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<blockquote data-quote="pemerton" data-source="post: 8237617" data-attributes="member: 42582">I agree fully with what [USER=16814]@Ovinomancer[/USER] says about this.If the GM is just writing stories for him-/herself, that may be fun for him/her, but doesn't make any difference to the fiction that is established and developed at the table.And conversely, as a GM I can introduce rumours or gossip or whatever else I want to without establishing any further backstory.Here are two fairly recent example from my Classic Traveller game:* The players met Milo, an entrepreneur and explorer from the the world of Taxiwan. I told them that he had made his fortune through a computer skills training business. But what are the details of this? How is to be reconciled with the fact that Taxiwan has only a rudimentary starport and so isn't going to support the migration of very many computer technicians? Etc? Dunno. This can be worked out in the future if needed.* The players heard rumours that an Imperial armada is in pursuit of them and will soon arrive where they are, across the galactic rift. Is the rumour true? Has it been deliberately spread?&nbsp; Etc? Not sure. There are various obvious and not-so-obvious possibilities that probably will be worked out in coming sessions.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="pemerton, post: 8237617, member: 42582"] I agree fully with what [USER=16814]@Ovinomancer[/USER] says about this. If the GM is just writing stories for him-/herself, that may be fun for him/her, but doesn't make any difference to the fiction that is established and developed at the table. And conversely, as a GM I can introduce rumours or gossip or whatever else I want to without establishing any further backstory. Here are two fairly recent example from my Classic Traveller game: * The players met Milo, an entrepreneur and explorer from the the world of Taxiwan. I told them that he had made his fortune through a computer skills training business. But what are the details of this? How is to be reconciled with the fact that Taxiwan has only a rudimentary starport and so isn't going to support the migration of very many computer technicians? Etc? Dunno. This can be worked out in the future if needed. * The players heard rumours that an Imperial armada is in pursuit of them and will soon arrive where they are, across the galactic rift. Is the rumour true? Has it been deliberately spread? Etc? Not sure. There are various obvious and not-so-obvious possibilities that probably will be worked out in coming sessions. [/QUOTE]

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