This is a twofold problem. The first is that people are not encouraged to explore. They just recreate from standardized text on how film should look/work, or emulate based on stuff they like. They do not work beyond this, or synthesize because the internet calcifies everything and locks it in time.
even if everything is getting worse we can all look forward to the end of kali yuga. only 426,875 years to go
This is a great analogy because, as others have pointed out, even IF you let a toddler decide what they get to eat for dinner, there is a nonzero chance they'll still pitch a fit when you put it down in front of them.
realising in the light of the latest m:tg discourse that ive gone full grognard. Magic to me is playing a 60-card constructed deck, specifically from @pbastronaut.bsky.social ‘s Urza collection. it was a more civilised era
Okay #TTRPG people. Let's clear this up once and for all. "Fiction first" is a statement of procedure; not priority. You start with the fiction, that triggers mechanics, and results in more fiction. "System matters" is a statement saying rules shape fiction. Use a system that matters to your game.
LEVIATHAN is finally in public playtest! Scour the lethal depths of an alien megastructure as a crew of posthuman mercenaries in this biopunk TTRPG. Itch link below-
