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So according to you, the guy who wrote a manifesto on what simulationism is has restrictions so strict that any game that claims to be...

Adding fluff and detail does not change the essence of the fiction. No author of any book ever fills in exactly every detail. No plans...

How? A novel is dependent on its author. that’s how you would simulate a fictional world independent of the players.

There’s something foundational here that tends to go unexamined: not why campaigns end early, but why the game assumes they should run...

Acknowledged. You are misreading me, and there is nothing for me to add that I haven't said already. So I will leave it there.

For me, something like 10% of the stuff I buy ever hits the table. Of that, a lot of it is a one shot, or a few session campaign. The...

This is a key point I wanted to bring out. If the standard is: "MC/Visa were right to exercise judgement for Pornhub but not for Itch...

Link. Reading this as written, it sounds like you think the card processors actions in the Pornhub case led to a worse world. That...

I have no problem paying that much or more for a TTRPG core book. But it has to be a very high-quality book to feel a desire to buy...

As I understand it, it was more along the lines of, "your service supports this game", and whomever was assigned to handle the matter at...

so it all started with a game called No Mercy. The game allowed players to take on the role of a male protagonist who was encouraged to...

Honestly, if that were my experience, I absolutely could (and would) judge the system based on that. This wasn't simply a one and done -...

First, a little about me. I came into the hobby in 1989 with AD&D 2nd edition. It seems that I'm one of the few "old timers" without a...

The Internet Archive is now a federal depository library, meaning it can provide free access to bills, laws, regulations, presidential...

Opposing kiddie porn, among others, is a worthy cause. That's activism worthy of the name.