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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...

It is talking about succeeding or failing on a roll. Also, there is an assumption in most of the posts on this thread that all that is...

This is why it's worth asking, why use resolution mechanics in the first place. What are they for? what's the fun of the game? The...

Good call. I use this distinction all the time as a basic technique. One is very much in the vein of Apocalypse World where various...

Oh yeah 100% agree.

I am aware color is a component in big model. I don't intend to invoce that beast here. Rather think of my use of it like how my young...

Yeah I just found it amusing that you independently created a very similar demarcation. In GNS speak: Crumbly rocks is color, the...