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<blockquote data-quote="Aldarc" data-source="post: 9246830" data-attributes="member: 5142">Agreed. &quot;Play to see what happens&quot; is not just a phrase that appears in indie story games; it has also been taken up by a number of OSR games. You will also see &quot;emergent story&quot; as well. The phrase exists, in part, as a principle or point of order to avoid GM as storyteller, author, and railroad conductor: i.e., &quot;traditional play.&quot; GM as author/storyteller is probably the most prevalent in the hobby: see D&amp;D 5e. So it's little to no surprise that authors often have to almost &quot;unteach&quot; this assumption when approaching their games. The prose for at least Apocalypse World seems more in the vein of Mörk Borg, where it's mostly there for tongue-in-cheek stylistic purpose. But it's not as if Apocalypse World was really designed for mass consumption or even for the people who normally play D&amp;D. It was a small time indie game on the margins. It just happened to spark a bunch of spin-off games, including now the largest TTRPG Kickstarter: Avatar Legends.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Aldarc, post: 9246830, member: 5142"] Agreed. "Play to see what happens" is not just a phrase that appears in indie story games; it has also been taken up by a number of OSR games. You will also see "emergent story" as well. The phrase exists, in part, as a principle or point of order to avoid GM as storyteller, author, and railroad conductor: i.e., "traditional play." GM as author/storyteller is probably the most prevalent in the hobby: see D&D 5e. So it's little to no surprise that authors often have to almost "unteach" this assumption when approaching their games. The prose for at least Apocalypse World seems more in the vein of Mörk Borg, where it's mostly there for tongue-in-cheek stylistic purpose. But it's not as if Apocalypse World was really designed for mass consumption or even for the people who normally play D&D. It was a small time indie game on the margins. It just happened to spark a bunch of spin-off games, including now the largest TTRPG Kickstarter: Avatar Legends. [/QUOTE]

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