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Talk was in the discord, I haven’t been following it.

As I understand it, there is an effort to convert this to Shadowdark. Does anyone know how that effort is progressing?

What is find interesting in the subtext of much of this discussion is that while almost everyone seems to.enjoy comic books in the same...

I noticed it, only because I thought it was unusual for an F-bomb to be in a trailer. It didn’t bother me though, I thought it defined...

The line between "homage" and "pastiche" and "copyright violation" seems fuzzier than ever. Maybe try being original?

How I interpret it to avoid the complete player/character decisions disconnect, is that every hit point has at least a little bit of...

The player decisions are always meta to some degree. TTRPGS are not perfect simulations, so at some point the player is going to look to...

I didn't even notice the swearing. Like fish and water, I guess.

Hard disagree. Hit points are an abstraction, but they still represent something real in the fiction that the character can experience...

The best explanation I have seen is probably Apocalypse World 2E.

It's about a very specific approach to what 'setting' means. The idea is that the rules should focus solely on play within the setting...

To be even more blunt, I would recommend Robert O. Paxton's "The Anatomy of Fascism" as an informative and explanatory read.

Me too! I just heard about it listening to the Dystopia Now podcast... which I've been listening to for no particular reason, not at all.

I don't think that has much to do with it. By definition, a diagetic resource would fit the nature and tone of the game being played...

I mean, the definition of "metacurrency" is rooted in the distinction between a game element being "only mechanical" versus having a...