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<blockquote data-quote="SteveC" data-source="post: 9117634" data-attributes="member: 9053">My take in general is that I don't want rules for things the game tells me it doesn't care about. It seems like there are always some rules for the environment or gear that get in the way of a game that tells me it's about over the top adventure. Now if I'm playing a gritty, survival sim, I want those rules.The only kind of rule I absolutely don't want, are rules that keep a particular type of player with engaging with a part of the game. Yes, this is most commonly about social situations, but I don't want to keep different types of gamers from being able to fully be in the game. I started playing in the 70s, and really for the first couple decades, we had a lot of people in gaming who were neurodivergent without really knowing what that meant.I gamed with a bunch of people who, if I could get into a time machine, I would have had a lot more fun with if I understood more about how they saw the world differently. I remember in the 80s I instituted the &quot;intent and method&quot; rule for a player who was amazing, but just couldn't engage with the game socially. At the time, it was a controversial thing to do (if you can believe that!) I can't emphasize enough that you should meet your players where they are or where they can get to.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="SteveC, post: 9117634, member: 9053"] My take in general is that I don't want rules for things the game tells me it doesn't care about. It seems like there are always some rules for the environment or gear that get in the way of a game that tells me it's about over the top adventure. Now if I'm playing a gritty, survival sim, I want those rules. The only kind of rule I absolutely don't want, are rules that keep a particular type of player with engaging with a part of the game. Yes, this is most commonly about social situations, but I don't want to keep different types of gamers from being able to fully be in the game. I started playing in the 70s, and really for the first couple decades, we had a lot of people in gaming who were neurodivergent without really knowing what that meant. I gamed with a bunch of people who, if I could get into a time machine, I would have had a lot more fun with if I understood more about how they saw the world differently. I remember in the 80s I instituted the "intent and method" rule for a player who was amazing, but just couldn't engage with the game socially. At the time, it was a controversial thing to do (if you can believe that!) I can't emphasize enough that you should meet your players where they are or where they can get to. [/QUOTE]

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