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One reason it was well distributed is that it was a sci-fi book club selection. I remember being impressed by the real-world discussion but at the time I was 13.

Mores perhaps?

IF illusionism is defined as "encounter X lies at the end of both forks in the road" there can still be plenty of choice in how the PCs handle the encounter. When a GM wants an encounter to happen, I am willing to stipulate that this is because they think it will be cool. A GM should be given...

Fun is everyone's business.

Even Night's Black Agents if they want to hunt vampires.

Be a fan of the PCs.

Things might be happening off-stage - either too distant for the PCs to affect, or because they chose to deploy their resources elsewhere.

First copper piece: Could the PCs have affected the 10 round + 3 round timeline? Depending on their knowledge and capabilities, it's certainly possible. If not, it's appropriate to adjust their arrival to what you thought dramatically interesting. Which brings me to my second copper piece: you...

All I got is So Calm [SOCOM] If you are using Argus, something with eyes,

IMHO it's only a railroad if the PCs decide to deviate from their tasks and the GM tries to resist that diversion.

It's no coincidence that Hanrahan has a hand in some of the best campaigns of the last decade plus. The Zalozhny Quartet has four episodes that can be run in any order, along with notes about making the last one used in the campaign a "capstone" (deliberately done to emulate Masks of...

Dungeon World's Fronts are a great way to run a dynamic sandbox (although there's nothing specifically powered by the apocalypse to them). I've all but given up trying to think about contingencies that the players might try - they outbrain me. It's far more efficient to prep a situation in...

Valravn can't disrupt bank heist.

Kevin Kulp (piratecat on this forum) is pretty ruthless when it comes to combining skills in his games, but he gets it to work.

For sure, the decoupling of skills and abilities is a step forward. But I submit that this character would be just as competent with the Medicine skill by itself ;).

I have come to think that it's unnecessary for a system to have both attributes and skills. I understand why such systems exist and endure, but for me there's no extra utility inherent in the additional layer of detail. It's less of a useful method of comparison than we think, because most...

Dwindling resources can be a way to heighten tension in a survival horror game.

This would also let a GM proficient with the game system ensure that novice players start with characters that are competent in their chosen field and/or useful in the specific campaign at hand. OTOH it adds more to the GM's workload. Unless the players are at a loss for ideas, or unwilling to...

Likewise Magical Kitties Save the Day and Kill Puppies for Satan.

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