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So I’m throwing this into the discussion of player agency: what’s everyone’s view on the structure of Dave Arneson’s original Blackmoor...

As I explained upthread RPG are not games in a conventional sense. The application of game theory has limited value because there's an...

Like I said above, I really like "meta agency" for the kind of thing you're talking about.

And if-when it does come up in play you'll sure be glad you made that list! For my setting I made up a list of all the Emperors the...

Even if you shift it to some other power structure, you are drawing from the same well as the all powerful human referee. And if you put...

I use metagaming but I acknowledge it is loaded term because of it association with cheating. Perhaps meta agency is the better way to...

I like this "meta agency" term coined in this thread by I believe @robertsconley . That being player influence beyond what the PC...

That’s where the issue lies,your approach places everything into what I would call the second category: metagame agency Meta Agency. In...

Not sure why, you seem to be knowledgeable about what constitutes classic railroading. That's because I explained this multiple times...

Yeah, like I have said in other threads. I am not precious about things like notes. I often show them to players after the fact so they...

That easy using spy equipment to listen to the opposing sideline discussing strategy and calling plays.

You're operating with your definition of agency within the context of tabletop roleplaying. There’s no authoritative source for what...

In my Living World sandbox campaign, judgment and technique are interwoven. When my players question a decision, I can’t just say...

"No, there's only one type of agency we're talking about. It's that of the player playing the game. Player agency." This is not a...

That doesn’t change the fact that I use specific techniques to run a World in Motion campaign. Those techniques fundamentally differ...