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That Dungeons & Dragons doesn't get much attention. Somebody should really give it a break and let it have some coverage!

Too niche

It's not a mechanic, but here's a thing that strikes me as modern when it is found in a RPG: a clear statement of GMing principles. A...

I was reminded of this quote from B5 today "There is a greater darkness than the one we fight. It is the darkness of the soul that has...

That can be an aesthetic preference, sure. But if Force Points are not "meta" - even though, in the fiction, no one earns points or...

As a side comment, this is one reason the lack of much in the way of guidelines for combat comparison in most superhero games is much...

OK, but we know that things like willpower, anger, stamina etc all exist IRL, we just don't know how to measure their effect, or to...

At least I've now learned that there's nothing "meta" about 4e D&D martial encounter and daily powers. After all, they reference...

Sorry man, this is what peak performance looks like

I don't know which games have metacurrencies based on player birthdays. If 'calling it something that exists in the gameworld' is all...

Sure, but the point of a relatively lightweight and robust resolution system is to just get to the resolution, and not worry too much...

Well, we accept that physical exhaustion is a thing, and that people can't maintain peak performance and do the exact same thing over...

See, but that's not how we decide a mechanic is meta or not. Obviously the name helps it seem less meta, and that's actually quite...

But pretty much all metacurrencies loosely represent something that exists in the setting, the issue is just in how they represent them...

The fact that you can spin a diegetic reason for it doesn't mean it's not meta. The force doesn't work in points and cinema jedi aren't...