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That was me adding flourish. As a GM I'm throwing it back to the player because I assume he's going to kill the guard. he would be in...

Really on point post. The snipped bit is interesting because the origin of this discussion was me and @pemerton discussing Apocalypse...

Yeah, actually this split between generative and position resolution is perhaps pretty distinct to the change between the core Blades in...

It’s really hard to create parity amongst different situations with different resolution mechanics and so I think the following is...

Yes but let me break it down further. If making a move on a miss means introducing a problem we could, very broadly, put the generation...

I want to rewind a bit. My issues with generative resolution are: One: Structural. How the generation of content relates to the...

Under your definition most of the time playing roleplaying games is not actually playing roleplaying games. To me that is blatantly...

A further complication: a lot of RPG rulebooks don't really spell all of this out in detail. They leave it as an exercise for the...

A great many people have difficulty switching between different systems of resolution. For instance: You want to escape the guards and...

Yeah, its interesting that I'd probably prefer a game with more emphasis on fixed beats like you see in a Firebrands Framework game...

Yeah it’s more an illustration than something I’d recommend. You can just take a resolution system and as long as you’re playing to find...

I'm not sure what you mean by "what player choices or actions are curtailed?" I mean, the most straightforward answer is none. But...

At minimum you need: Some kind of organisational question which we’re answering The principle that you are actually playing to find...

To expand on this: someone (I think it was Ron Edwards) once said that an RPG needs to have some things that are fixed, and some things...

Slugblaster is a good example of a game that creates story but where the player doesn’t create story. Not in any meaningful way, they...