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I'm very blunt that I prefer mostly systems with a pretty fair bit of detail and crunch in my games I spent most of my history in games...

I enjoy playing tabletop tactical games. BattleTech, Renegade Legion, Car Wars, etc. I enjoy making units in those games, with...

Just wanted to note that I thought @James Gasik had an excellent post above there. Including the end part which added up to the player...

I've seen the opposite problem as well- the player that refuses to optimize. They have their character and backstory perfectly in mind...

Sadly, some players have scar tissue from dealing with GMs that if you wanted to get anywhere you pretty much had to take this tact, and...

The problem is that I've seen this with people who I flat out refuse to believe have things nailed down in their world to the degree the...

Eh, I've seen a few too many people (not a huge number, but more than I'd like) to try and use history or connections to make themselves...

Like I said, some of it also has to do with what kind of games you're used to. I'd suggest that games where someone has an established...

At least as far as a character goes, if you're thorough it can well be a case that nothing you haven't already established ends up being...

Yeah, but folks who insist that feelings need to be substantiated with facts are extremely un-funny.

She often does. :)

There's always been a divide about this; years ago we even had a set of terms for it (Design at Start (DAS) compared to Develop in Play...

I was thinking of a case where the group goes through their old village in the course of the game, and suddenly who and what their...

Me being me, I'd rather more bluntly answer "Yes, and we're allowed to tell you you're being a jerk in how you do it." But then, as my...

Yeah. IME, most rules issues are not because people are cheating, but because they don't understand the rules (or because a rule isn't...