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Message: <blockquote data-quote="possum" data-source="post: 2724282" data-attributes="member: 17674">Even though I barely play D&D, I often find myself pondering this very question.I'm primarily a Star Wars d20 gamer, and the sheer wealth of canon material out there can be mind-boggling at times.  Several hundred novels that mesh together almost perfectly, hundreds of games and comics and the like.My policy on canon in an established gaming universe is this: 1: All the events that happened in the Expanded Universe before the game's beginning actually happened.  If you need help with getting your backgrounds to mesh properly, I will help you (Just recently, I had to point people in the direction of all of the attacks on Luke's Jedi Praxeum; from Desann and Fyyar to the Shadow Academy.)2: All events that will happen (For example certain events in the New Jedi Order period) in the universe that the PCs have no direct control over will happen.  The Myrkr Strike Team will face the same results in my game as they did in Star By Star if the PCs are not present.3: If the PCs have direct control over an event (OMG, the PCs just accidentally shot Vergere.  It was an accident, right?) canon can and usually will go right out the window.It's kind of strict...</blockquote>