Something Wicked: Worlds and rules - priorities

[bruceb]

 Me on design and play emphases, over at Moon Design:

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I should note up front that I’m only speaking on my own behalf and not for Ben, unless I explicitly say otherwise. We get along, but we don’t always think identically, and he’s got his own words. So if anything I write strikes you as horribly awful, you can still have hope for the other

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[eynowd]

It amazes me how often your musings seem to closely parallel the noodlings I've been having

[bruceb]

Happy to goad you, as always. :)

[doctorcaligari]

Amen. FWIW, I think that the old "crunch" (the REAL game -- i.e. the rules) vs. "fluff" (mere CONTENT) snobbery stems in part from there originally being somewhat less "THERE there" in some of the oldest RPG games, setting-wise

[bruceb]

This particular distinction seems to have been very, very popular right at the outset at the Forge, with a community of folks intensely interested in rules and compact, pressure-cooker play experiences and very much not interested in long-term or slow-paced play or world-building beyond the needs of a moment. That on top of all the history you're already aware of.