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This prompted me to look at the SRD on Devil's Bargains: PCs in Blades are reckless scoundrels addicted to destructive vices—they don’t...

I feel that this description of play is foregrounding an approach to play that is "no myth" or "shared myth", but also somewhat...

I agree with this. I enjoy GMing, or playing, a RPG session - generally I enjoy it a lot! And a significant part of my enjoyment is...

I was struck by this post. There can't be a RPG without "fiction": shared imagination is core to RPGing. Funny hats, voices and other...

I would consider playing in an RPG session the equivalent of watching a movie or reading a book. It's how I "consume" the story...

Yes we do? Or at least I do. The Season of Ghosts AP I played in was plotted out and good

That’s a rather crappy interpretation. I didn’t really describe the mechanics at all…just pointed out that they exist and therefore...

I don't think all RPG experiences are the same in this regard. It seems to me that you are talking about 'story now' versus 'story...

Notably missing from the above is a discussion of "the fiction" and "in character" -- which I appreciate. While it is common to play...

I think there’s advice in the book for the GM to turn to the players if they’re struggling with ideas. I don’t think it’s meant as...

A further complication: a lot of RPG rulebooks don't really spell all of this out in detail. They leave it as an exercise for the...

A great many people have difficulty switching between different systems of resolution. For instance: You want to escape the guards and...

Well yeah? It’s just a discussion.

Ehhh, I dunno.... Dread alone proves most all of this wrong. It has no limitations based on beats or structure, and his highly able...

Yeah, it sounds like players and GM were not each doing their respective jobs. (As per what the rules say, which I'm taking from the...