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As Vincent Baker has said[, PbtA stands for “Powered by the Apocalypse.” It means games inspired by our original game Apocalypse World...

This is not what I said. This is a trivial description of most RPGing. (Maybe all, but I'll leave that open.) I said that, in the sort...

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What do you mean by "author stance"? The only definition I'm familiar with comes from here, and you're obviously not using that one.

Well, there are some things to consider. Who made the decision about what the runes were? At what point in the example is the player...

I think this brings us closer to an understanding. Dungeon World repeatedly admonishes the participants, especially the GM, to speak to...

I'm not sure Watsonian vs Doylist is the same thing as Trad vs Narrativist. Our play is as much 1st person reasoning as the character as...

First of all, there's a somewhat different attitude towards characters and roles. Trad play is fundamentally rooted in a competitive...

It's hard to see how player nominating what the runes will mean on success results in less agency for that player than GM nominating it...

It doesn't!

Well, think about it. My 4e thief is in an SC where the object is to steal something from a house. Thievery is more a modus than a...

Then actually do the analysis! You are super willing to leap to conclusions and assume you know how this works, but what I hear you...

It is fundamentally different because the player declared intent first. MHRP/Cortex+ Heroic is not a PbtA game.

Well, let’s just look at the cook example. Trad folks are advocating for the character’s action to have no effect. Nothing happens...

Nope!