Even in Tsr's ad2nd ed - the book starts by saying all rules are optional and up to the dm and players discretion. Mage can be played like a straitjacket rules

Even in Tsr's ad2nd ed - the book starts by saying all rules are optional and up to the dm and players discretion. Mage can be played like a straitjacket rules heavy game - but it really lends itself more to storytelling and meta-philosophical gaming IMNHO. This goes for all the storyteller settings; they're bad "world simulators" but great "story facilitators". If you want the former, you'll be disappointed.