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Justice and Rule reacted to pemerton's post in the thread What makes setting lore "actually matter" to the players? with
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I GMed my first session of Mythic Bastionland yesterday: Mythic Bastionland actual play The players knew nothing about the game or the... -
Justice and Rule reacted to RenleyRenfield's post in the thread What makes setting lore "actually matter" to the players? with Like.
Part of this is what I am conveying here. By making lore less hard-line adherence By making lore less locked-in to past editions =...
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Justice and Rule reacted to Campbell's post in the thread What makes setting lore "actually matter" to the players? with Like.
I think the idea that lore is set in stone once set does a harm to our ability to take creative risks and iterate on a game's design. I...
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Justice and Rule reacted to Bae'zel's post in the thread What makes setting lore "actually matter" to the players? with Like.
Oof long thread. In my experience over the decades, one of the few things that makes players care about the lore is if the game is...
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Justice and Rule reacted to Pamphylian's post in the thread What makes setting lore "actually matter" to the players? with Like.
The answer for my players has always been a good mystery. All my most successful lore deliveries have been because something was hinted...
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Justice and Rule reacted to Bill Zebub's post in the thread What makes setting lore "actually matter" to the players? with
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Oh god do I feel the urge to cross the red line into current politics to refute that assertion... -
Justice and Rule reacted to Neonchameleon's post in the thread What makes setting lore "actually matter" to the players? with Like.
But who is saying that "Lore does not matter and reason for lore does not matter"? I might have missed someone but as far as I can tell...
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Justice and Rule reacted to TwoSix's post in the thread What makes setting lore "actually matter" to the players? with Like.
I think some of this comes down to how we personally decide our expectations. When I go out to dinner with friends, I'm not expecting...
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Justice and Rule reacted to pemerton's post in the thread What makes setting lore "actually matter" to the players? with Love.
I was thinking about this thread cycling home yesterday evening, and was puzzled by what seems to be an assumption made in many of the...
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Justice and Rule reacted to pemerton's post in the thread What makes setting lore "actually matter" to the players? with Love.
The notion that there is some sort of trade off between player and GM enjoyment of the game - on some posited spectrum from "dancing...
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Justice and Rule reacted to Umbran's post in the thread What makes setting lore "actually matter" to the players? with Love.
I GM a lot, yes. Hey. If you want to get anything out of this discussion, you're gonna have to stop projecting your own emotional...
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Justice and Rule reacted to Thomas Shey's post in the thread What makes setting lore "actually matter" to the players? with Like.
I don't think the basics of my position require "truths", just logic. (Take note, @GobHag if you're genuinely interested). Let's say...
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Justice and Rule reacted to RenleyRenfield's post in the thread What makes setting lore "actually matter" to the players? with Like.
I want to add to this as a bit of a digression, because.. reasons. :P I ran a game of Forgotten Realms where there was some reason for...
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Justice and Rule reacted to zakael19's post in the thread What makes setting lore "actually matter" to the players? with Like.
I was watching a GDC talk by one of the designers of Magic, and he was tossing out a number of lessons he’d learned over his 20 years...
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Justice and Rule reacted to Micah Sweet's post in the thread What makes setting lore "actually matter" to the players? with Like.
See, I love history (real or imagined), so I want the history of the setting front and center. That's the most fun part for me. That...