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In my case, just what you did "a process". Among other things, its not directly accessible to anyone else, and one can question...

Huh? Authoring a fiction is not "warping reality".

I agree that overly detailed PC building and overly detailed setting building are two sides of the same coin. They demonstrate that the...

I like “heuristic”, but I’m open to workshop it. :) I just think “mechanic” isn’t the correct term because if you said “I like FKR...

I can’t speak for @EzekielRaiden, although I think we share similar sentiments on this issue. My take is that generally a GM shouldn’t...

The making of a decision, guided by a heuristic. "Mechanic" is cognate with "machine". Using a machine to generate a result stands in...

I mean, if you want a simple example: the complexities of narrating a critical hit in 3e (and to a lesser extent 5e). You narrate that...

Doesn't everyone who is playing RPGs? I mean, isn't "treating the sub-creation of the setting as real for the purposes of the game" just...

Is this based on your experiences of play? Or is it conjecture? What are your thoughts on the role of prep in (say) Dogs in the...

Which of the ways that you've designed and made decisions about. The den that you decided exists and will decide what it contains. The...

I would think the 30 year creation period would make it more resistant, not less. I mean, a fictional place is like a computer file...

Not really. Neither I or the 30 year creator are required to incorporate fiction arising from the game into their world.

For this case in particular, no aspect of the world is under threat. Even if the GM/Author runs a game in the setting, they are under...

Do you have anything to say about these things? I mean, it seems fairly obvious - doesn't it? - that simulationist experiences of...

How? As in, how does it break with a notion of simulation? And how is the runes episode an example of making a decision that might be...