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<blockquote data-quote="overgeeked" data-source="post: 8676331" data-attributes="member: 86653">Lighter rules require more work from the referee. They need to make more calls, generally speaking. Most referees are there to facilitate the players all having fun. The number of malicious referees is wildly exaggerated. No rule set can protect players from a bad or malicious referee. They will just ignore the bits of the rules that tell them not to do those things. The only constraints on a referee is what they place on themselves and what the table is willing to put up with. Rules light games don't shy away from that. They accept it and lean into it.Rules light game run a lot quicker. Like a lot. Some still have task resolution systems (where one roll is one round worth of actions or one action), while others have conflict resolution systems (where one roll resolves the whole scene). It just depends on what you're after.Without dozens of books with hundreds of pages each to worry about you can concentrate more on actually playing and trying to tell whatever story emerges from your play that much better. You also have more time to do whatever, even if that's to read up on history, storytelling, genres, or recreational reading.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="overgeeked, post: 8676331, member: 86653"] Lighter rules require more work from the referee. They need to make more calls, generally speaking. Most referees are there to facilitate the players all having fun. The number of malicious referees is wildly exaggerated. No rule set can protect players from a bad or malicious referee. They will just ignore the bits of the rules that tell them not to do those things. The only constraints on a referee is what they place on themselves and what the table is willing to put up with. Rules light games don't shy away from that. They accept it and lean into it. Rules light game run a lot quicker. Like [I]a lot[/I]. Some still have task resolution systems (where one roll is one round worth of actions or one action), while others have conflict resolution systems (where one roll resolves the whole scene). It just depends on what you're after. Without dozens of books with hundreds of pages each to worry about you can concentrate more on actually playing and trying to tell whatever story emerges from your play that much better. You also have more time to do whatever, even if that's to read up on history, storytelling, genres, or recreational reading. [/QUOTE]

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