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I would never want to be accused of being antiverisimilitudinicitous.

Sorry if I seem slow, but can you give me an example? Do you mean like an "open world" adventure game like Fallout 4 or Cyberpunk 2077?

I always thought it meant that the game is shooting to be somewhat realistic. In the video game industry, ideally (the terms get misused...

"Simulation" does not necessarily have to map to our reality. Some people even think it meshes okay with genre emulation, but I...

My preference is for lower power levels than modern WotC usually rolls with, but reasonable simulation can make a difference there as...

Modern D&D? No. Some versions of TSR D&D could certainly be used for simulation without too much tweaking, and 3e in its hamfisted way...

There's this term called Gygaxian Naturalism.....

Do folks actually consider D&D to be simulationist games? I find that a weird one as the power levels of PCs definitely removes them...

I consider those things to be meaningful consequences. The examples I've seen in many AP that make me think GMs call for rolls too often...

In my opinion, the real thing that makes RPGs RPGs isn't "storytelling" but agency -- the ability to do (or try) anything.

Except for you people (and you know who you are). :)

I have met many players who are not interested in "collaborative storytelling." Many want to play a game, plain and simple. I still...

That TOTALLY works.

Yep. I've ran games for people who weren't well versed in fantasy or pop culture, for which the only concept of an Elf was the Santa's...

Well, that's just depressing.