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<blockquote data-quote="Imaro" data-source="post: 8996596" data-attributes="member: 48965">Ok, this clarification helps.&nbsp; Though now I have even more questions, like... what do you actually do in this game?&nbsp; The GM can't create characters as needed while the game progresses... EVERY antagonist has already been created no matter how big or how small?&nbsp; I'll wait for answers to a few of these questions before proceeding with this part of the discussion.This is the process of play taken literally from the book Agon pg. 12Game play begins when the heroes arrive at an island afflicted by strife.&nbsp; Each island provides an immediate contest upon arrival that establishes the situation and demands heroic action - like the opening teaser for a thrilling TV show.After the initial conflict, the heroes explore the island, befriend allies, confront enemies, and attempt to overcome the trials that the strife has placed in their path.Finally, the heroes face a battle to determine the ultimate destiny of the island - whether it is pulled out of despair or slips further into mystery.&nbsp;&nbsp; Now I'm not going to discuss DitV because I'm not familiar with it but I am familiar with Agon so I'd like to keep the conversation centered on that game... the preparation of the island is the same general type of prep for an adventure one would do in D&amp;D.&nbsp; You prep your trials, your NPC's, your rewards, your strife and your climactic battle.EDIT: The main difference I see is in a single principle of AGON... which is do not deceive your players.&nbsp; But if that's the basis of prep being totally different from D&amp;D I don't see it.&nbsp; It's a singular difference but on a high level scale they prep more similarly than different.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Imaro, post: 8996596, member: 48965"] Ok, this clarification helps. Though now I have even more questions, like... what do you actually do in this game? The GM can't create characters as needed while the game progresses... EVERY antagonist has already been created no matter how big or how small? I'll wait for answers to a few of these questions before proceeding with this part of the discussion. This is the process of play taken literally from the book Agon pg. 12 [I]Game play begins when the heroes arrive at an island afflicted by strife. Each island provides an immediate contest upon arrival that establishes the situation and demands heroic action - like the opening teaser for a thrilling TV show. After the initial conflict, the heroes explore the island, befriend allies, confront enemies, and attempt to overcome the trials that the strife has placed in their path. Finally, the heroes face a battle to determine the ultimate destiny of the island - whether it is pulled out of despair or slips further into mystery.[/I] Now I'm not going to discuss DitV because I'm not familiar with it but I am familiar with Agon so I'd like to keep the conversation centered on that game... the preparation of the island is the same general type of prep for an adventure one would do in D&D. You prep your trials, your NPC's, your rewards, your strife and your climactic battle. EDIT: The main difference I see is in a single principle of AGON... which is do not deceive your players. But if that's the basis of prep being totally different from D&D I don't see it. It's a singular difference but on a high level scale they prep more similarly than different. [/QUOTE]

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