exactly. Anyone suggesting a DPR measure is an exact measure of efficacy is obviously making a large mistake. There are plenty of...