Recent content by SableWyvern

It would probably depend entirely on the context of the specific situation, what means the PCs have access to to validate their conclusions and how they go about employing those means.

I don't know if you missed it, but I did early retract my "telling the story of solving a mystery" phrasing. I believe: In Brindlewood Bay, the players are not solving a mystery, but are playing characters who do is a more accurate expression of the distinction I was trying to make. I'm not...

Is any of this actually in dispute? I'm sure it is somewhere, but not in this thread, from anything I've seen. I said that some investigation games involve the players actually solving "a mystery" and I also mentioned "solving puzzles". I compared investigative RPGs to escape room games and...

There are parts of this I really want to quibble with, but that's not going to achieve anything worthwhile, so instead I will just say thanks for taking your time to share your thoughts on this. Glad you're having fun getting actual gaming done in a style that works for you.

Perhaps I'm not really engaging with the premise, but as far as I'm concerned, every single ruleset I use to run a game is a toolkit. I use the bits I want the way I want to arrive at a system that meets my needs. As a general rule, I don't really care how the author intended it to be played...

Let's say someone decides they want to run a game specifically about a group of halfings who have to leave their idyllic home and go on one or more adventures. Is this an unreasonable idea for a game? Does it indicate the GM lacks vision or can only run railroads? Is it reasonable for players...

Sure, I'll happily accept I'm talking about how I feel and not hard, objective facts... As long as you accept the the same here.

I think it's much safer to conclude that the conversations circles back to, "because I want to" not because everyone wants to conceal their furriness, but because no one in this thread actually wants to play a tortle, and thus has no ready answer to, "Why do you want to play a tortle?" Others...

Fair enough, in that case it simply seems like quite a stretch, even if it wasn't intended to be insulting. I don't see any value in trying to tell people they have secret, hidden motivations for the things they're saying; if we can't assume that people are saying what they mean then the entire...

Really? Telling people who disagree with you that it's probably just because they're closet furries is going to advance the conversation how? This is no better than claiming a GM who curates their game lacks vision and clearly just wants to run a scripted railroad.

I encourage people to play and run the games they find fun. I absolutely deny that we, or anyone, should be encouraging the wider hobby to adopt and approve of a single style above others.

If you honestly believe that it is the act of excluding itself that creates fun for the GM, it's understandable that people are talking past each other.

I don't see any point in trying to define a "default", because there is literally no way to ensure people agree what it is. Or, while there may be some merit in making the attempt for purposes of passing the time in conversation on the topic, I don't see anything to be gained by trying to...

When I first read the line about prioritsing player fun, the question I asked myself is why start from the assumption that some level of restrictive world building is in opposition to player fun? I can't imagine my players wanting me to stop running my varied, curated campaigns and replace them...

The players in a Call of Cthulhu game can absolutely solve puzzles and mysteries, in a very similar fashion to how they would if playing an escape room game. For many people, this is literally part of the appeal of investigative games -- actually, as a person in the real world, solving puzzle...