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While I don't think it can entirely be avoided without denying the fictional space in some cases, I outright say I'm pretty gamist and I...

It always seems to end up being negotiation when you get down to it. Propose an outcome, haggle over whether it's within parameters...

I never managed to engage with any version of it, even back in the day when I leaned into sim a lot more, and as might be obvious from...

If you say so; mostly I'd say they're a waste of time and an exercise in frustration.

Like I said, it shouldn't be impossible; I managed to do it back in the day when D&D was almost the only game in town. But I sometimes...

I don't disagree with the latter part; I just think the idea only sandboxes have that is pretty odd.

I've done both types. The Orders one we had a Traveller lab ship repurposed as a medical rescue team. The ship was called the...

By this standard, quest based fantasy isn't "fun", which seems a pretty broad claim for something that probably takes up much of the...

I don't think they're quite parallel even a neutral standpoint though; while high-is-good is somewhat baked into general our overall...

Its always going to be a hard sell to make people think that's a useful spend of time.

Eclipse Phase does this with its Pools, too.

Sure. But the reaction is the reaction, at least initially. Which you can argue is the case with the roll low thing too, of course...

I wouldnt say solely responsible for buying supplies for everyone, but its pretty common for any game outside of WotC, Paizo, or Free...

In my experience its primarily the GM who invests first (and we're a multi-GM group, so that's not always the same guy) though if they...

Good question. I think it's independent of the style of game -- but it's always hard to spot your own biases!