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<blockquote data-quote="Enrahim2" data-source="post: 8999402" data-attributes="member: 7039850">Yes, I am in no way advocating D&amp;D being exceptional. I think almost all traditional RPGs share this flexibility property. It is only in the context of comparing with games where the rules limit GM control, that I think D&amp;D 5ed compares favorably in terms of flexibility. And I believe it was D&amp;D you asked about in context of a thread about DM control <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />I think the part where D&amp;D might be considered exceptional is it's intense focus on the two aspects of flexible play where I believe all groups playing a fully &quot;flexible&quot; game likely need help: Getting the game started (character creation) and resolving life or death conflicts. Other games tend to require ignoring a bit more rules and advice if you want to run other scenarios in your own way.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Enrahim2, post: 8999402, member: 7039850"] Yes, I am in no way advocating D&D being exceptional. I think almost all traditional RPGs share this flexibility property. It is only in the context of comparing with games where the rules limit GM control, that I think D&D 5ed compares favorably in terms of flexibility. And I believe it was D&D you asked about in context of a thread about DM control :) I think the part where D&D might be considered exceptional is it's intense focus on the two aspects of flexible play where I believe all groups playing a fully "flexible" game likely need help: Getting the game started (character creation) and resolving life or death conflicts. Other games tend to require ignoring a bit more rules and advice if you want to run other scenarios in your own way. [/QUOTE]

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