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Not the least because there are so many types of creativity to exercise. The table which emphasizes player-creativity in selling problem...

I mean, it's hard but I think it's doable. (Although everyone has different standards as to how much mechanical complexity they...

If the system can't seem to generate a workable fiction for you, than drop it, for sure. But I'm a fan of taking what the system gives...

Of course if the system is that much off what I'd expect, I usually just start by going to another system, but I understand that's not a...

The parts that were trying to in-setting D&D assumptions (not all of them; to hit and armor weren't connected) were that all PCs were...

Not going back to try and parse this discussion, but usually the common-sense approach of trying to use two words in a similar context...

Sometimes, yes. But usually only for a limited period. As an example I would present World of Warcraft. That was, for a time, from...

I actually see there being clear silos in both video and board game segment. Go and chess have a strong following with people I have...

I agree that there are absolutely people who hyperspecialize in one game or genre, but I don't think I'd define them as the "norm"...

And that's fine if you want to do the heavy lifting. I'm a low-prep low-work DM; for me it's much more fun to just think through the...

There is no need for the “if” in your statement here. Below is a sample chart -- I'm sure you can find others. Even for the same family...

Personally, I still do this; whatever system I use I extrapolate to be true within the setting. When I run high-level D&D, everyone is...

I really miss the cottage industry around extrapolating setting from system. Once upon a time I thought that was where design was going...

I think there's a difference between "the simulation is abstracted" and "this simulation is providing results contrary to what I would...

Absolutely. I've been saying for a few years now than John Wick is the perfect encapsulation of what a high-level fighter is trying to be.