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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Guest&nbsp; 85555" data-source="post: 9641511">I am happy to let other posters have a conversation about what agency is. Perhaps a thread devoted to the question (rather than one that leads with the OPs defintion) is a better starting point, and examines some of the different descriptions of agency in different rules books and by different designers (rather than a definition that is clearly anchored in one school of thought).I think the definition of agency is up for discussion in the thread. But I also think that agency is more about stuff like character autonomy, the ability of the players to engage with elements of the setting that interest them, set goals and try to achieve them (I think the OP sets up a weird requirement about this though in his definition). But importantly, I am not trying to tell people that they do or don't have agency in their games. I think there is a degree of subjectivity to it. But I also think this definition is clearly intended to weight the discussion towards a particular conclusion (and the attitude towards other styles of play is also pretty clear).</blockquote>