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<blockquote data-quote="Malmuria" data-source="post: 8626508" data-attributes="member: 7030755">I think the distinction [USER=86653]@overgeeked[/USER] is trying to get at is between a pre-written adventure path story with scripted events and a more neutral setting that can be interacted with in a variety of ways.&nbsp; But I think the point of confusion might just be that the word story is used in all these different ways.&nbsp; For example, in the above, you say that that an sandbox-style dnd setup has a story (setting, plot, characters).&nbsp; The presence of this story is what disqualifies this type of game from being Story Now, which is a specific and more narrowly defined usage of the same word (“story”).&nbsp; Similarly, that sandbox game has a narrative but in a way that prevents it from being Narrativist.Separate thought, related to OPLet’s say I have in front of me two books: 1. a modern, very linear adventure path like Descent into Avernus and 2. Stonehell mega dungeon.&nbsp; And now I learn that 5e is a gameist game.&nbsp; What are the consequences of learning that for running either the linear AP or the mega dungeon?&nbsp; Does the fact that dnd is gameist mean that I run both books in basically the same way?&nbsp; Does it mean the players in both campaigns want the same thing out of playing an rpg?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Malmuria, post: 8626508, member: 7030755"] I think the distinction [USER=86653]@overgeeked[/USER] is trying to get at is between a pre-written adventure path story with scripted events and a more neutral setting that can be interacted with in a variety of ways. But I think the point of confusion might just be that the word story is used in all these different ways. For example, in the above, you say that that an sandbox-style dnd setup has a story (setting, plot, characters). The presence of this story is what disqualifies this type of game from being [I]Story Now,[/I] which is a specific and more narrowly defined usage of the same word (“story”). Similarly, that sandbox game has a narrative but in a way that prevents it from being [I]Narrativist[/I]. Separate thought, related to OP Let’s say I have in front of me two books: 1. a modern, very linear adventure path like Descent into Avernus and 2. Stonehell mega dungeon. And now I learn that 5e is a gameist game. What are the consequences of learning that for running either the linear AP or the mega dungeon? Does the fact that dnd is gameist mean that I run both books in basically the same way? Does it mean the players in both campaigns want the same thing out of playing an rpg? [/QUOTE]

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