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I'm mostly talking about social contract issues and how people interpret them (though those can interact with the game structure and...

I can't imagine Session 0's and vetting don't have some impact. That said, I do Session 0's and they only help so much. Like most...

Honestly, I'd cheerfully play just via the chat and skip audio, but not everyone spent years playing on MUSHes.

I don't really get the impression any VTT is, but then, I wasn't great about it when I was dealing with battlemats and the like, so I'm...

This happens to me on YouTube on occasion. I figure its because of my location.

To their view a straight failure does not add extra complications, other than whatever loss of time is involved. A PbtA failure...

To be fair, this isn't about just narrative games. Its about getting people on the same page in a very consistent way. I just don't...

I think at this point we have reached "yes it is/no it isn't" territory, and I feel no compulsion to spend further effort to disabuse...

Because they're good people that bring a lot to the game? Different people have different strengths and weaknesses, and being good at...

I don't think managing a limited resource is particularly deep, but given D&D spent literally years based around resource management, I...

Nice in theory. Sure it works for some people.

I've been around here for conversations about other sites, and even the ones that started off positive or helpful turned into people...

Yep, I can agree with that. Times change, and pop culture changes with it.

Though this does turn very strongly on the player's understanding of those abilities and the aspects they're creating being coherent...

Meh. Almost any game with any sort of options to it can be played any way. Even the least gamist, most narrativist/simulationist gamer...