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We are mixing up the issue here. The issue is not with the results of the roll, but with the GM ever asking for the roll in the first...

I actually think the problem is the inverse; two groups may be appearing to do something very similar (especially when you judge the...

Jonathan Tweet is the link between 13th Age and Over the Edge. I don't get the impression that he coined the phrase just to use it in...

Yeah that's an important clarification. Back then it didn't refer to what it refers to now.

It was Luke Crane that coined it. I'm pretty sure I've read the thread where he did so but I'm not sure where it was, maybe storygames...

There may be as many versions as there are game systems. To indicate degree of variation via a few simplified paired alternatives (A)...

The framing of social conflict in a lot of those early games is a bit under developed. As a rule they don't want to force a priority...

Everyone knew every all the different characters goals, so similar to IAWA in that respect. I do actually think IAWA uses dice to...

Sure. Who is disagreeing with that? I am saying that neither is more or less "quantum". They both involve authoring here and now...

To create a story through resolution of a situation you need characters with conflicting wants and ethos. You put the characters...

I've never found discussions of "fun" particularly useful or relevant. It's clearly something people can get from games, but isn't...

The rules text is a bit of mess because it doesn't seem to want to commit to anything. Its resolution system is the worst offender...

A lot of stuff just doesn't seem to 'come off' in trad play. So, for instance, the highly technical Ocean's Eleven style of heist, where...

If the difference were just about social behavior in different settings, we wouldn’t see so many horror stories from online pickup...