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Is it possible to do dungeon crawls in PbtA? Yes. See Dungeon World. More specifically, see Perilous Wilds which is probably one of the...

I mean, there's a very simple answer to deal with your obvious slippery-slope fallacy (beyond, y'know, calling it out as a fallacious...

I had forgotten about being in crisis, that is definitely the same as bloodied and now that you've brought it up I do recall there are...

That's just causality all over again though. The situation, ideally, should be interesting enough that there doesn't need to be fiction...

I played some WFRP 1e with some old and new friends yesterday, and after the game we were discussing the game's virtues and flaws, as...

I'm not sure that all do. For instance, some "cozy" RPGs seem to emphasise tea parties and the like. Some dungeon crawls, also, don't...

One problem with our examples is they tend to stop time, and here one needs to extend the example in time to see that "nothing happens"...

This was said. Then this in direct reply. Then there's also this. Just for reference.

Well okay then. Howzabout we get back to the actual discussion then? I see that you found my description of trying to actually publish...

This was said. Then this in direct reply. Then there's also this. Just for reference.

If optimizing wasn't encouraged behavior by default the game shouldn't make optimizing good. Case in point: Swords & Wizardry Complete...

I take issue with this, but will give my thoughts on this below. First, to answer the question at the end of your post. I think that...

This is thoughtful, let me try to respond in kind. Let me talk about poker for a second. A big facet of poker is probability. But...

As usual, this is the opposite of my experience; optimizers are at their best in hard games, and in fact, are often bred by same. The...

Serious question: Have you ever seen a player who was the lone non-optimizer at the table, and how did they react to being asked to...