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There's some self balancing going on as well. A "spotlight hog" will run out of resources pretty quick and naturally draw the bulk of...

And then GM can facilitate this by on their turn tee up something towards a player who hasn't acted yet, giving them a natural hook in...

I find it interesting how often initiative has already come up in this thread as a source of inspiration. It’s ironic, considering that...

I think this is going to be one of those things that's also dependent on your player count. A single solo vs 5 PCs is a different...

And also something that had several people on this very forum up in arms, horrendously offended at the game telling them what to do...

Well, D&D 2024 tells the DM that they should ensure changes are fun for the table and discussed with the players. So you know, that’s a...

People are free to organize their play however they want. But assuming the whole hobby either is or should be organized on a take it or...

Not literally. It's a cultural reference. Enough so that there's ascii art for it. The point is that "bear it until you just have to...

The stuff that binds the GM in Apocalypse World and similar games are big picture flow of the game type stuff. It's similar to 5e's...

Enlightenment. Yep. Go to University. Get a doctorate in an appropriate social science.

I think you are overly focusing on the example I gave here. My point is that you don't need to give the GM power to overrule the rules...

There seem to be an awful lot of posts on reddit that say things like "We couldn't solve the GM's mystery so he said we are all idiots...

I'd say early on I had a fair amount of play experiences I was not very fond of, but it was not because the GM or other players were...

Not me. I've had bad GMs, but their bad GMing was unrelated to the style of game. Narrative games are, for me, just what I really enjoy.

Actually, I set aside my PC and played one of his “NPCs” because that’s clearly what he wanted and I figured I might as well try and...