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So, the process my group uses is about avoiding some of the prat falls we have experienced in more open ended play. Stuff like making...

I don’t think that the approach being advocated for is one where PCs cannot change their motivations or adopt new ones based on what...

So there’s hope for the future! Sure, but if they’re not considered when creating “hooks” or other content, then as has been pointed...

One of the things we at our table to coordinate more player driven play is establishing one personal milestone/goal per player character...

At some tables. At others we work together to establish these things. Like if you refuse to coordinate your efforts to orchestrate in a...

I think this might be related to your problem in the OP. What I mean by that is that, if the GM does their setting and situation work...

Here are some examples - actual play reports - of player-driven RPGing: * Burning Wheel, where I'm the player; you can see how the GM...

I'd go so far as to say that that is probably bad advice.

I’ve seen that at times. I think it shows a lack of understanding on the part of the person saying it.

You know what made it "click" for me? I went back to D&D and failed rolls resulted in nothing happening. I went back to running WoD...

Okay… but all (or maybe most) of the hooks are GM created content. Choosing from a menu of options certainly gives players choices of...

In my experience, they are certainly connected. I don't think that makes it a necessity. One can have a player-driven game that is an...

Yeah, I think the one common thread we're seeing amongst the folks posting about success of player-driven campaigns is that they all...

Over the past few days I've been prompted to think a bit more about this. When I think of "sitting back and letting the game come to...

I have my issues with Spire, but it is still an incredibly evocative game and will never leave my shelves.