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Its not impossible to have a murder mystery that involves at least some reasonable player agency--but the more its set up to do that...

I've seen statements to this effect a few times now and I think they are worth highlighting. Part of why I liked narrative games when I...

Self-analysis--which is what Lanefan talked about--is not automatically "jargon-filled game theory". It still requires introspection...

Let's say you're correct in you assessing your own abilities and style here. What in the world makes you think this is at all common...

I prefer the original version, the science fiction book "Beastmaster" by Andre Norton, which is what they used as the source for the...

The Beastmaster for decades has been my go-to for horrible book to movie adaptation. The Beastmaster by Andre Norton, had the hero with...

That would require someone to come in and be soggy about the conversion of a pretty good pair (well, in the original) of SF adventure...

At some point, if you're going to talk about them at least, they kind of do. You don't have to want to do that, of course.

And I've explained the difference. If you don't accept that, you don't; my repeating it few more times is unlikely to change your mind.

For my part the guard rails in most of the games I run (that have them) are kind of like wearing pads when you play football. I'm going...

I'll try this one more time: in my view, this isn't protecting against intentions; its protecting against judgment. And I do, indeed...

Considering "guardrails" generally exist in the real world to prevent people from having accidents, that doesn't seem correct to me.

Do you think that's the primary purpose of guardrails on a road? If so, you're mistaken; the primary purpose is to reduce damage when...

Honestly, this reminds me of the "player agency" thread from a few years back, in which everyone sort of assumed "player agency" (much...

Like any large topic, there's a multitude of factors and no clear evidence of any root cause. I just see enough evidence to suggest...