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<blockquote data-quote="Manbearcat" data-source="post: 7721948" data-attributes="member: 6696971">I can think of some utility for discretizing all this stuff:1)&nbsp; General communication for gamers in forums like this and at the table between participants.2)&nbsp; Clarity in game design/hacking/reverse engineering/extrapolating.3)&nbsp; Deeper understanding of things like (a) &quot;what play experience is this game trying to engender&quot;, (b) &quot;how is play/conversation structured and why&quot;, (c) &quot;why PC build mechanics and reward cycles/attrition models are set up this way versus that&quot;, and (d) &quot;how do the rules and play agenda facilitate (a) and (b) and why its important to hew to rule x, y, and z. (which also connects to 2 above).&quot;4)&nbsp; Clarity in how genre tropes/logic can manifest to create background color, characterization, and actual conflict in which the players are faced with interesting decision-points that their PCs are invested in/care about.[HR][/HR]I think players brand new to TTRPGs, GMs that are inclined to port over stuff from one game to the next/hack, and prospective players of a new game certainly gain aid from headings/labels (like the below) in both the format of the book and in conversation alike.&nbsp; Perhaps you don't?&nbsp; I don't know.&nbsp; But if I'm given a lot of subtly interconnected (prep) stuff in a giant (sometimes obtuse or opaque) pile, I long for digestible, siloed chunks.&nbsp; When I'm talking to someone about something at a technical level, I definitely value intuitive, systemitized nuance.Play AgendaInspiration/ReferencesGMing PrinciplesThe Say of the Rules GM Best Practices (for this game and why)What to Avoid (for this game and why)Changing the Game/HackingHow to Prepare to Improvise (how to handle your mental overhead, how to deploy cognitive shorthand, etc)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Manbearcat, post: 7721948, member: 6696971"] I can think of some utility for discretizing all this stuff: 1) General communication for gamers in forums like this and at the table between participants. 2) Clarity in game design/hacking/reverse engineering/extrapolating. 3) Deeper understanding of things like (a) "what play experience is this game trying to engender", (b) "how is play/conversation structured and why", (c) "why PC build mechanics and reward cycles/attrition models are set up [U]this [/U]way versus [I]that[/I]", and (d) "how do the rules and play agenda facilitate (a) and (b) and why its important to hew to rule x, y, and z. (which also connects to 2 above)." 4) Clarity in how genre tropes/logic can manifest to create background color, characterization, and actual conflict in which the players are faced with interesting decision-points that their PCs are invested in/care about. [HR][/HR] I think players brand new to TTRPGs, GMs that are inclined to port over stuff from one game to the next/hack, and prospective players of a new game certainly gain aid from headings/labels (like the below) in both the format of the book and in conversation alike. Perhaps you don't? I don't know. But if I'm given a lot of subtly interconnected (prep) stuff in a giant (sometimes obtuse or opaque) pile, I long for digestible, siloed chunks. When I'm talking to someone about something at a technical level, I definitely value intuitive, systemitized nuance. Play Agenda Inspiration/References GMing Principles The Say of the Rules GM Best Practices (for [I]this [/I]game and why) What to Avoid (for [I]this [/I]game and why) Changing the Game/Hacking How to Prepare to Improvise (how to handle your mental overhead, how to deploy cognitive shorthand, etc) [/QUOTE]

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