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This is at least leaning in the same direction as the aesthetic opinion that I expressed not far upthread!

Yeah, more of a Game Moderator than Game Master.

Mastery is a loaded word there IMO. Facilitator is probably closer to the actual role (generally speaking). Trying to argue that the GM...

Or even a Master of Ceremonies?

I think you should interrogate those assumptions pretty thoroughly. The tilt of the field toward the GM based on prep and 'mastery' of...

:LOL: Oh, I wasn't suggesting that were doing this in any way shape or form. I was simply outlining what seems to be a standard 'move'...

Outrageous! I'm not trying to make my preference central to a discussion of how RPGs should be played. But I am expressing an aesthetic...

I think that it is a real phenomenon but also a fading one precisely because making video games and mods scratches that itch far better...

I think it's not just "design and prep" being the thing. There's also something about the experience of leading others through it: of...

Yup. TV source material that inspired the game usually goes this route. Characters come and go, sometimes even the main characters...

Design and prep by the GM? I think that might be true of some games, but certainly not all. Any argument that says prep is more...

Absolutely. For me, it's up there with "trade offs" as a completely unhelpful framework for making sense of a voluntary leisure activity...

I think 'serving' is a terrible way to characterize RPG play. I think it's more useful to start with the idea that everyone at the table...

Man, I'm just glad I'm not that into any fairly immutable 1st party setting lore! I'm glad that I'm not wedded to anything where new...

Sure, there’s suggestions in the game on slowing it down or speeding it up (core is 6+2x level xp for next level, extending that out is...