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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Oofta" data-source="post: 9531295" data-attributes="member: 6801845">I assume virtually every D&D DM has to do some level of prep before running a game. What difference does it make what form that preparation takes?I really, really do not understand what the issue is other than some weird classification to label some people's style of play and declare that it's somehow an aberration or unusual.  I do have notes.  Sometimes I use pictures for NPCs and a handful of maps.  Just like many DMs I've had that ran modules instead of homebrew.  But I rarely do detailed maps, I don't have sets for miniatures, play lists or music. I also don't run linear campaigns, my games are very much driven by player choices and responsive to what their character's actions.  I don't spend a lot of prep time for individual sessions, although occasionally I spend a small amount of time adding to existing lore and over years it has added up. Most importantly I don't spend a lot of time prepping for a particular session.  Because I have slowly, bit by bit, developed lore and know a lot about my world I spend less time preparing than if I were running a canned module.So if there is some point people are trying to make, some reason for carving out a type of preparation, please say so.  Other than to label people as atavistic throwbacks to a bygone era that are ignoring the new and presumably improved methods of play that are so nebulous and ultimately meaningless.</blockquote>

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