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If I'm going to invest time in developing a city (or town), I really try to use a broad lens before doing anything. I ask questions...

These are my miniatures from the 1980s - Finally dug them out since kids are learning to play! I do not know which manufacturers/sets...

I ran Dolmenwood last night. Entirely theatre of the mind. Never used the battle map.

There is a difficult part you touched on - the social contract. The session zero. The real-life friendships that exist at the table. All...

We use a system that has no insight, and the game works just fine. The player, as the PC, either believes the NPC or doesn't. It's their...

This is the way I look at it. 5e has a skill that can be used to read someone, and ideally identify if they're telling the truth. If...

Actually, my original point was that LINEAR dice-rolling systems are easier for players intuition. D100 vs d20 is not an issue, it’s...

No. I meant "who will this mechanic serve the needs of?" Some mechanics really work for some people with some aims and some really...

Not sure if this is what you mean by core mechanic, but I like games where the players (everyone at the table) roll dice only when the...

By masters, do you mean mechanics?

I meant "Which of these do I want to use? What's their strengths and weaknesses?" in the sense of "options for what I'm going to use."...

Sorry, I didn't mean to imply hiding was bad. I thought it might be to eliminate a bias towards one idea or another. Thanks for explaining.

As I thought I made clear in the OP: this thread isn't about "my game's" core mechanic. It is about core mechanics in general. It isn't...

Ok. So I assume you feel it is better to withhold the information about the game. Is this so people aren't led down a specific path of...

But they directly attach themselves to the core mechanics of a game. They are not options - they are choices that must be made. And it...