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Going back to OD&D or Basic, a lot of dungeon play is oriented around minimizing time spent in the dungeon, such that wandering...

I mean, it makes sense since classic/trad play is generally oriented around negating or evading obstacles through specific action...

I hate quoting myself, but I posit that while D&D players are generally okay with wandering monster checks made by the DM, that if...

You said "I don't see the same process working for D&D". Since I've used very similar processes in D&D, my experience is different than...

Though I have to point out its entirely possible to have had preferences that never aligned much with D&D that don't really align...

I've played D&D like this for over a decade, so....

Right. There’s major resistance to the idea that a success or failure on a lockpicking check can determine whether the cook is there...

To be fair, in most games which rely heavily on success with complications generally rolls should only be called for when the...

No, because once the cook was established, they'd always been there. Kind of like how the GM may describe a kitchen but only think to...

When I reference my cosmology in other threads I often am asked more about it. Rather than retyping it every time, I thought I’d provide...

Oh I agree, but TTRPA doesn't have quite the same ring.

I feel like these two sentences conflict to some extent. In the situation as described, the cook would be something in my mind as a...

Yeah, that's pretty good. The point about solvability/optimization is too small, but it's a start. It's certainly better than this...

I play Fluxx with my younger kids. It's a terrible game but a fun activity. A lot of things that fall into the bucket of "games" are...

What I personally find frustrating is that many people approach from the perspective of there being this like platonic form of...