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Yeah this is a tough one, because the expectations of "success" are built in at low levels (you fight stuff and hopefully win), and...

It's harder these days to get players to wrap their heads around the idea that an encounter might be over their heads, and that running...

Nice take. I was thinking that worshiping the universe meant that its creator delivered one's powers, but I like this too. So, scrolls...

I actually feel that it works in both directions, win and loss, and that's actually important. Specifically, if your GM is one of...

TBF if you're going to have a long ongoing campaign you're still going to have to win the large majority of fights you get into. The...

I actually think roguelikes are a better comparison here than you credit, it's just the player avatar is the party, not any individual...

The idea of winning/losing at TRPGs lines up pretty well with my experience of co-op board games--which are the only ones we play at my...

Indeed. There's nothing about "winning" or "losing" at TRPGs that inherently means "play ends." That seems to be one of the areas of...

This is the crux of where people are seeing things differently. To the extent that the player playing well (and yes, "the player playing...

Maybe. I can see an argument that either you're thinking about it or you aren't, though it might not be your top priority and/or you...

An easy line to use when you get to define "reality".

The only quibble I'd have, here--and it's a minor quibble, I'm not looking for an argument--is that I think the distinction is the...

Ideallly game designers would always make a point of playtesting their games at different "tiers" of PC power. Especially their higher...

Until the Daggerheart playtest last year, the idea of a session zero never even existed to my group. People would chat on our FB...

Rubbish