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To me, it seems to come down to a desire not to want to waste one's leisure time. I mean, the GM you're talking about isn't accepting...

If everyone in the table ended up not following the premise of the campaign then the premise of the campaign must be wrong then 🤷‍♂️...

It is just a different way to set up the game and narrative control of things. I have played in shared world D&D games where the DM...

I'm glad you agree that alignment is bad.

I think there is a qualitative difference in the DM player relationship based on the alignment mechanics. In OD&D to 3e for example the...

I perused the difference between the two books and your casting system is totally different. You use spell point casting in one system...

In which case there's no intrinsic reason you can't do that with houserules players suggest, either.

There's a widespread view, at least among D&D players, that the GM has the sole authority to make things true in the fiction. This...

Huh? I'm not sure how writing down more stuff makes the character feel less like a piece of (or a bundle of) paper. The rules for...

I've co-authored a lot of papers. That doesn't require a "leader".

Well, I don't think many people have entered the hobby through doorways other than D&D, licensed property RPGs, or friends who already...

Using the vocabulary of GNS (from The Forge), he identifies two forms of simulationism - purist-for-system (eg C&S) and high concept...

In his review of the rpg Chivalry & Sorcery in White Dwarf #5 (Feb/Mar 1978), Lew Pulsipher distinguishes between two styles of play...

Do we mean a golden age for the hobby or for the industry? Million dollar kickstarters reflect the latter but maybe not the former...

Yes, I worked in the Book Department from 1988 to 1994 and was at one time series editor for both the Ravenloft and Realms fiction...