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The Firebird reacted to trappedslider's post in the thread General star wars talk/discussion/complaining with
Haha.
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That sounds more like a specific counter-punch to Runequest (subject to the exact publication dates) which brought in mechanics similar...
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The Firebird reacted to Dannyalcatraz's post in the thread Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet? with
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I’ve lost people I’ve played off, but not to mortality, just to time & tides. I’ve still got my parents, who created this particular... -
The Firebird reacted to Micah Sweet's post in the thread What Does "Simulation" Mean To You? [+] with Like.
Seems like more of Gygax putting on his salesman hat again, yeah.
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The Firebird reacted to gnarlygninja's post in the thread Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet? with Haha.
A friend of mine just suggested that we get a group of people together to watch himself and two other people quote Spaceballs at each...
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The Firebird reacted to Whizbang Dustyboots's post in the thread Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet? with Haha.
"John, we already do the same thing when we get together and quote Monty Python and the Princess Bride at each other. That's called...
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The Firebird replied to the thread What Does "Simulation" Mean To You? [+].Doesn't he say the opposite? I'm thinking of an article, Realism and Game Logic, from Dragon #16. Quoting from a secondhand source...
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The Firebird reacted to soviet's post in the thread What Does "Simulation" Mean To You? [+] with Like.
Great post. I think Rolemaster is massively underappreciated as a genuinely well-designed and evocative sim game. To my mind second...
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The Firebird reacted to AlexofBarbaria's post in the thread What Does "Simulation" Mean To You? [+] with Like.
My favorite part of GNS theory is the separation of creative agenda from the particular techniques that we've come up with so far to...
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The Firebird reacted to Reynard's post in the thread What Does "Simulation" Mean To You? [+] with Like.
This raises* the question: what is the line between an abstraction and a simulation mechanic? *not "begs." That's not what "begs the...
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The Firebird reacted to TiQuinn's post in the thread What Does "Simulation" Mean To You? [+] with Like.
To me, simulation refers to a focus on the mechanics of the game. The mechanics are approximating something that we have seen elsewhere...
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The Firebird reacted to Lanefan's post in the thread What Does "Simulation" Mean To You? [+] with Like.
Various people upthread have done a fine job of defining simulation in the same (or better!) terms that I'd use, which means I don't...
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The Firebird reacted to Reynard's post in the thread What Does "Simulation" Mean To You? [+] with Like.
+ doesn't mean "no dissent." It just means, "be productive and civil in your debates."
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The Firebird reacted to Lanefan's post in the thread What Does "Simulation" Mean To You? [+] with Like.
I'd put it more that the GM found a major flaw in the simulation and corrected it on the spot. "On the spot", however, isn't exactly...
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The Firebird reacted to Basic Expert's post in the thread What Does "Simulation" Mean To You? [+] with Like.
Simulation in gaming means an attempt to a realistic or at least consistent model of a world, given a set of assumptions or premises. In...