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My friends gave me so much grief (in a fun way) about including air currents and ocean currents in my How to Make a Fantasy Sandbox. But...

@BedrockBrendan and I have both explained at length how we arrive at our decisions. I was asked for an actual play account and provided...

They're talking about using logic and procedures to help them simulate a realistic world including how it responds to character actions...

I think @AlViking's idea of things here is probably more the norm for sandboxes. Setting fidelity is usually pretty important. I am not...

I frankly find learning from someone like Rob much easier. I think you are underestimating how different people are in this respect.

No. Not blinders. Just an understanding that there are two major types of agency. Player agency(outside of the PC) and character...

This sudden shift to technical discussion doesn’t erase the pattern that came before, comparing my approach to childish belief, denying...

You’re backpedaling. You literally described referees who “seek to fool themselves” as being like children who believe Santa Claus is...

@pemerton You’re still missing the point. I’m not claiming imaginary things have real-world causal power. I’m saying that in a Living...

If the conversation doesn’t move forward from here, I expect the next replies will focus on tone-policing, denying intent, or doubling...

Referees “fooling themselves” or engaging in “self-deception” when treating a setting as a real place for adjudication purposes is not a...

Some participants my be interested to learn about Suspension of Disbelief. Or not. If anyone would prefer to believe that pretending to...

Perhaps this will help in the discussion you are having. In my Living World Sandbox campaigns, referee responsibility is implicit in...