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Gaming inherited arguments from wargaming, science fiction fandom, and constructed language fandom, among others. Oh, and reenactment...

I don't think people in the Pleistocene would have objected to the GM making an adjustment to a roll that was in the players' interests...

To be fair, in most games which rely heavily on success with complications generally rolls should only be called for when the...

I can see that. Seems that in the Pleistocene, the GM ignoring a die roll or considering it to be one higher or lower or whatever would...

Definitely. The more things change, the more they stay the same. The book does talk about the prevalence of cheating, and why...

At least when people start threads promoting terrible people I get to add a bunch of names to my ignore list. It's really depressing how...

I haven't read anything like as much on TRPG history as some people here, but my strong sense is that it's been the same arguments and...

Shared Fantasy is really worth reading. As far as I'm aware, it's the earliest academic work examining RPGs and gamers. But it's also...

That’s the thing. As far as I could tell, this guy DEEPLY and PROFOUNDLY felt he’d messed up with the drugs, and wanted to get back...

Oh man, wait until you hear about Yahtzee.

That one made me think of my first solo criminal case. My defendant was charged with a drug offense- his first run-in with the law- and...

That’s one way to look at it I guess. Let’s look at Daggerheart again: Keep the Story Moving Forward “Every time a player makes an...

I'm not sure why it was used as an example in the linked article. I think it's a terrible example because it lacks the greater context...

Apologies for the length... I don't know why outbursts like that don't immediately result in a finding of direct contempt, but judges...

People are responding as if the people who are taking exception to the fail forward example are trying to sell them on fail forward as...