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I don't know what it's simulating, though. The GM could make up whatever they like, and it would count. A simulation has some sort of...
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But the GURPS behaviour is not immersive at all - there's no temptation or longing to drink.
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I'm not so much talking about codification, as expertise. In the absence of expertise and an objective standard of correctness...
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Just wanted to share a moment from my session tonight where players got really excited about some Dragonlance lore, and how I got there...
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You have the wrong version of Traveller!; but get a thumbs up for Torchbearer.
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agree with all those points. My 4: GURPS Traveller Fiasco Torchbearer Microscope
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Sigh. Fine. You win. Never mind no one else took anyone else’s choice down a peg but you do you, man. So over this.
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A key feature of free kriegsspiel is - as your post says - the expertise of the referee. The referee makes decisions about what happens...
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Burning Wheel - Extremely PC focused, as opposed to most D&D which is usually GM plotline, or adventure focused. Mythras - Very...
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