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On the runes, I’m thankful for the example because it’s the clearest example yet of exactly what we claim is happening in narrativist...

I will perhaps get to some other comments tomorrow. But I've got time for just one or two. I want to look at the lottery comparison...

For me the purpose of play, ideally, is to explore and interact with an imaginary world through the lens of my PC, using only the...

1. The runes were undefined. 2. The player decided what they wanted the runes to be. 3. The player rolled and received a positive...

Not less player agency. But a changed focus of play. Rather than trying to enact their will on the world via their player character's...

Yeah, certainly. I think the narrative systems give players more agency, separate from their characters, to change the fiction, and I...

I want to pull out this example, because I think it is even more clear than the cook one and comes from actual play. I get what you are...

I don't see how this whole conversation suggests an unwillingness to try new things. The goal of play seems pretty clearly defined imo...

"Optimizing the fiction" to shape the outcome range is definitely part of what I see as fiction-first gameplay, for the games that bring...

Thanks for elaborating! And it's awesome that you encountered a situation in which a timber hitch was called for. To this day I've never...

Then I take back that it was logical cause and effect. :p I think failure on a check is bad enough (especially when bad things should...

So for some initial clarity: meaningfulness is something that the participants in a game experience. Then, when we talk about managing...

I don't disagree with your assesment of many of the posts in this thread. My response was intended to be limited to your specific...

Yes. Some minor nitpick. With "recommendable" I meant it might be something that it might be possible to formulate a recommendation to...

I'd be ok with the more-specific emphasis on preventing a game stall. I'm curious, though, if that's too specific a purpose from the...