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I will come back to this in a moment.... It isn't entirely clear to me what you mean by "functional roleplay", but I'll try to work...

I was under the impression Cepheus Engine was, in practice, a hybrid of Classic Traveler and Mongoose Traveler, or did they just use the...

There's a good argument there. It gets more complicated with games that have gone through more thorough changes over time, though, or...

They're certainly there to minimize the impact of inconsistent rulings or bad judgment calls. I certainly don't think that's malice...

You're welcome to your own opinion. I've come by mine over a very long time not just with my own experience but talking to others, and...

That's not an accurate description of what happens. What happens is that the player rolls well enough, and grabs the cup that others...

No. I've outright said most would. Not the same statement. Individuals are individuals, and there are people who either are very good...

That gets back to the difference between Old School and OSR you sometimes see (though some of the latter aren't always interested in the...

Yeah, if I recall correctly they were supposed to be released in three collections originally, before the post Kickstarter stuff more or...

I think Micah has never been on Reddit :P. I remember a group of new players I took on had only done a little one shot before, the GM...

I'm not completely blase about how well or poorly a physical mechanic seems to match to my understanding of how things would probably...

Yeah, when I was a big participant on The Atomic Thinktank (the old Mutants and Masterminds board) I had to tell people to calm down a...

I think its got more to do with the progressive explosion of D&D as a moneymaker for Gygax, honestly. Its funny how you can be casual...

You can also have the situation where the scope of the mechanics is such that how something is likely to be resolved is usually pretty...

It would add predictability to resolution for players in cases where the GM isn't as good at being consistent in his decisions as he...