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Yeah, its probably more accurate to say that the modern period is not so much represented by better tools (which only makes sense from...

my take is that they were resisting an implicit ‘newer is always better’ in some posts kinda like this one ;) I would disagree with...

Fair point. I think this means the "and tightly focused mechanics that drive play" (or something along those lines) is indeed the more...

Rather than “aimless”, I think the useful antonym might be something like “unlinked”. There’s a book about the design of the Wild Wide...

And I tried to make a distinction between two versions of that, and apparently that's not working. So, I again repeat I'm uninterested...

Throughout this conversation, I've been saying that it sounds like you think intent only counts as intent if it's narrowly focused on a...

GURPS has a clear focus -- providing the tools to simulate a variety of (usually reasonably grounded) worlds and settings with a...

If you don't want to use the word to cover the things it usually covers, then I'd suggest using a different word, or adding some...

That was my position, but I'm not sure it was widely held -- I recall getting quite a bit of pushback (some of my earliest posts here...

If that is what someone means to say, they should say that. "This game feels the same to me, even when it's presenting different...

This seems, again, to be nothing other than saying "Only a single, unified and narrow intent counts as being intentional. Pick up...

I'm not sure what you mean by "style". But your first sentence in the second quote seems to identify the theme/goal of GURPS. It...

Ironically this offers a good source of distinction. When a 'modern' game has lots of players or releases it is a victim of a syndrome...

Why is support of one specific theme the only valid "intent"?

See, this is where I curse the Forge and how its influence on RPGs can be extremely regressive. Specifically, the hyperfocus on jargon...