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We must be time travelers then as we’ve played D&D in almost exactly that style since at least 1984. The group of older kids I played...

Is the fact that you can ignore, change, alter and add to the 'game rules' not enough? You won't find many other games with that...

Which is the biggest unreality of all. The real world doesn’t fit into nice neat narratives where things happen for a reason. Barry goes...

Absolutely. It's always been my favorite genre and the movie resparked my interest. So tired of endless, mindless slaughter.

Folks probably won't understand my perspective. Since I'm in the middle of working through it I'm not sure I fully understand it yet...

Having just rewatched the Dark Knight, I think it’s implied streets were empty because traffic had been blocked to allow for the...

Imo there is a conceptual difference. If I run games at a con and they give me a comped badge, I wouldn't consider it to be paid GMing...

Granting a gift is not paying. Especially when it’s a gift that costs one nothing.

I think your analysis is based on a transactional view of how religion works. I'm not going to mention specifics but want to note that...

The way to challenge the player as opposed to challenging the character with traps is to make the detection and disarming of the trap a...

RPGs really are a different beast from cardgames and war games though. People think differently about metagaming for a reason.

I can see the appeal of that approach, but I generally prefer the opposite. The results have to make sense in the world first...

Exactly. The referee makes a call. Which some people in the thread seem to absolutely hate, despite it being the absolute heart of RPGs...

This strikes me as a pretty uncharitable interpretation. Skilled play is not about trying to “avoid playing a game”; indeed, it is tied...

Spinning this out of the 6E thread because, well it isn't about 6E. Anyway -- much is often made of "player skill" and "OSR" and how...