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It’s where author decision meta-mechanics can get tricky. Does the game assume that you the player wants their character to succeed...

This is both dependant upon the game and who you ask. I disagree with a lot of the other narrativist inclined types here because I do...

Here’s an example of act taken from one of my actual games. The Driver (pc) is trying to stop the Daughter (npc) of the Gunlugger (pc)...

Some notes for later: The 2E version. Keeler the gunlugger’s taken off her shoes and she’s sneaking into Dremmer’s camp, armed as they...

We get into this a bit in the generative resolution thread. I dislike the narr/sim framing though. From where I stand AD&D is closer to...

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.