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I think we play rather differently. I find scale is determined in the orchestration phase you alluded to. I can see my players saying...

@pemerton Here’s something from Apocalypse World first edition. Keeler the gunlugger’s taken off her shoes and she’s sneaking into...

I’m the exact opposite. The reason to play Apocalypse World is because you can use multiple threats (within a conflict arena). To give...

I would frame it as avoiding the negative consequence (the fire) rather than not getting your intent. Unless your intent is exactly the...

Part of the deal here is what I'll call proffers. The player says I want to do X with the intent of Y. The GM responds with some framing...

Building on what @Campbell has said, and also what I posted upthread: if the principal focus of play - as far as story/theme is...

So talking specifically about Apocalypse World as I would run it. The problem with John’s explanation is that the set up and follow...

I went and thought about it for a bit, especially in the context of more low-myth systems, and there were complicating factors (I don’t...

I think, maybe dunno yet, the mistake is is the initial assumption that any of this is discreate or that there is a model at all...

How I feel looking at anything Luke Crane had a hand in.

The GM needs to frame the player into decisions that are consequential for the mechanics. I’m bad at explaining how to do this because...

Here’s where I’m at. One: Creating fiction in response to each other is trivial. The player does something and the GM makes up...

Yeah you’ve nailed it. The simple way to put it is that generative resolution is used for plot heavy games that proceed through twists...

To an extent, yes. That's why I've given examples from a few different systems. There does seem to be a significant dissensus, though...

This is interesting. In Sorcerer I’d frame it as a humanity test and the roll over gives you extra dice to put toward conflicts with...