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Yes, the play of MHRP/Cortex+ Fantasy that I described would be characterised by @AbdulAlhazred as narrativist play. It is pretty light...

I'm not sure how familiar you are with MHRP resolution. But the player is risking their PC's position in a way comparable to any other...

The PC's action doesn't cause anything in the real world, as a special case of the general principle that imaginary things don't have...

When Apocalypse World and Dungeon World say "prepare for the worst" they are indicating that the GM is given explicit permission to make...

No. For the reasons I've stated, extensively, upthread. And in other threads that you've also participated in. The first thing to note...

Does anyone GM posting in this thread that, other than you? (I assume that you do it. If you don't, then what makes you think anyone...

I don't know what "but" or "prepared for the worst" you're referring to, sorry. But I doubt that anyone who has read the AW rulebook...

I'm not asking @Campbell or @AbdulAlhazred about the play experiences. I'm pretty sure that AbdulAlhazred has never played MHRP or other...

I didn't mention lotteries as an example of stake-setting. Though they are, in the sense that by choosing to enter a lottery I choose to...

The problem isn’t that you have other preferences. That’s perfectly fine. The problem isn’t that you talk about your preferences...

I don't know what you mean by "a dodge" - what do you think I'm dodging? The roll was a roll to read runes. The fact that it is...

The rolls etc happen at the table. Not in the fiction. The rolls affect what we at the table agree to imagine together. They don't...

Except it isn't. Going to the bathroom has no mechanical effect, nor is it a retrocausal explanation which has been expressly forbidden...

Had the player not asked about the farrier, because of their hope, it would not have come up and you would not have narrated the farrier.

What you're describing there is a change in the real world, namely, the content of the shared fiction. The change that occurs in the...