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Message: <blockquote data-quote="AlViking" data-source="post: 9704047" data-attributes="member: 6906980">I run the game with a simulationist approach.  As DM once I establish the details of the world (sometimes with a bit of help from players), everything that happens in the world happens because of actions taken in the world.  The fiction of the world takes precedence over what would make the game exciting, narrative control or anything else.  As DM I am an impartial referee while I am running the game, I am not changing the fiction of the world to better suit what I wanted I only have it react and respond to the characters.  The players only interact with the world, only impact or change it through their characters.That is the definition of simulation I use.  It has nothing to do with "accuracy" because any model we create just has a different arbitrary line of granularity and fidelity.  The level of simulation you expect is impossible. Unless of course you just change the lines you draw and say "My game is on this side of this line I prefer and yours isn't."</blockquote>