Re: Difficulty Balance

On Fri, 12 Jan 2007, Simon Smith wrote:
> Seems self-evident to me that the heavier the load you
> lay on a player (or, indeed, a GM) the more they will retreat into their
> core competences/preferences.

I think I just spotted a key point of difference.  Thinking about the same

thing does not necessarily produce the same "load" on different people. A 
person who is practiced in thinking tactically or who has a natural 
aptitude for thinking that way will not experience the same sort of "load"

that a person who has little practice thinking tactically or has no 
aptitude for thinking tactically will experience.  If you've ever watched 
a person struggle with something that you find easy or vice versa, you've 
seen this type of thing in action.  In fact, I've played with people for 
whom role-playing was the chore because it didn't come naturally to them.

John Morrow