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The Firebird reacted to AlexofBarbaria's post in the thread What Does "Simulation" Mean To You? [+] with
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Ron Edwards says (I know this sounds lame) in the Sim essay that exploration of the shared fiction must be sincere. To me that means you... -
The Firebird reacted to TwoSix's post in the thread Will there ever be new editions of the major systems? with Like.
To those of us who come of age in the TTRPG market of the '90s, it's pretty wild that White Wolf went from one of the two main branches...
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The Firebird reacted to Whizbang Dustyboots's post in the thread Will there ever be new editions of the major systems? with Like.
I was responding to the assertion that comics is all stuff from the 1930s through the 1950s.
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The Firebird reacted to The Soloist's post in the thread Will there ever be new editions of the major systems? with Like.
As stated above my Morrus, naming conventions have changed. In 6 to 8 years the next D&D edition will still be 5e, with updates, and...
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The Firebird reacted to Reynard's post in the thread Will there ever be new editions of the major systems? with Like.
I personally do not buy that 5E is a forever edition of D&D. I think we will see a "proper" 6E with 5 years as the "5E generation" ages...
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Programming analogy: Python has said there will never be a Python 4. Attempt at Perl 5->6 killed Perl. Super hero analogy: Throughout...
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The Firebird reacted to Clint_L's post in the thread Time travel doesn't exist because time travel wiped out the timelines where it did with Like.
Well, this breaking news from The Great White North should put the entire debate to rest...
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The Firebird reacted to Whizbang Dustyboots's post in the thread Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet? with Like.
I have been in home tiki bar groups on Facebook where the moderators would kick people out of the group if the photos of their home tiki...
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The Firebird reacted to Reynard's post in the thread What Does "Simulation" Mean To You? [+] with Like.
I think that ignores the most important aspect of sim: the rules are serving as (for lack of a better term) the physics of the world...
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The Firebird reacted to soviet's post in the thread What Does "Simulation" Mean To You? [+] with Like.
My answer is that it doesn't matter even slightly if it's right. It matters if it feels right, or feels like it might be right. It...
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The Firebird reacted to Reynard's post in the thread What Does "Simulation" Mean To You? [+] with Like.
Obviously we disagree. I don't think there is anything wrong with broadly applicable abstractions like Hit Points and Armor Class, but...
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The Firebird reacted to Willie the Duck's post in the thread What Does "Simulation" Mean To You? [+] with Like.
According to Mornard, the prevailing logic was that, (for example) there were no coup de grâce rules in oD&D because 'no one thought...
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The Firebird reacted to Reynard's post in the thread What Does "Simulation" Mean To You? [+] with Like.
And this is why HP are not a sim tool: they change what they represent from moment to moment, monster to monster, encounter to...
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The Firebird replied to the thread What Does "Simulation" Mean To You? [+].I agree. I was thinking, if we can get an objective standard, then we can play around with mechanics to see the trade off between...
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The Firebird reacted to GobHag's post in the thread What Does "Simulation" Mean To You? [+] with Like.
IMO, Three metrics: 1. If an expert/someone trained uses those rules and have little to no complaint. 2. When your most dedicated...