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There are a lot of people here making various claims about various ways of describing games and whew this thread has ran a lot of pages just since last night. So I will dispense with Simulationism, Gamism, and Narrativism. We all don't agree even on what the terms mean so we argue about that...

That may be true. They are acceptably happy with it. I've never played in a single campaign that I was 100% happy with but I also never have tried to get the DM to change the campaign for me. Now if a DM came to me and said he can't find any players, then I'd ask him what he is doing and...

This contention though is a big irritant to me. It is dismissive that I do not choose my games for reasons. When I say I like a game that plays a certain way I think reasonable people would believe me. We may struggle to identify the commonalities of the games we play but they are real...

Are you saying you like railroading?

I think a retroclone will "fix" the 1e stuff I don't like. 2e THAC0 is not great either. I prefer the d20 system but the 1e rules interpreted into that system.

It's a very solid game. I still want a skill system but I could play C&C any time. I own a lot of it.

This would be the point. If the idea has enough players, and I have turned away players just to keep the group size manageable, then it can go forward. I'm not saying DMs never target player preferences but when I do I gather that info before even starting a campaign and then present the...

Other than thieves, I didn't mind the balance. I preferred those other things in fact I prefer the 1e versions of them which is why I'm not 100% 3e. My players tended to multi-class the Fighter and Thief.

This is key. Session 0 is absolutely a must have and the DM needs to be detailed in what he is allowing and not allowing as well as what houserules are in place. I think a lot of people think my approach involves a lot of conflict. It doesn't. It reduces conflict. Most people who play in my...

Tieflings are probably the race I like the least.

I think you may be presenting the tone of DM #1 as being more harsh than necessary. I think the best way to do a "curated" campaign is to just write it up and send it to the potential players. You can tell them the flavor chosen is not for everyone and bowing out won't be taken personally...

I am not sure whether that is exactly what simulationism means to many here but for me the player only interacting with the world through his character is of primary importance. It is why I despise dissociative mechanics. So on that point I am 100% with you.

One thing about retroclones. They tend to clean up and systematize the older edition. That means most of the things bad about 1e are gone because that was the issue with 1e. The playstyle is what was good for many of us.

I think 3e did a lot of things right but not everything. If I had to play exactly by the rules, I'd play 3e if I had to play a D&D game. For me I want a 3e infrastructure with a 1e flavor and sensibility. I hated PRCs and banned those immediately when the game came out. I am going to create...

I played the red box, 1e, 2e and at no time did I have constant TPK's. I had the rare character death but it wasn't happening all the time. Back then treasure was the only x.p. I gave out. Fighting happened a lot and sometimes the group had to flee especially at lower levels. My groups just...

I dislike them only because to me they don't belong in every setting. I wish they'd detail a very limited set in the main book and then publish another book with hundreds of races detailed out and DMs then build their campaigns from that book. For me too many races is not ideal. I'd rather...

I would never have thought that despite being very old school in most of my thinking. Not doubting what your saying just saying that thinking never reached my neck of the woods.

That is all true as there are many examples of such things. Dissociative mechanics for example. Who knows how many care? My point though was about something that I am fair certain divides our country in a large way so it may even be 70/30 either way but 30 is still a big number.

I agree with your post so this is not a rebuttal so much as an addendum or expansion of your idea. An example might be you are fighting in a hallway and your opponent hits a slick spot on the floor as he backs up. In that moment due to his momentary adjustment for the slickness you find a weak...

In order to avoid complaints from a moderator lets just say it's culturally related. The whole perspective on races/ancestries etc...