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Who gets to say it happened?
Every rulebook is an answer to the same question: who at the table may declare that something is true in the fiction. These pieces follow that question from the wargame umpire who inherited it to the player-facing move that tried to write it down.
- Who gets to say it happened?
Every roleplaying system is an answer to one question — how a table shares authority over what is true in the fiction.
- The referee inherits a wargame
The role came out of umpiring, where somebody adjudicated what the rules did not cover.
- Player-facing rules, and what they move
Putting the roll in the player's hands changes who carries the burden of knowing the system.
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