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Thank you for the explanation and example. This seems good to me; that the different approaches produce different outcomes and that...

Oh, are you talking about D&D 5E? I agree! Also, that, despite saying "D&D" in the name, it can't hold a candle to the One True D&D --...

I think there is an excluded middle here between 'the player isn't invested in any particular outcome for his character' and 'the player...

Thanks. I don't have a detailed example but I can share the very brief one from the book. Obviously it's missing the context of the...

Well, lets not overemphasize that. I'll take the example of Dungeon World, since I am running it now. The players, before creating...

What examples were you thinking of? Because this isn't my experience.

I don't think this characterisation of narrativist games as relying on players being uninterested in a particular outcome is correct. I...

I think that skill challenges were a noble failure. Plenty of games on the storygame side have some means of chaining together...

Honestly, this is why I've pushed back so much in this thread. Over and over again, we see claims about how "traditional" gaming is...

I laid out what "fairness" means--at least to me. A rule that is applied consistently is fair. A rule that is applied inconsistently is...

I'm still seeing more solutions upstream. Like, what you want is a guaranteed cinematic moment, and you're using a system that can...

I see nothing about fudging that has anything to do with "respecting the players".

In a discussions like this that essentially asks the question "what are some uncommon / lesser known ways of doing X?" What exactly is...

Pulling out one specific line to call out what I see as a core difficulty here: But they cannot have that feeling regardless. You have...

Let's apply a little perspective. I don't think that "railroad" is anywhere close to being on the level as an offensive joke. It's not a...