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Message: <blockquote data-quote="pemerton" data-source="post: 7939336" data-attributes="member: 42582">Sure. And there's a lot of variation too.For instance, depending on details - of system, of table expectations, of mood, etc - it is possible to integrate a reasonable amount of situation prep (locations, antagonists, and the like) with a high degree of player-driven events. This is how I approach Cortex+ Heroic, Prince Valiant, and to some extent 4e D&D. It relies on the players - via their narration plus their action declarations - being able to evince their PCs and do their thing in a way that is at least somewhat independent of the minutiae of the current situation. (The "literary" analogue of this is the supehero comic - it's not a coincidence that Cortex+ Heroic had its origins as MHRP, and that Prince Valiant is also inspired by a continuing comic strip.)In the approach I'm describing here, PC relationships will tend to be less prominent (because obviously they're not indepedent of current situation) and (at least in my experience) play will generally be lighter, even a bit more frivolous, than one sees in a relationship-and-belief-heavy system like Burning Wheel.</blockquote>