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With just this statement (leaving off the part about swearing off other systems), I don't even see how you can form an opinion after so...

How is 'anytime you resist my plot hooks, the game immediately ends' not also railroading?

I vote "for intent", though I'm more familiar with the "conflict resolution" naming. I've nothing against task-resolution, it suits some...

When people bring up Tolkien as an example of what fantasy they feel D&D should emulate, don't forget that at some point, even the...

Doesn't seem like a DM is needed when the group itself can just kick them out.

You think rules light games lack substance but the only ones you've ever played have been made at home? Bold of you to make definitive...

Well, I don't think many people have entered the hobby through doorways other than D&D, licensed property RPGs, or friends who already...

Do we mean a golden age for the hobby or for the industry? Million dollar kickstarters reflect the latter but maybe not the former...

Which ones have you played?

English as it's meant to be spoken.

You mean you wish you didn't have an accent, like we don't have accents? But you have to struggle through with a thick American accent...

If the GM is guaranteed to occasionally act in bad faith, should we not prepare for that inevitability, rather than shrugging and...

I don't think that all people sometimes act in bad faith.

I wish there were any current events that showed the problems with giving one person ultimate power but I'm struggling to think of any...

You're disagreeing with something I didn't say. GP = XP doesn't make the game about getting gold. It (without a corresponding weight of...