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I have to admit, 35 years I've played with a lot of DMs, and I've never come across one who couldn't make up ad-hoc descriptions who...

Ah, now we get to be recursive on how “everything in a sandbox is GM created” again :P

This is what I'm doing in V:TM, where those flags are chronicle tenets and character convictions (as opposed to background, heritage...

I was honestly afraid/convinced it was going to be a messy kitchen sink from the early Playtest materials, but the refinement they've...

This can actually be applied to trad-ish sandboxes though. So, for my V:TM sandbox, it could be seen as "play to find out: what will the...

Sure, I guess my question would be how much does the latter bit rely on established elements or like "content." My personal exposure to...

Oh, I agree with @JConstantine that there's a lot of GM driving play in all games that apportion a role to a "GM." The question is...

Not in the ones I've seen? Maybe I wasn't quite clear with what I meant: - In most FITD games, you have a strong core premise of the...

Hells to the no. Analysis is interesting and fun.

I wish I could remember where I read it (a quick search of Apocalypse World 2e doesn't bring up the phrase), but the advice I've most...

Individual behavior is anecdote, not data. Individual actual play is not a meaningful testbed or metric. Only in aggregate over many...

Exactly. Other than being 2 chunky dice, they’re actually totally different. 1) Duality dice are the “standard roll”, A/D is a...

The prep you do in Apocalypse World (fronts/threats) is fairly light. As things get established over time defined parts of the setting...

IIRC 5.14 has it in the DMG as an optional rule as well, the 5e math just doesn’t support it the way say PF2 or DH do.

Well, while crit/fumble in D&D is a bit narrative, it's quite different from the hope/fear mechanic of Daggerheart. The biggest, of...