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This is no different from Burning Wheel. (And "intent and task* is not even a mechanic. It's a framework for understanding and resolving...

Well, it IS an interesting question! WHY any particular setting? WHY any particular decision as to what is there or how it would...

I think it’s great fun myself; I like looking at fantasy maps and playing all sorts of top-down simulation games, so it’s right up my...

I believe @pemerton can pass his Steel test to drop the line of conversation! :P

No. I mean what I said: the GM has a vision of the setting that they wish to affirm via play. Can you tell me what you think the...

My experience is that when I say that I would probably find your campaign pretty railroad-y, you and others get pretty aggressive!

It's not dismissive. It's just accurate - which you acknowledge here! ("Of course it's all in our heads!") What has real world...

What’s really odd about is that it’s gone from “I don’t like the ways these rules work” to “I don’t think you GMed this right, because...

I thought we were done with the Steel thread :(. Faolyn is obviously never changing their mind, and at some point we're gonna run out of...

Ah, gotcha! I think it might be fair to say that "my collection of tables and oracles are an organizational model that help me keep my...

But that's the point that you keep trying to ignore. It is YOU who are choosing between the plausible outcomes. It is YOU who defines...

What’s the counter argument? Should RPG design be done by emotional intuition? On vibes?

Yes, the model is what's running and helps you say things. I agree. But upthread people have told me that their setting is a model, and...

Actually, the exact opposite of that. The fiction doesn't make anyone do anything. Imagining prompts someone to do something. Here's...

Idk, I can comfortably say that I make decisions in my game(s) in keeping with the agenda and principles of play, and when I reflect on...