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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Staffan" data-source="post: 9603424" data-attributes="member: 907">Come to think of it, I am much more open to canon-breaking in RPGs than in books, comics, movies, or TV. I think it might be because in passive media like those, the story is what's on the page, while in RPGs the story is what happens at the table. The published material is more like a manual for making your own story, not the story itself.So for example, I have no issue with the latest version of Deadlands saying the US Civil War ended in 1871 instead of still being ongoing in the current year of 1884, despite the edition before being set in 1879 with the Civil War still ongoing. Basically, the designer decided that having the war still ongoing didn't add enough to the setting to make up for the discomfort of some players when others were playing Confederates, and so he figured out a way to retcon that. That's perfectly fair IMO, because the book-world doesn't exist until it actually hits the table and becomes the game-world.</blockquote>