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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Deset Gled" data-source="post: 9892847" data-attributes="member: 7808">"Play is paramount" is pretty fair. It's a game after all, the point is to play. The only kinda-sorta counterpoint I can give is that "paramount" doesn't mean it's the only thing that matters.There's a lot to be said about building. It's not the same as play, but it's also fun and also important. I have a current player that I suspect may enjoy character creation and building his characters more than he likes playing them. He definitely would rather make multiple characters and cycle through them than play one character through a long arc. And I have seen some DMs who clearly enjoy building their world and lore and narrative more than they enjoy having characters play through them.What about people that like painting minis? What about people that like making costumes for cosplay or LARP? What about people that like to write long backstories for their character, even if it never comes up at the table? What about DMs that like making puzzles more than they like the social aspect of guiding a group through them?  All of these things are their own experiences, and they're not the same as the experience at the table.If "all the things" in a game point to table play and only table play, you're leaving parts of those aspects behind and missing out on the tertiary fun.  All roads still lead to the table, sure. But we still want to make those roads as enjoyable as possible. Take the joy in the journey to the table, not just the destination. If game prep is terrible, it doesn't matter how fun the game is because some people won't get there.But how much are we just playing semantics with absolutes here? Does saying "play is paramount" actually disagree with any of that? I don't think there's that much actual conflict here.</blockquote>

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