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One of the things I really like about Draw Steel was something Matt discussed in the recent video about the different classes. All of...

Further, there is a critical difference between GM points being used, and the techniques (or lack thereof...) in D&D. That is, the...

I don't know the details of the Modiphius systems. But I am pretty familiar with the Doom Pool in Marvel Heroic RP. One thing it does...

It depends on how broadly you define it. I'd describe it as serving the same purpose as it does for players in a system that otherwise...

Its not impossible to build a game that to some degree supports both, but the devil is when a player playing the simple character...

It has been addressed. "GM force" is more than the GM just exercising judgement and doing normal GM duties. No one is denying that what...

Obviously a matter of taste and thus legitimate. Personally, my own feeling is if the system doesn't have at least a fair amount of...

I think its fundamentally a fool's errand to really try and build a game for both players with high engagement and low engagement. You...

Well yeah, I would never push a game like PF2 or DS! on people I know don’t want to engage with rules. That sounds like a miserable...

Yeah, that's what I was talking about when saying that its unsurprising that when playing a game with character toggles designed to be...

Well, I’m going to run a few test sessions of Delian Tomb for one of my groups. Should be able to get some opinions on subject because...

But in real life, a hit doesn't require damage be done. In fencing and many martial arts, you just have to contact a person and it's a...

The most typical way of understanding coercion is in terms of a proposal - by the person doing the coercion - to make the other person's...

Yeah, count me in that group. Play it straight, that's the point of having rules. If it was any other game, not following rules is...

I think that's a separate issue, but as it is.