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Fair enough. FYI, I added some further context to my post while you were making this comment. No idea if it makes any difference.

As it is, then. If my prior posts didn't make that clear, my elaborating further is unlikely to.

Yes, I do still read it that way. From this post, it appears you're saying that's not what you mean but, in that case, I have no clue...

No, but I do think it has been suggested by others since.

I agree. Modern as applies to RPG mechanics means little outside of academic discussions of gaming history, and is dangerous to boot, as...

The word "modern" is an indication of placement in time, not of quality. It is an era, not a spectrum of greatness. In short, I suppose...

Yeah, that's the term that set me off, which is why I asked about examples of what kind of game could be aimlessly created.

Thats really the center of the issue. Folks are coloring their definitions with their preferences. "Aimless", for example, might be how...

Yeah, I see a lot of, "this is better than that" thinking here.

There's a bit of a gap between "knowing the difference between them" and "actively denigrating one" though. General purpose tools are...

We're talking about whether or not someone is designing with intent, or aimlessly. Here you appear to be explicitly stating that it is...

Most generic games I can think of, like GURPS or Fate, are clear products of a worldview and are because of that actually decently...

It's not a question of special purpose or general purpose tools here. It's the extremely value-laden comparison of intentional vs...

It would depend on the specific game, but part of the intent is obviously to allow a variety of settings and/or styles to be played. At...

Interesting. IIRC, that seems to line up with literature, but not with art, where I believe Modern means 1860 - 1960. But it's this...