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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Manbearcat" data-source="post: 8153067" data-attributes="member: 6696971">Thank you for looking into Blades.I mentioned upthread that, on the Venn Diagram of GMing, the Information Gathering/Free Play phase of play has some significant amount of overlap with traditional GMing and exploratory play (and that the game’s structure harkens to Moldvay Basic, just like Torchbearer). However, in the key ways that it diverges, it does so emphatically.I’ve also said that Blades is as “GM Force-proof” as it gets. I can’t even imagine asserting a non detectable moment of GM Force in the game (and I certainly can’t understand why you would because (a) the game doesn’t require Force to work and (b) it will fight you so profoundly if you attempt it because of how transparent and player-facing the game’s processes are). I said that before running it and, being on my 5th game with two separate groups, I’m only more confident of that position now.So, given that I’m struggling to imagine how a singular instance of Force might manifest, I’m curious what you’re envisioning would happen during play? If you would, for a singular play loop of the 3 phases (Information Gathering/FP, Engagement Roll/Score > Downtime), give me an instance of (i) what arc a GM is trying to ensure manifests and (ii) what a singular instance of Force (GM subverts the input of system/procedure or player and forces their own vision upon play in its stead) in each of the 3 phases would look like to perpetuate that?</blockquote>

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