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I'm sure there were not problems in your game...just as there are no problems in most fantasy games. What you're talking about is the...

In both cases, key aspects of the world are not defined until the players interact with them. The runes imply a history--an author, a...

Is that any weirder than not knowing why the runes were created?

Why would it be weird for them to discuss a disproven thought experiment?

I did mention it several times in the thread. For example Numerous other posters have done so as well. It seems to me folks are going...

Somehow I don't think "Sorry, dear, I'm a carbon-based lifeform and thus not suited for load-bearing" is gonna cut it as an excuse next...

It hasn't been in any thread I've seen where that has come up. @pemerton's statement is so far outside of the ballpark, it's not even in...

Wow. Talk about a misunderstanding of huge proportions. If that's what you get out of it, you really need to go back and re-read the...

Never said you did either of those things. But not doing either is IMO required for people with different opinions about the same topic...

So it's ok for me not to like something you like, but it's not ok for me to explain why I don't like it? That seems strange to me.

I'm sure you're the foremost expert on your opinion, but I sort of assumed you were making a general claim about the structure of RPGs...

In your games, is it wrong for a player to say "rocks fall, Greg's character dies" without any prompt or a roll? I'm assuming so; it is...

Oh I don't agree. The GM does not have a comparable role to a player in a conventional game, certainly not in trad play. If the GM is...

I've not seen this in the thread. I'll say it here and now: your tastes are reasonable and fun! It's nice that your style of gaming...

Not true. You're welcome to enjoy or not enjoy any style of gaming you want. Just don't try to claim objective superiority of what you...