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To me is quite simple: Would I play/run Blades by RAW? Definitely yes. FKR? Probably not. B/X, 5e, WFRP4e, PF2, any heavy D100 by RAW? Not really. FKR? Yes. AW, pbta FKR? Might give it a try if setting and playbooks are interesting.

@Snarf Zagyg I missed that thread!

The FKR ref should absolutely leverage player knowledge as input in their adjudicating on a matter (I've been told). Is it enough to produce clear stakes for the players and/or characters, in your opinion?

If you are asking me, I'd say low prep, high improv, loosely based on a prewritten scenario, very prone to players input & content introduction by fiat or rolls (even without them knowing). Zooming in and out from task to conflict res as the table feels like, me included. It usually begins as...

Right. Advice from FKRers is usually to note in plain language only significant stuff of the pc build, which could be done via PHB standard, e proceed to play. Regarding the whole action economy in CT, I guess that would be eliminated completely in favor of plain descriptions, discussion...

What @Aldarc just said in the AW thread about BitD: "The game does not exist for supporting the setting; the setting exists for supporting the game." ...I think it may be reversed to explain FKR: The game exists to support the setting, not viceversa.

@pemerton (again, sorry, mate ;) ) Don't take the prussian connection too seriously, seems like the term came out as a joke against OSR, also sounds like "fucker" . Traveller looks like a major background for "old" FKR people, 2d6 vs TN, lots of tables, rulings, etc. and various attempts at...

@pemerton As I said, recent Gumshoe and B/X dnd went the freeform route at my table. After Apocalypse/Dungeon World, a fixed initiative is something I just can’t run anymore, for instance. In Cthulhian investigations, ditching the rules (or having them under gm-fiat) helped in creating a...

"Like the OSR, but this time we mean it" I've read as a catchphrase ;)

My experience, before even reading about the FKR movement, was that after some time, in an ongoing campaign, game-play tended to "devolve" mostly on conversation and less and less on the actual rules, or procedures. In one shots, the freeform ad-hoc Gm fiat approach helped to wrap it up before...

I guess you are correct, yes.

I mean, rules, rolls are still available when needed, and disposable when not.

Unless a table goes FKR gm-less...

@Campbell I know Cthulhu Dark is appreciated. Regarding the other two, I'd say metacurrencies, maybe too crunchy the 2d20, engaging with mechanical stuff instead of purely diegesis/fiction, too much enphasis on dealing with character sheets during play.

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@pemerton Yes, that is also my experience in running like you did, giving out dis/advantage as the narration of combat went exchanging blows and tactics, very cinematic. Also the argument that we don't actually see Pietro doing his stuff is very pertinent and I think an FKR approach would...

Ready for my next campaign? It's gonna be post apocalyptic Mwa ha ha ha!! A world of scarcity and violence!? Not really. Farmers. Small communities goin' along quite nicely. Oh. But they have a lot of sex, don't they!? Love. Excuse me? Platonic love. Mostly. Occasionally moments of...

@Manbearcat I guess most FKR people would agree with your reasoning. Sometimes the robust framework would be only genre/setting consistency, to start with, and rules being formalized, or ditched as they go, during play. I can see myself doing that if I ever have a chance to run Vampire t M...

@Manbearcat Yes. I guess the tilting point is were one evaluates the mechanical odds instead of, or before the actual fiction. Btw players may be asked to roll, knowing the odds in advance. Also one might run rules-heavy games FKR style, as long as everything is kept behind the screen. But...

My suggestion is to concentrate on story and setting, adding 4e rules during play as you see fit. Yeah, in the beginnig means almost freeform. Especially in combat. When in doubt ask for a stat check, maybe an opposed roll, and make liberal use of Critical hits tables.