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I think there is some lack of clarity in saying that certain but not all contributions to the fiction that occur in play are incorporate...

On the players make a premise-breaking but still fictionally reasonable move thing I would have an out of character conversation with...

Asking people to explain is not refusing to accept. It's interesting how such a simple question has evoked such a strong response...

Why would you not accept other peoples’ verbiage? Isn’t that just actively trying to not understand them? I said I understand your use...

Yes, as I said it might not be applicable to your group but... ... This indicate we might be talking somewhat past each other. In my...

You’ve mistaken me for @pemerton . I’m simply offering a slightly different take to perhaps bridge the gap. I don’t think “encounters”...

The proposal here was to have a meta chat. In your group that might not be neccessary, as you have already agreed to this being the...

Hmm, well given the same conditions as @pemerton gave, I'd stop the game and have a chat and clarify why they didn't want to go into the...

But the imaginary people don't describe their lives as if they were pieces on a gameboard! As I've posted repeatedly, in the fiction...

How do you provide new material? you mean like you have another load of prep? edit: asking because in some games, if you don't have...

This takes us back to an earlier conversation. I can tell you how all this occurred. It was early 2022. Me and my friends with whom I...

The core issue with using D&D as a generic toolkit system is its magic system. D&D has an incredibly specific, bespoke magic system...

I'd argue that's a pretty shallow way to look at "gamism" (a term I'm frankly pretty suspicious of in both the GNS and GDS senses). See...

I getcha and if it's not obvious, I do of course agree.

I would push back on the idea that there was a single thing. Due to the whole, what's the reward for play and what techniques are...