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I have met many players who are not interested in "collaborative storytelling." Many want to play a game, plain and simple. I still...

Oh, look, it's on sale.

I am only generally aware of that games existence. I have never seen a copy.

That’s the Extraordinary Adventures of Baron Munchausen with a fantasy coat of paint. It’s a game of competitive lying.

The more AP I watch, the less it resembles actually playing an RPG.

The newest episode of the wonderful Our Fake History podcast is diving into hoe Buffalo Bill Cody "invented" the Old West by way of the...

100+ votes in and only one for someone who virtually never GMs. Certainly points to the idea that this forum is for dedicated TTRPGers...

The game part of the game is the majority of fun for me, so I prefer when players engage with that aspect as their primary focus.

Agree with this. I prefer when players make choices that drive the story and conflict forward, rather than chasing "immersion".

While I appreciate moments of immersion that can spontaneously occur during play, I don't consider immersion necessary for a good game...

Yeah but if you roll a 1 you impale yourself while doing so.

Also a mace. For skeletons.

A group walked up a hill, in and around various foliage with various swords, from a Viking sword to a montante to a katana...

See?

To circle back around to lore broadly, I am a "shallow lore" person -- both in settings I prefer to play in, and when I create worlds...