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Thats some of the reason they’re hostile, yes, but mostly they’re sick of D&D being the 800-pound gorilla.

That's interesting, because basically all I want is a slightly better fit for my current preferences. The stuff I'm most interested in...

Yea, I'm much more concerned about if a game "hits its mark" more than "what mark is it trying to hit". I love "Shadow of the Demon...

You can also be sick of D&D being the 800-pound gorilla while simultaneously liking the game. I still play plenty of 5e, despite the...

Depends on the playstyle I'm running. More OSR style: In combat, they wouldn't notice, unless the player makes a specific declaration...

I'd argue that's a pretty shallow way to look at "gamism" (a term I'm frankly pretty suspicious of in both the GNS and GDS senses). See...

I'd disagree quite strongly with that. I think the exact opposite has happened - gamism has become so completely normalized...

Constraints are necessary. You clearly agree based on your opening “some limitations are necessary”. It’s not “rhetoric”… it’s just a...

First, I’m not claiming to be non-confrontational. I don’t mind if the discussion gets a bit heated at times. It’s part of what to...

I think a lot of us take it as a given that if you're playing a different game, then your "primary mode of play" will probably change...

The key difference is that virtually every time a narrativist viewpoint (or game that has one) comes up, a bunch of people rush to say...

For situations like that, I used to make the players do a Perception check, or whatever the system equivalent was. (Spot, for example...

Did we really need the glasses though?! (kidding! ..... mostly!)

I don't think anyone goes "yum" about psionics getting called "magic" except people who genuinely don't like psionics, so I wouldn't...

Gearing up for my favorite video game event of the year: The Final Fantasy V Four Job Fiesta This is my fifteenth year doing it, and I...