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I mean, was it? I'm guessing "No" because, for my money, that's deeply bizarre and counter-intuitive, not "very simple". It also...

Of your strong opinions I see consistently, this is the one that really makes me bristle every time. I disagree fervently, and I...

To a point. I still think it tells you something about the result in terms of process, it just doesn't tell you if it worked. I mean...

I disagree on both. You're framing player motivation as something inherently suspect. That because players express themselves through a...

Is this fair? Doesn't this reasoning presume bad faith? The whole argument is built on the assumption that players are trying to get...

That's what you think, huh? That when Vince and Meg Baker wrote Apocalypse World, that they said "we need some marketing phrases that...

This is one of those areas where we need to be mindful of the not pulling isolated text out of the context of the game. Apocalypse World...

Of the first 10 non-dice images in the 2024 PHB there's 1 that's 'twee.' there are nine that aren't, including a couple that are brutal...

I'd argue most narrative-support mechanics are somewhat gamist (and I should know, far as I know I essentially invented an early one...

Except, as I said, I do. So maybe you don't want to use absolutes?

Then that means being disruptive or a "chaos gremlin" is part of your table's social contract. The bigger point is that "but that's...

For you it may be. But I’m not asking you to adopt this method for your game. I’m explaining the way these games work because you asked...

My bolding. I agree to the principle, but the devil lies in the fact that we in trad play doesn't actually specify what is the failure...

For the vast majority of my games where this question is relevant, exceptional feels too strong of a word for where I want them to...

In any system I like the PC to be slightly above average to begin the game. In D&D in particular, with its Bildungsroman and Heroes'...