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<blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 8820744" data-attributes="member: 22779">Note, there is something of a wider spectrum here between &quot;follow the exact story&quot; and &quot;ignore the story completely&quot;.&nbsp;&nbsp; You can start with the basic storyline of the setting - defeat the Empire, defeat the Dragonarmies, escape Ravenloft - and still tell stories that are completely different from how the story unfolded in the actual movies/books/whatever.&nbsp; Like I said, if I played in a Star Wars game, I would want to be part of the Rebel alliance (or perhaps go the other way and play the Empire) and be dealing directly with defeating the Empire.&nbsp; Otherwise, why am I bothering with using the Star Wars universe?&nbsp; To me, that's the whole point of being in Star Wars.&nbsp; Playing Andor would bore me to tears.&nbsp; I'm sorry, but, it would.&nbsp; While I love the show, I wouldn't want to play that as a game because nothing they do in the show will have any impact on the most important story in the setting.Same as if I did a Knights of the Old Republic game.&nbsp; I simply don't care.&nbsp; As [USER=6684958]@bloodtide[/USER] very correctly IMO says, I &quot;only Love the story, not the setting.&quot;&nbsp; For me, that's 100% true.Now, since something like Forgotten Realms doesn't really have an &quot;iconic story&quot;, I have no problems setting any number of games there.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hussar, post: 8820744, member: 22779"] Note, there is something of a wider spectrum here between "follow the exact story" and "ignore the story completely". You can start with the basic storyline of the setting - defeat the Empire, defeat the Dragonarmies, escape Ravenloft - and still tell stories that are completely different from how the story unfolded in the actual movies/books/whatever. Like I said, if I played in a Star Wars game, I would want to be part of the Rebel alliance (or perhaps go the other way and play the Empire) and be dealing directly with defeating the Empire. Otherwise, why am I bothering with using the Star Wars universe? To me, that's the whole point of being in Star Wars. Playing Andor would bore me to tears. I'm sorry, but, it would. While I love the show, I wouldn't want to play that as a game because nothing they do in the show will have any impact on the most important story in the setting. Same as if I did a Knights of the Old Republic game. I simply don't care. As [USER=6684958]@bloodtide[/USER] very correctly IMO says, I "only Love the story, not the setting." For me, that's 100% true. Now, since something like Forgotten Realms doesn't really have an "iconic story", I have no problems setting any number of games there. [/QUOTE]

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