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The GM and players in collaboration. Regarding Burning Wheel, I'm familiar. I have the book. And it's precious few GMs that bring nothing to a planning session with a plan so vague as a non-magical campaign. There must be a reason for that as well, and as a player I would want to hear it so...

Noted. I disagree and find them quite divergent. I've explained my position as well as I can.

One is the goal of the campaign, and the other is oppositional to the point of obviation of the premise. You don't start with the goal, you work toward it.

Communication is key. It is assumed in the example that a contrarian position is complementary to the pitch and not oppositional, in that case. I think that particular example is a poor one for Luke's point. But, it's his book, not mine. Mind you, I get the point. A strong collaboration is...

Per the OP, we don't know why the foundational concept was put forward. There could be a good, or at least interesting reason for it. It could be that the players keep picking all magic using parties and the referee this time wants something different. Having someone play the "last mage" could...

Well, obviously, that's a dialog with the person proposing the game. Deciding that you want to play a magic-user in a world without magic comes across as more being stubborn than engaging in a creative team-based process. There may be very good reasons for that base concept and it should be...

Well, for me, it was to limit what was available. A friend wanted to run a Star Wars game and said "no force users". He already ran a game where most people were, and wanted to try something different without needing to take the Force into account. I like playing mystical characters, so I asked...

Serialisation works well when you have rotating characters. The goal of the campaign is decided by goals the characters have, and the adventures are a means to that end. So, when Dagda earns enough gold to buy his house, marry Maddie and be a father to her kids, and be comfortably retired, that...

Jonstown is named after a player named John. Nochet is named so because when a player asked if the town had a name, Greg answered "Not yet." That's what I've been told, anyway.

Interesting... Hope to hear a smidge more detail.

Pickle jars are an excellent, short term method of carrying polymorphed monsters around. It delays your problem for an hour, and makes for a very interesting mine / time bomb. Eventually, however, you are going to have a 25 liter creature in a half liter jar. This ends poorly for the jar, and...

I concur that this is a well done list! I have quibbles, but they're only quibbles, and reflect more my and my group's style than any substantial error. Well done!

After we watch something medical, my son likes to turn to me and ask "how much of that was technobabble and how much real"? He likes to guess how much of reality is bent or discarded to make the story work.

I am delighted to have discovered Pitch Meeting and Honest Trailers through the Rebel Moon adventure!

Well, I'm an odd person.

Excellent question! I found the character development scenes between the time twins trite. After the first couple of scenes I fast-forwarded until there was interaction with any other character or some action. Based on earlier in the movie, I predicted that certain scenes weren't going to be...

So, today, I watch The Flash. Had to fast forward through some parts, not good. And then we get to the scene where the giant Kryptonian is smacking soldiers four at a time with the find side of a missile. Just like Sauron. And, then, all the other movies that I happened to see that Rebel Moon...

If your spouse doesn't game, Have them understand the time commitment. Give them space so they can engage in their own hobby with the same time commitment. Clean up after yourselves so you don't impose. Pay attention to them so they don't feel neglected. (Had to tell a couple friends this...

Oh, that's perfect!

As time goes on I am noticing the trend of movies becoming collections of interesting, even compelling, scenes. These scenes are strung together in a narrative which would capture interest if the scenes were coherently tied together. But, they're not. The robot guard is very interesting. Their...