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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Theory of Games" data-source="post: 9703140" data-attributes="member: 7042201">I mean. I look at the modifiers and all I see is abstract fluffiness. They aren't simulating reality, they're emulating it - that is, they're making up numbers and saying "hey these numbers = the target is X yards away and it's raining and your PC's blasted on Novacoke so there's a grouping of penalties". It doesn't make sense but it's all made up so that's fine. You're talking about "reality in ttrpgs" requiring real data and testing and I'm like "Hunh? It 'aint that serious. It's a game, friend." And again even if we wanted to we couldn't simulate reality with a ttrpgs - it's far too complex. GURPS is fun as emulation but it can't mirror The REAL. No game can.You keep writing that: "Suspension of disbelief". Do you get that from ttrpgs? I never have, but then I can't escape the reality that I'm playing a game. And no, I like GURPS because it has a lot of rules, which allows me to shave off the ones I don't want and keep the rest. But I wouldn't say that makes the system more intuitive - actually IME more rules = less intuitive. Again, you keep bringing up "realism" - there's no "real" in these games. It's funny tho: the way you write about "the process" reminds me of how stage magic works.I mean we're accepting the results the system kicks out with ANY system, not just the "complex" ones. Could be tic-tac-toe or checkers or GO or Daggerheart - they all have play processes. It's all the same ish. What matters is did we have fun doing it? Like you wrote - "Satisfaction", right?Are you spelling Phoenix Command wrong on purpose? I just noticed. Anyway, the best marksmen in the world can't shoot ten perfect bullseyes in a row on Championship courses. Why? Because there's these infinitesimal factors that play into ballistics. Things that even the best instructors and seasoned snipers can't get perfect every time they fire a weapon. It's just too complex and that's why ttrpgs can't simulate it. I mean as creative as the mind is we can only do so much with these games. And I'm fine with that because IME it's fun reading and playing games that try to be "realistic".</blockquote>

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