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I wonder with Dune whether it looks less idiosyncratic in retrospect because so many aspects of it have been absorbed and regurgitated...

It's as I said in the sentences you didn't quote. Someone makes a decision as to which characters (if any) knows. Or, you reframe the...

It's the same definition. I am not even slightly interested in video games. if you're not talking about TTRPGs maybe you should flag...

I didn't say he would? To qualify as an indie publisher he would have to write or design the game itself. Not just commission it. Not...

I guess I don't mean that you should never do a 'do you know this particular piece of knowledge?' roll, just that they should be very...

Traditionally (sic) an indie rpg was one where the writer/designer(s) were also the publishers and so had full creative control.

I know a bunch of people who work in AAA videogames, and they definitely don't think they have the freedom to experiment once they get...

Yes, but freed from the concerns about quarterly profits or especially stock prices, indie games (and music, etc.) is often more...

? All library books are extensively fact-checked. At least, that's what AI told me.

It's contextual. Sometimes it is a useful shorthand for a particular artistic movement and sometimes it is not. I don't know anything...

Rolemaster is in the same boat I think. It's an unappreciated risk of making a new edition that is substantively different or more...

As someone said, its essentially an impossible task. Some of the people who love the concept and setting want something much leaner...

It can be a broad descriptor or predictor of content when a particular type of X is outside the mainstream, but yes it becomes less...

Yes. The development of skill systems has led to a lot of things being accepted as normal when they are actually bad procedure. 'Roll to...