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Message: <blockquote data-quote="clearstream" data-source="post: 9709309" data-attributes="member: 71699">Here drawing [USER=7025577]@Enrahim[/USER]'s attention to the Czege Principle. Roughly - "creating and running your own adversity isn't fun". From the internet Ron Edwards' post that popularised it worded it as: creating your own adversity and its resolution is boringThat was quickly amended by Josh Roby to: creating and running your own opposition isn't funBen Lehman worded it as: when one person is the author of both the character's adversity and its resolution, play isn't fun Avery Alder said: "there have been a wealth of amazing solo RPGs that have effectively challenged the Czege Principle. Creative answers have emerged to the question, "how CAN it be fun for a player to introduce and resolve their own opposition?" "One such creative answer is the Surprise by Complexity Principle, which says "when you create the adversity, you should not be sure you can solve it."A variant (that I don't know has been formulated but ought to be) is that "creating and running your own mystery isn't fun". To which of course there can be creative responses... perhaps some variant on the Apocalypse by Moonlight core mechanic.</blockquote>