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Logically that follows but it is fascinating how many long-term campaigns are using games with fairly crunchy rules - I wonder if that's...

If it is not too much trouble, please pick say 5 and say more about them. Lists unfortunately don't help me much.

All right. Here's a partial list of amazing minimalist or one-page RPGs. 50/50 by John Harper. 2400/24XX by Jason Tocci. Matrix...

The initial complexity is higher, but in the longer-term MT1 is less complex/thoughtful than StS, I would suggest, primarily because...

Out of curiosity, where were the other players? I'm not saying spotlight hogs and quiet players aren't real, or doesn't need...

I don't think it is particularly interesting or important, unless it creates actually gameable opportunities.

This thread is supposed to be about successful games not dead games. We have an entire other thread devoted to what makes a game dead...

So a game that is in print with a creator/company that engages with fans, but doesn't produce additional books, is dead?

Initially I was going to say a standalone Blitzball game (from FFX). Taking that a step further, a game with a bunch of fantastical...

I think you are interpreting this advice differently than I am, and then accusing me of doing it wrong. For clarity, I am not arguing...

Just to shift gears into the positive: I think Daggerheart as a "bridge" game between traditional D&D style and fiction-first PbtA...

When does it take effect? How do you determine? I can still buy Angel and Buffy RPG books, even though it has been DECADES since they...

Yes. But the issue here is specifically the problem of how no intitiative combat causes problems that "general play" does not. To...

Again, none of that is about the quiet player in combat. The quote you pulled is about play broadly.

That's a very narrow definition of a roleplaying game. All RPGs have a fiction, but some focus their attention on tactics, or strategy...