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Most of the time when we attempt something IRL that carries risk, we know what the risks are at least to a general level. If you go...

sounds like a lesser success/reduced effect to me. In fact a core example in blades (or scum and villainy or both?) is not being able...

It’s very clearly stated that the guard heard the singing and came to see what was going on,

It's far more implied in AW (eg: talking about asking questions and building on them, that's not 1st person answers a lot of the time...

It’s part of it, yes. But I also find that you just don’t need to worry all that much about separating what the players know from what...

PBTAs, FITD, Daggerheart, etc all advise the creation and maintenance of a "metachannel" at all times during play - rising and falling...

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

What @pemerton said was "For me, 4e D&D is the version of the game that actually gives me what I wanted from D&D when I first learned...

If I couldn’t like things despite recognizing them as flawed or somewhat dissatisfying, I would never go to family functions. :)

I'm simply not old enough to know about any of the early days of the hobby, but I definitely see this coming up the most as a complaint...

So?

First is you stop caring about the “metagame”. There’s just the game. Second, you telegraph danger ahead of time. Or at the very...

I agree with your last paragraph. I believe many folks have a good idea of what they’re looking for in a game and select games and...

Sometimes clarification isn't about arguing a point or however you and others choose to play. Often it is about accurate representation...

Matt described a 5e firbolg a bit imprecise so Liam, I think, assumed they looked like cows. And then they and the fan art just ran with...