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I think this thread has led me to the conclusion that the engineering metaphor ('mechanics') is fundamentally misleading when trying to...

You are truly an endless spring of profundity.

Which is certainly a banal point to make.

Would anyone really argue that the modern presentation used in Old School Essentials isn't what makes it great? Would anyone argue that...

I don't want to put words into your mouth, but the general problem sounds like a perennial one: a lot of stuff is not well-designed.

Here's the Wikipedia entry on AW's mechanics: Game mechanics The system uses the Powered by the Apocalypse engine. It features...

? These can all just be handled as Persuasion checks in 5e, with no special thematical postmodern game design required. Assuming that...

Yes, this. I've tried to convey a similar idea upthread. I don't know Apocalypse Keys other than your posts about it. But drawing on...

A few more RPGs that are not narrowly focused on a single thing: *Burning Wheel *Torchbearer 2e *Cortex+ Maybe also 4e D&D. But I...

People who don't think that system matters, don't think that system matters, I agree. Their games are worse for it.

All I'm saying is that games are more than the fictional situation we are playing out. If I'm using Champions for a Hellboy-esque...

This strikes me as a sequencing error though. I'm not clear to what extent people really think 'I'd love to play a game about moral...

I can tell you what I took away from your "aimless" comment (and some of the elaboration/discussion it prompted, eg from @Campbell): A...

I think at the time it was largely considered a copying of Rolemaster, which had already existed in similar structure for some 15 years...

I like to roleplay, too! I just prefer to do it in scenes where I actually have a choice.