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<blockquote data-quote="Oofta" data-source="post: 8992835" data-attributes="member: 6801845">This whole conversation has gone way off the deep end into game theory and terminology for me.&nbsp; Throw in accusations that I'm saying things about other games that I am not ... it's just not worth discussing other systems.&nbsp; Have fun.My basic opinion boils down to: there are many ways to design an RPG, whether or not one method is better than another is personal preference.&nbsp; Speaking to D&amp;D, I don't find any major gaps in the games rule system.&nbsp; The way of resolving uncertainty in the game is clearly defined.&nbsp; It's just defined as &quot;here are some options and you need to decide what works best for you&quot;.&nbsp; The DMG can use improvements along that line, that's coming with the 2024 release.&nbsp; That flexibility, the ability to make the game what you want, is a strength of D&amp;D not a weakness. The group wants to share the authority of the DM?&nbsp; Cool. Go for it, it won't break anything. I've done one variation of that with rotating DMs in the same world. I vote for a more traditional structure because I DM a lot and I'd rather focus on my character's story; having to add to the world outside of my character on an ongoing basis would be detrimental to my focus on a character.&nbsp; It comes down to what I want to focus on when playing the games and switching that focus depending on which side of the DM's screen I'm on.&nbsp; Both sides of that screen are rewarding because of the role you play, but I don't want to mash the two together.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Oofta, post: 8992835, member: 6801845"] This whole conversation has gone way off the deep end into game theory and terminology for me. Throw in accusations that I'm saying things about other games that I am not ... it's just not worth discussing other systems. Have fun. My basic opinion boils down to: there are many ways to design an RPG, whether or not one method is better than another is personal preference. Speaking to D&D, I don't find any major gaps in the games rule system. The way of resolving uncertainty in the game is clearly defined. It's just defined as "here are some options and you need to decide what works best for you". The DMG can use improvements along that line, that's coming with the 2024 release. That flexibility, the ability to make the game what you want, is a strength of D&D not a weakness. The group wants to share the authority of the DM? Cool. Go for it, it won't break anything. I've done one variation of that with rotating DMs in the same world. I vote for a more traditional structure because I DM a lot and I'd rather focus on my character's story; having to add to the world outside of my character on an ongoing basis would be detrimental to my focus on a character. It comes down to what I want to focus on when playing the games and switching that focus depending on which side of the DM's screen I'm on. Both sides of that screen are rewarding because of the role you play, but I don't want to mash the two together. [/QUOTE]

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