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Message: <blockquote data-quote="pemerton" data-source="post: 8954020" data-attributes="member: 42582">I read something once that there are five elements/factors that come together to create an RPGing experience:*setting *situation *character *colour/flavour *system (= mechanics and other methods for working out what happens next)For me, colour is important, in that there are some genres/flavours that even in a well-designed game don't really appeal to me (eg that's the vibe I get from Blades in the Dark).System is very important to me - I enjoy a variety of approaches, but there are some I don't particularly care for, especially those that lean heavily on GM pre-authorship or relatively unconstrained GM decision-making.Character and situation are both important to me, but I can play different games that prioritise them differently. Eg Agon puts situation first - the islands the characters come to as they travel home on their Odyssey-like journey. My approach to 4e D&D was mostly situation-first too.Whereas Burning Wheel tends to be character first. And my Torchbearer game started out as situation first but feels like it might be drifting to character first.I've played MHRP/Cortex+ Heroic Fantasy both situation first and character first. It's interesting that I think it allows for both (not at the same time, obviously).For me, setting - as that extends beyond colour and situation - tends to come last. My most setting-intensive RPGing was around 30 years ago, and even then I think character and situation were higher priorities for our group.In the context of this thread I'm not entirely sure what's meant by story - but if we mean resolving situations and having the characters revealed in play that's quite important to me (so eg I think I might find it hard to get into [USER=6785785]@hawkeyefan[/USER]'s Temple of Elemental Evil Game, which has little revelation of character and I suspect doesn't have the sort of intensity of situation that tends to appeal to me). I'm not really into pre-authored story (like APs or a pre-sequenced "adventure").</blockquote>

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