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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Campbell" data-source="post: 8273094" data-attributes="member: 16586">Here's the basic way I look at roleplaying games:We all basically start with a base of just sitting down and roleplaying, no character sheets, mechanics or any of that jazz. Just having a conversation about some fiction. Here we can pretty much do anything we set our mind to if we are disciplined and principled about it. We are not really playing a game though and I generally find putting yourself in a position where you have to rely on discipline is a bad long term strategy.So once you have that freeform base the stuff you add on top can either have a negligible effect, a positive impact on play, or be counterproductive. All of it also has a cognitive cost. We only have so much in our budget. We can't just add on top forever. Our play agenda and personal tolerances will help shape what belongs in each category.When I say game does not do x well (I'm not a believer in can or cannot here) I mostly mean it adds little in the positive column and too much in the negligent and counterproductive columns.</blockquote>