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<blockquote data-quote="Imaro" data-source="post: 5650605" data-attributes="member: 48965">I wasn't trying to be cheeky... but moreso saying that I have come around to believing that 4e is capable of being run in the narrativist style you run it in.&nbsp;&nbsp; However there is ample evidence (and from the designers themselves) including actual play that 4e is often run and promoted as pushing an almost purely Gamist playstyle, and appears to be by all accounts satisfying to those who play it that way. &nbsp;I actually find Encounters to perhaps be the most important determiner of 4e's playstyle going forward.&nbsp; It is often new players first exsposure to a 4e game and as you said it is often little more than a series of tactical encounters... yet this is how the company has chosen to market their game.&nbsp; Even Lair Assault, the new play experience for 4e, is being marketed as a challenging contest for optimizers and buildmasters... in other words competitive play.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Imaro, post: 5650605, member: 48965"] I wasn't trying to be cheeky... but moreso saying that I have come around to believing that 4e is capable of being run in the narrativist style you run it in. However there is ample evidence (and from the designers themselves) including actual play that 4e is often run and promoted as pushing an almost purely Gamist playstyle, and appears to be by all accounts satisfying to those who play it that way. I actually find Encounters to perhaps be the most important determiner of 4e's playstyle going forward. It is often new players first exsposure to a 4e game and as you said it is often little more than a series of tactical encounters... yet this is how the company has chosen to market their game. Even Lair Assault, the new play experience for 4e, is being marketed as a challenging contest for optimizers and buildmasters... in other words competitive play. [/QUOTE]

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