Paul Beakley …”idea of consciously reclaiming the best parts of roleplaying traditions (as contrasted by “traditional roleplaying”)…”

Yes! I’ve been thinking about this as well, and sort of touched on ti when I was posting last week about all the trad games I still wanted to play. I want to approach them with fresh eyes, because I feel there is value there if one can set aside the baggage (which is something I feel like the Forge helped us do).