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I know a guy who served in the US Navy in the Mediterranean. He said one time they had shore leave in Croatia, and he and some crewmates...

I think a bit of stealing is OK! Tarantino describes some of what he does as stealing. Somewhat tongue in cheek, but I don't see an...

I would posit that while you seem to place a lot of value on this, it is meaningless to potential consumers.

Don't bring anchovies into this

If you haven't had authentic pizza in Naples it doesn't count, all you've experienced is sparkling cheese and tomato bread discs.

If it looked cool it was for affect If it achieved something it was for effect If you felt ill afterwards it was for infect

I wonder if you've ever read Elfs, by Ron Edwards. You might find it interesting. Essentially the characters are dumbass lowlifes, and...

I put steal in quotes for a reason, as it's not literally stealing games. Designers, of course, learn from each other. For example: 1...

And I'm not seeing a single moral issue. All work is built on prior work in one fashion or another, creative, technological or (as RPGs...

So, all art, all movies, all TV, all books, all RPGs other than yours, are immoral?

20 years ago, people (TSR mostly) thought thus, and it started to strangle the hobby. This was challenged, and proven wrong. Sharing is...

A lot of indie style games these days openly list their references and inspirations. It's a good thing to be influenced by other...

Rules design is not functional IP for any purpose that matters in the hobby. Rules expression can be copyrighted, but rules themselves...

Just to be clear, your position is that art that takes inspiration from other art is immoral?

Late 90s games are very different from now. A tip: The vast majority of game designers run and read a wide variety of games. The more...