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I'll point out Umbran referenced that in the second sentence you quoted.

Because you want to play with specific people, perhaps for themselves, perhaps because you know they'll bring things to the game that...

As I see it, that doesn't make it not a trade-off. You like tactical play, you trade that as a significant focus in the game for an...

That sounds less like a question about lore, and more like an existential crisis. Very, "What is the purpose of life?!?" energy. I...

I have to note that with many groups the game is first however. This is sometimes even true with groups composed of closer friends, who...

That's the alternate to dealing with trade-offs--curating the player group and GM combination. There are various reasons that's not...

I think you misinterpret the issue in a maximally negative light. It has nothing to do with a zero-sum game. When you go out to...

On the other hand, the idea that there are many groups that play together for various reasons that have some conflicts about what they...

Yes, but by the time of rebranding from nWoD to CoD, that game line was 10y old, and with rebrand, they did rules update. Not complete...

I think there were a couple of reasons, which probably overlap a fair bit. The biggest was that they nuked their main product lines...

I'm not sure about the lifting "most" is doing there, but I do know that in any context where one viewed that music in isolation, I...

I don't think that's really true, people will create art and writing and new music, still generally be creative because that is what...

I'm sorry, but that's just hyperbole, at least with ones that can be done without a support network. Plenty of people produce art...

Well, I agree with that; I just think assuming people are going to not carry expectations is the wrong way to get there. You either...

Well, I think I'd argue that those both are going to set some of how players expect things to work, and if you want to steer around them...