It depends on when and where we are talking about.
I disagree, but this merely brings us around full circle, with you repeating the same false talking point as before. You have shown no effort in listening or understanding my position. It's as if you have no interest in actually conversing in good faith, which is certainly frustrating to encounter from you.
I said that Gygax doesn't assume that the GM is the sole author of the ingame fiction. In the example, who authored the existence of a high bluff overlooking a river suitable for the building of a small concentric castle? The player did, not the GM. That is not an example of GM-driven play!Collaboration happens, however the bolded part seems to be ignored by you, it requires DM approval at the end of the day.
I'm not sure why you seem to be insisting otherwise...
I agree that blind declaration is sometimes more exciting. If less tactical.
So you're not actually interested in talking about the sort of play that Gygax advocated in his DMG?
Yet that is exactly how the 5e Shield spell works:
Storyline is one thing that isn't part of the RPGing approach that Gygax advocates. I don't know what his actual play was looking like in 1978-79, but his PHB and DMG don't contemplate storyline play. They have detailed advice on dungeoneering play; some advice on hexcrawling; and have hints about urban play, but don't actually present urban environments as anything beyonds places to restock and try and deal with/recruit NPCs.
