I’ve appreciated the writings of Martin Ralya for several years, from his excellent Treasure Tables site (no longer updated but still an excellent archive of yummy rpg-fodder) and now via his regular participation on Gnome Stew. This morning I encountered his latest Stew entry and decided to jump it right to the front of the line of this week’s planned Waypoints posts. Here it a favorite excerpt, follwed by a link to the entire article:

“Ever since I began thinking explicitly about RPGs from this angle — as being engines for making interesting decisions — my perspective on gaming has shifted. I find myself drawn more and more often to game systems that do that well not just in combat, but in other areas, too.”

- Martin Ralya

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