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<blockquote data-quote="Sword of Spirit" data-source="post: 6672647" data-attributes="member: 6677017">There is another, completely different, style of play where the secret backstory (not sure I like the term, but I'll go with it) is highly desirable. I call it explorationism, but most would see it as a form of world simulationism.In this style (I love it for D&amp;D, but wouldn't even attempt it in any other RPG that I know of), the world is an entity in and of itself. One of the &quot;funs&quot; of play is to be able to interact with that world--not the DM's story motivations. Pre-made stories are optional. The players know that if they find something, it is because there was something there to be found (either because the DM previously created it, because a sourcebook or adventure specified that it was there, or because an appropriately called for random roll declared that it was there). It isn't about challenge in this style--it is about discovering a world together, both players and DM.As I said, I only like this style in D&amp;D, but I absolutely love it in D&amp;D--so much so that I have little interest in any other style for D&amp;D.Perhaps it's the shared usage of the secret backstory that confuses people, but these are very different styles.It kind of saddens me that there seem to have been a couple of generations of D&amp;D players who have never been exposed to this style of play.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Sword of Spirit, post: 6672647, member: 6677017"] There is another, completely different, style of play where the secret backstory (not sure I like the term, but I'll go with it) is highly desirable. I call it explorationism, but most would see it as a form of world simulationism. In this style (I love it for D&D, but wouldn't even attempt it in any other RPG that I know of), the world is an entity in and of itself. One of the "funs" of play is to be able to interact with that world--not the DM's story motivations. Pre-made stories are optional. The players know that if they find something, it is because there was something there to be found (either because the DM previously created it, because a sourcebook or adventure specified that it was there, or because an appropriately called for random roll declared that it was there). It isn't about challenge in this style--it is about discovering a world together, both players and DM. As I said, I only like this style in D&D, but I absolutely love it in D&D--so much so that I have little interest in any other style for D&D. Perhaps it's the shared usage of the secret backstory that confuses people, but these are very different styles. It kind of saddens me that there seem to have been a couple of generations of D&D players who have never been exposed to this style of play. [/QUOTE]

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