What is the Purpose of an RPG System Anyway? At its Core, What is it Supposed to be Doing?

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What do we want an RPG system to do anyway? We've looked at a lot of particular things that some systems do, such as the impact of dice or the encumbrance system, but I thought it would be a good idea to step back and take a look at the game system as a whole and try to understand what it is that we wanted to do.

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