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My preferences are not going to match up to what everyone wants. At the same time I have no issue filling my table with players that...

Everyone is, of course, entitled to do whatever they wish, but my general feeling is: If your aim is to make great games, make the...

I generally give my money to small companies and independent creators, because they're more likely to prioritize the product over the...

I published an RPG and a supplement and took no account of this whatsoever. I just published the game I wanted to make. They're...

I must say I am a bit baffled by some of the more extreme opinions expressed in this thread. As a DM it is “my way or the highway”...

And here, you're doing the heavy lifting with "unnecessary". You'd find a lot of it unnecessary because you don't find engaging with it...

Define "unnecessary" and then make the claim that your definition isn't just your personal opinion.

I think the bigger point is that simplifying almost always means you are giving up something. In your hypothetical example of...

So this isn't me disagreeing with you, just adding a different perspective. Some games, and some groups of players, approach RPGs with...

I'm not even suggesting that it's impossible that some element of that D&D inspired genre that wasn't inspired in the first place by D&D...

Specifically, the claim was that the tropes they emulate are those of "D&D-derived fantasy". They can't have been designed to emulate...

Even if that's the case, it's not the existence of mechanics that have been around since the 1970s (eg, classes, levels and hit points...

Yes, when I chose the word recursive, I was thinking of a conversation like this; - D&D mechanics are designed to emulate a genre. -...

I never said there wasn't a genre of heroic D&D-inspired fantasy, I said that it seems problematic to identify the mechanics of D&D as...

For the record, I agree with the sentiment behind @Fenris-77's comment, even if I'd use a different term.