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Presumably the GM formed the view that the cook makes sense, or else they wouldn't narrate a cook!

Have you read the rules text (which I posted upthread)? Here is is again: So, as you can see, it is not redundant at all. It...

For sure. If you're looking for play that's more like 5 minutes per turn chess over blitz chess, then we're definitely going to be...

You know what also helps? The fact that we've read the texts and therefore understand the concepts of what "level" can mean. And even...

That's interesting. But not entirely surprising, I guess. There is a tendency for notions from indie RPGs to be picked up as slogans...

So, essentially, we can't have these things in the game because we cannot trust players to actually play in character. Hrm... how...

Did you read the rules text that I quoted?

I'm not sure what you think is "watered down" about the AW rules that I quoted upthread. It amplifies, and qualifies, the instruction to...

Most of the people who run in a race lose. Nevertheless, they make it to the finish line. In @hawkeyefan's example, the character...

I don't think there are any such people, are there?

The rules is not addressed to you. It's addressed to GMs of Apocalypse World.

And who has made that claim?

I don't understand this emerging view that it is unreasonable for a RPG to set out principles for players and GMs. It's not a new...

I play multiple RPGs where players, in the play of their PCs, are bound in the sorts of ways that @Hussar describes. In Classic...

But it's not actually 10 seconds, is it? Implied in this dialogue is a whole lot of other stuff: maintaining lists of gear and of money...