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First of all, gift horses and all that I guess. But the existence of someone using the tool poorly does not mean the tool is bad.

Turns in combat are an abstraction for ease of resolution, but within the fiction, all participants’ actions within a round are...

Note: This response is going to be a lot of freeform rambling, as I have a lot of thoughts on the subject, but not enough time to edit...

There has to be an inciting incident that calls for the initiative roll. If it is an ambush, I give the ambusher a single action that...

IS there any recent good star wars fiction? The last one I read and enjoyed was Twilight Company, the surprisingly good military-sci-fi...

I think playstyle is important and the distinction of calling them opinionated isnt necessary. Part of the design evolution of RPGs is...

Ralph Bakshi's got drugs and boobs, though! And killing mutant Nazis!

Unsurprisingly, I find the randomness to be a feature -- maybe THE feature. That is why I am using the tables instead of carefully...

I personally think the randomness is a feature: it takes you in directions you wouldn't otherwise go. Modifying the end results (the...

As I was writing my reply, I realized this became a spectrum question for me. I don't find hyper-opinionated games very compelling...

This is a good analysis of Blades. I find that I want to like BitD (and Scum & Villainy) but I struggle to actually do so. Or, put...

Houses of the Bloodied first come to mind as game with set play style and rules that not only enforce it, but reward it. If you try to...

[NOTE: This is another in my ongoing musing threads meant to help me think about my Bucket List RPG. The purpose of the discussion is...

Personally I think everyone should make thier favorite game thier own by Heartbreaking the heck out of it. Homebrew to make the game...

I just finished doing a Bundle of Holding. Huge success for me. It was a Shadowdark bundle, and when I originally did the kickstarter...