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The Firebird reacted to Neonchameleon's post in the thread What Does "Simulation" Mean To You? [+] with
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If it's not fun it's not a good game. And I you've put your finger on an issue with simulationism - all we have is guesses backed by... -
The Firebird reacted to GobHag's post in the thread What Does "Simulation" Mean To You? [+] with
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Thank you, I'm very well-versed in simulationism because I have a passionate hate for it. -
The Firebird replied to the thread What Does "Simulation" Mean To You? [+].So this raises an interesting question--if we are trying to design a simulationist game, how do we know we've succeeded? In that the...
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The Firebird reacted to Neonchameleon's post in the thread What Does "Simulation" Mean To You? [+] with Like.
First Rolemaster is second in my sim game list (behind, of course, GURPS) and is definitely underappreciated. But the problem it has in...
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The Firebird reacted to Aldarc's post in the thread What Does "Simulation" Mean To You? [+] with Like.
This is less simulationism and more post-hoc rationalization of game mechanics that likely gets "grandfather claused" in simply as a...
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The Firebird reacted to Reynard's post in the thread D&D General A Rant: DMing is not hard. with Like.
It is relevant at least from the perspective of talking about oo many people believing GMing is too difficult, and so if AI GMs become...
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The Firebird reacted to Cadence's post in the thread D&D General A Rant: DMing is not hard. with Like.
Why can't people only be getting together to play D&D instead of RPGing? Going the other way, why stop at RPGing and not expand to all...
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The Firebird reacted to AlViking's post in the thread D&D General A Rant: DMing is not hard. with Like.
But why does it always come off as "People who only play D&D ____" where the blank is "are afraid to try other games", "stick with the...
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The Firebird reacted to GrimCo's post in the thread D&D General A Rant: DMing is not hard. with Like.
I think that better analogy would be - how many football players also play handball/basketball/waterpolo? On the recreational level...
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The Firebird replied to the thread D&D General A Rant: DMing is not hard..I agree there are a number of cases that could complicate things. But, this is just not an accurate characterization of anyone's...
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The Firebird reacted to HatWearingFool's post in the thread D&D General A Rant: DMing is not hard. with Like.
I agree. I’ve seen a few friendships/friend groups blowup over a TTRPG. I pondered this when watching a recent Colville video where he...
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The Firebird reacted to definiteFreakyFishGuy's post in the thread D&D General A Rant: DMing is not hard. with Like.
Just want to add one more thing and I'll move on from this thread. When I do participate in an RPG, whether as a player or a DM, I do...
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The Firebird reacted to Lanefan's post in the thread D&D General A Rant: DMing is not hard. with Like.
Siiiigh. Yet again I have to point out that the survey you're quoting threw out all data received from any respondent aged 35 or over...
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The Firebird reacted to Reynard's post in the thread D&D General A Rant: DMing is not hard. with Like.
I strongly suggest you look into Matt Coville and Ginni Di's videos on YouTube. As I stated in the OP, there are plenty of not-grifters...
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The Firebird reacted to definiteFreakyFishGuy's post in the thread D&D General A Rant: DMing is not hard. with Like.
The rewrite is definitely more digestible to me than the original post. The original post made me feel like I was defective for finding...