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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ratskinner" data-source="post: 6144607" data-attributes="member: 6688937">I wasn't aiming for dismissive as much as a tad frustrated. My compatriots are not all as flexible as I am wrt gaming enjoyment.Generally, I think I tend to flip between modes depending on the night/game/mood. For rpgs, I tend to drift towards Narrative (at least, I don't see the point of naming characters and imagining a world if the story isn't what we're there for.) In such cases, I feel like the rules and dice should be there to sort of inspire or nudge along story/play. I've found myself increasingly frustrated with what I see as unnecessary complexity in D&D, even the older versions.Which is not to say that I don't enjoy a good simmy or gamey game now and again. I'm perfectly happy playing SFB or the like. Heck, last night our group played Zombies!! due to low attendance and it was a blast.Making up my own material easily is one of the reasons I like FATE. There's plenty of FATE GMs who can happily start a campaign with little to no prep and make things up as they go along....that's even the default method of starting a game in the FATE Core rules. I'm not a big fan of electronics at the gaming table. I consider simplicity such a virtue/necessity that I tend to dislike rpgs that are complicated enough to require or encourage the use of computers.Out of curiousity, what about Savage Worlds scratches your gamist itches? I haven't played it or run it, but the rules don't strike me as terribly gamist.</blockquote>

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