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Yes it could. There is no game-world law for just about anything even in most "simulationist" RPGs unless you're playing something as...

I really can't agree here other than that an encounter is a technical grouping of events and is as much a term of art as "Armour class"...

I have more thoughts about your post, but I have an absence of time to address everything. So for now... The thing is, I'm not so sure...

Burning Wheel + Torchbearer 2e (I'm gonna count these as one!) Prince Valiant Classic Traveller

• Loner as my all-purpose multitool. • QuestWorlds for intensely story and genre focused play with a notch more detail than Loner. And...

Torchbearer 2e: Bats, explosion, temples, iron mask.

5e D&D doesn't, by default, have techniques like applying a penalty to all rolls to reflect the fact that the passage of time has set...

I don't have a strong intuition about the timeline. But I've got no reason to think that those saying "tomorrow" or "2031" are any...

My favourite version of D&D is 4e D&D. It's maths is tight, it's game play is pretty intense, and it does not require the GM to...

Not really related to any other point, but the games most people think of as storygames do not give you more control over the narrative...

Key word is eventually. You think its tomorrow but its really 20-30 years from now.

I've found 5e much more DM friendly than 3e. Specifically, DMing 3e to high level (tier 4) became a difficult slog for me. I've found...

Again, I think you are the only one saying that. There is a difference between pointing out reality and discussing the things thar are...

As of a few years ago, the majority of people who have ever played D&D started with 5E. Indeed: he main target audience is people aged...

Upthread you've called for statistically valid surveys. Are these observations of yours statistically grounded? I'm not seeing what...