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<blockquote data-quote="Mark Hope" data-source="post: 1958725" data-attributes="member: 27051">Yes, but only to a certain degree.&nbsp; Apart from the changes to the city-states in the revised boxed set, none of the DS game material involves the novel metaplot to any significant degree and the overwhelming majority of releases ignore it completely.&nbsp; Apart from a few references in City State of Tyr (and the aforementioned Beyond the Prism Pentad), the novel line and the game line exist wholly independent of one another.At the end of the day, I'd agree with you - it's better to have the overall picture.&nbsp; But you certainly don't need it to make use of any of the game material.&nbsp; I didn't read the novels until much later and when the revised boxed set came out, I discovered that it invalidated huge chunks of backstory that I had designed for my own game.&nbsp; That was my chief gripe with the revised box - that it featured a fair amount of after-the-fact canon that I had been blissfully unaware of up until that point.&nbsp; Of course, not that it matters - I pick and choose as it suits me - but it was a clear symptom of the &quot;wall&quot; between the game department and the novel department that has already been mentioned.&nbsp; (I recall thinking &quot;Biotech hobbits??&nbsp; You're kidding me....&quot;)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mark Hope, post: 1958725, member: 27051"] Yes, but only to a certain degree. Apart from the changes to the city-states in the revised boxed set, none of the DS game material involves the novel metaplot to any significant degree and the overwhelming majority of releases ignore it completely. Apart from a few references in [i]City State of Tyr[/i] (and the aforementioned [i]Beyond the Prism Pentad[/i]), the novel line and the game line exist wholly independent of one another. At the end of the day, I'd agree with you - it's better to have the overall picture. But you certainly don't need it to make use of any of the game material. I didn't read the novels until much later and when the revised boxed set came out, I discovered that it invalidated huge chunks of backstory that I had designed for my own game. That was my chief gripe with the revised box - that it featured a fair amount of after-the-fact canon that I had been blissfully unaware of up until that point. Of course, not that it matters - I pick and choose as it suits me - but it was a clear symptom of the "wall" between the game department and the novel department that has already been mentioned. (I recall thinking "Biotech hobbits?? You're kidding me....") [/QUOTE]

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