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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Fallen Seraph" data-source="post: 4681225" data-attributes="member: 57894">Ripping off Lanefan above for those my personal approaches would be:World Design:I generally don't design complete worlds. I probably don't even know what NPCs or specific appearance of say the city the PCs appear in till a week prior when preparing for the game.What I do instead is design a variety of different elements that guide my design of the world/adventure. So stuff like; colour theme, atmosphere/mood, themes, tone, etc.I then develop more concrete ways of expressing these things. This forms the basis for the actual content so I develop stuff from either my own imagination, literature, movie, etc. that I put in build these elements.When it comes to Houserules and such. I write down as I generate ideas any houserules that may be necessary. Then when I bring the concept for the game to my friends we hash out both the concept and houserules. I go back revise, we relook it and then play.Snowflakes:I would say that in my campaigns they are and they are not. They may not accomplish the greatest of tasks, or become famous, etc. But they are the sole focus of the game and the world is built around them, even if they don't directly alter the whole world around them.Most of my games are fairly personal where it is more personal stakes and issues that are brought to conflict not larger "epic" issues. As such the campaign focuses entirely on the PCs and how they resolve these personal stakes throughout the campaign.I think should probably be said that generally the PCs aren't, "adventurers" nor are there other "adventurers" running around. It is more simply they are people thrown into whatever circumstances have come about and must confront it.Sandbox vs. adventure path:I have a general overarching plotline that usually ties all the PCs together. As well as developing parallel running plots that involve the personal stakes of the PCs. Which plots get resolved depends on the players.As for how these plots are approached. I usually call it "mystery gaming" but that Matrix term works as well. I essentially run my games as one where the plot and events must be uncovered by the PCs. So as such various clues, hints, plot-points, events are scattered about my mind-map of the campaign and it is up the players to uncover these and piece together the plot. Generally of course certain events and plot-points tie together and lead down certain dramatic pathways but it is up the players to take these.So while there is a centrally developed plot to the game how it unfolds is really entirely up in the air. Whole segments of the plot may never be unravelled depending on the actions of the players or they may find themselves reaching one of many different endings.</blockquote>

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