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I think this is too proscriptive and would seem to suggest that narrativist play isn't possible outside of games specifically built for...

This is incorrect, see my previous post :)

The difference may also be the angle which Gygax and Spencer (or whoever wrote that part of DH) is coming from. Gygax is coming against...

Ok, so none of what you described is "play to find out what happens" What it means is "The GM ALSO has no idea what will occur next in...

For me, "play to find out what happens" - if it is to be meaningful - has to include the GM. So I see any notion of the GM having a...

I can see why you say this. But then it seems to pick up T&T. And bits of D&G (eg saving throws and hp, at least as Gygax articulated...

This was what you wrote: There is no sense in which it is true. Playbook characters are every bit as free to attempt things not covered...

My view of sim play is mixed. I think the idea of relying on mechanics to specify outcomes of declared actions, by...

I'm not sure what you mean by this. RPGs are games. They are played by participants, who - as in any game - make "moves" that cause the...

I am trying to parse this statement from Daggerheart in the context of the game. What does this mean for Daggerheart? How do these...

Possibly. If I buy a Star Wars game, I might not. The sorts of games to which IPs are attached can vary in style and content. That's why...

Vincent Baker deliberately used some jargon to avoid carrying over too much baggage from other RPGs. But the MC is a GM. "Playbooks"...

And playbooks are just the modern incarnation of classes.

I don't really know what you mean by this. Eg I'm not sure what your "it" is, that you say is aiming at providing something else that is...

I replied to a post about "control over the fiction". I didn't know you meant worldbuilding. Players in classic D&D, if played in the...