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This has always struck me as weird doublethink. Have the courage of your convictions, let the rules do what they say they do. If you...

Well, the core problem is the DM using the term "realistic" when they really mean "verisimilitudinous". Sim priorities are more...

It is tough though. I know a few people that wouldn’t be able to create and manage characters without it. But I agree the answer should...

I remember seeing the same point made about D&D Beyond. The pitch is: "Character creation can take forever. D&D Beyond’s free character...

This whole thread reminds me of those advertising campaigns from the 50s and 60s. Canned and frozen food companies were going into...

I think it is worth reupping this from the OP: The claim is not that a new DM shouldn't encounter any challenges. It's that the game...

Gygax said in the 1e DMG that so long as it doesn't make the game unfun, the highest levels of simulation should be strived for.

I am reading @Reynard differently. To me, it comes across as: "if you find DMing hard, don't sweat it. You're doing great. All the...

It would be very interesting to get soem data on how people come to GMing. Is it more common for a group of friends to decide that they...

But what do we call it if a Dunning-Kruger effect GM thinks they're simulating because they're an "expert", but is actually just making...

I disagree; GM decisions based on in-world phenomena and likely cause / effect count as simulation in my book. YMMV :)

Well my personal definition of simulation is pretty much is the "simulationist" corner of the Threefold, as worked out in...

@Celebrim , @The Firebird , @pemerton - while you all make very reasonable points about the codification of play, my point was that this...

Do players expect that, or are DMs psyching themselves out worrying that's what players expect?

Speaking only about 2024 rules, it's a ton of fun because you can easily cause Wild Magic Surges on command, and all of the negative...