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<blockquote data-quote="billd91" data-source="post: 4476190" data-attributes="member: 3400">Does metaplot work? Sometimes it does, sometimes it doesn't. I thoroughly enjoyed most of the metaplot for MegaTraveller and used it as a backdrop for adventuring. Gave me the perfect excuse to reactivate the retired scout and put him in a faster ship than an S1. It also gave me plenty of into to build a textured background. Real news that seemed to keep the background really moving forward.I'm not going to toss out the whole idea of metaplots just because there are some that i have found problematic. Each one should be judged on its own merits as to whether it's useful or not.The major problem I see with metaplots is they often get a bit too grandiose and campaign-transforming. The final development of the MegaTraveller metaplot and transition into New Era left me cold. It took something interesting and took it WAY to far for my tastes. Some people may think that if a metaplot doesn't change things, then there was no point to it. That may be true, but there's a difference between change (Imperium breaks up into domains, borders shift around the Solomani Sphere, loss of Corridor to Vargr cuts Deneb off from Capital) and taking it out behind the shed and shooting it to death (TNE).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="billd91, post: 4476190, member: 3400"] Does metaplot work? Sometimes it does, sometimes it doesn't. I thoroughly enjoyed most of the metaplot for MegaTraveller and used it as a backdrop for adventuring. Gave me the perfect excuse to reactivate the retired scout and put him in a faster ship than an S1. It also gave me plenty of into to build a textured background. Real news that seemed to keep the background really moving forward. I'm not going to toss out the whole idea of metaplots just because there are some that i have found problematic. Each one should be judged on its own merits as to whether it's useful or not. The major problem I see with metaplots is they often get a bit too grandiose and campaign-transforming. The final development of the MegaTraveller metaplot and transition into New Era left me cold. It took something interesting and took it WAY to far for my tastes. Some people may think that if a metaplot doesn't change things, then there was no point to it. That may be true, but there's a difference between change (Imperium breaks up into domains, borders shift around the Solomani Sphere, loss of Corridor to Vargr cuts Deneb off from Capital) and taking it out behind the shed and shooting it to death (TNE). [/QUOTE]

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