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Immersion in a work of art is a personal thing, so I can’t really offer meaningful insight into what works for other people. I can try...

Untrue. That's just an excuse to only deal with one species majority for ease.

When I look at the reaction to ads or products framing GMing as “hard,” I see something deeper than a disagreement about difficulty. The...

I don’t think you are wrong but one big difference between learning when we were 10 and learning when you are an adult, is that back...

Disregarding for a moment that this is a rant, I'd say: yes and no. It's not hard in the sense that DMing is a skill like any other and...

Immersion is a subjective thing. There is no example of something that will provide immersion for everyone. So, when a person uses the...

I know what immersion is and I love it when it happens, but I also know immersion is not like an on/off switch; it’s something that is...

I value it as a goal, and have experienced it in play. But I don’t think it’s necessary.

I'm increasingly suspicious of the idea that a single "typical group" even exists. With online multiplayer video games, there's a...

I would make the argument that the disclaiming of decision-making, specifically authorial decision making (the creation of the next...

Because we keep seeing people play them in our games? Three of the last four DnD games I've played have had a halfling character...

Verisimilitude is very important to me, however I don’t see that as intrinsically simulationist. A good set of narrative mechanics would...

My game on Friday features a human, a goblin, an earth genasi, a harengon, and a plasmoid. My game this weekend has an elf, a...

I think its not a VERSUS. Sometimes you need or want player skill, sometimes character skill. For me personally TTRPG is about making...

The Majority of the time I go to Taco Bell, I order the Mexican Pizza. However, there are plenty of times I order the Crunchwrap...