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Message: <blockquote data-quote="GMMichael" data-source="post: 6414856" data-attributes="member: 6685730">Cool.  So on the global scale, we'll divide rule purposes into three categories:- Creating and developing characters- Resolving character-generated uncertainties (or conflict or intentions)- World generation (who creates what facts or entities)That's a good start!  I have to wonder how many designers actually started at that level before writing up some of today's popular games.  Maybe they should have - maybe it's a good thing they didn't?Chicken or egg question: does the world (and world rules) come first, to provide a place for characters to exist, or do the characters come first, because of the tree-falling-in-the-woods conundrum?</blockquote>