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OK, I see what you're saying. Thank you for elaborating. As I understand you you're talking about the difference between (broadly)...

'Play to find out which of two things happen', sounds great.

Yes, I would. I don't see how fudging would be compatible with Baker's advice.

Well, note how immediately you have narrowed this from 'what happens' to 'how it resolves'. So a wide variety of possible outcomes and...

I'm not sure what decisions you are talking about that are present in one game and not the other.

Is the GM also playing to find out, or do they already know?

Are you sure the lesson you learned wasn't 'put more words in'? :)

I think you'll find it's grammer.

Would you say though that it's mandatory to have the GM of such a system take a 'no fudging, no thumb on the scale' position? I don't...

That is completely false. A player in such a 'modern' game has at least the same type of agency to 'force an outcome' as a player in a...

Ok, so none of what you described is "play to find out what happens" What it means is "The GM ALSO has no idea what will occur next in...

I'm of the opinion firstly that all classes should have "Adventuring" added to their name; an academic wizard master of portals should...

This was what you wrote: There is no sense in which it is true. Playbook characters are every bit as free to attempt things not covered...

Why can't everybody be the adult? Our roleplay group is pretty static but we've had people's friends join before and at university...

Speaking generally, the longer this thread goes on, the more I feel that the most distinctive defining feature of modern RPG design...