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I feel like a very large proportion of objections to narrative mechanics boil down to an unreflective dislike of the idea that anyone...

The discussion of Daggerheart and Hope and Fear got me thinking: D&D sort of has a unofficial "narrative mechanic" in the way that many...

My own nerd discussion group is tripping up over the Hope/Fear thing. "Not everything players roll for has hope or fear built in!" I'm...

Again, the DH hope and fear mechanics are not as explicitly narrative as some others. You can treat them as a way to manage resources...

What mechanics, specifically, are you referring to?

That’s fine, it’s a game for your recreation not a work assignment. Maybe give it a shot down the road or try it as a player and not as...

I think that goes back further than Feng Shui. The first game I encountered that really tried to emulate a particular genre was James...

I guess the difference with James Bond was that whilst it did definitely try some ideas re genre simulation, it was somewhat...

It reminds me of 13th Age, without actually feeling like 13th Age. Not sure that makes sense. But yes, I'm excited for Daggerheart too!

I am repeatedly surprised and giddy as I read through this book. It's amazing to me that both Matt Mercer and Matt Colville have...

I'm pretty sure indifferent nature didn't endow us with any fundamental rights to life or liberty. In the absence of divinity, the only...

In the episode where chopper is taken over, those who know the droid well (including a droid) immediately notice because of his “quirky”...

I very much do differentiate by the mode of creation. To simplify here, in the US Declaration of Independence, Jefferson writes a line...

I dunno. The behavior chip in their brains was not that dissimilar to a droid’s restraining bolt, forcing them to do certain things...

I think this is what is implied by the K-2SO revival scene. Same droid, but with a sort of restraining bolt hard-wired (or rewired) into...