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<blockquote data-quote="Manbearcat" data-source="post: 8240918" data-attributes="member: 6696971">I'm going to quickly answer my two questions above in the only compelling way that I can personally conceive of:&quot;I endure the extra burden of the Setting Solitaire because it keeps me cognitively 'in the zone.'&nbsp; It keeps me stimulated, fresh, and on point.&nbsp; It helps me to frame more interesting, provocative scenes and come up with interesting decision-points and complications in the course of running next week's session.&quot;The above is basically a &quot;Game Face&quot; response to my above questions.&nbsp; If someone is willing to endure that extra cognitive load and that is what one needs to keep their Game Face on...then yeah, &quot;Setting Solitaire&quot; is worthwhile in that case.However, if the Setting starts becoming the volitional force of play in a way that is detached from PC Dramatic Need AND play is supposed to be highly Protagonistic where the players are the volitional force of play through their PCs' dramatic needs...then the Setting Solitaire is a problem (because that means to achieve your Game Face isn't worth the dysfunction at the table...find another way).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Manbearcat, post: 8240918, member: 6696971"] I'm going to quickly answer my two questions above in the only compelling way that I can personally conceive of: "I endure the extra burden of the Setting Solitaire because it keeps me cognitively 'in the zone.' It keeps me stimulated, fresh, and on point. It helps me to frame more interesting, provocative scenes and come up with interesting decision-points and complications in the course of running next week's session." The above is basically a "Game Face" response to my above questions. If someone is willing to endure that extra cognitive load and that is what one needs to keep their Game Face on...then yeah, "Setting Solitaire" is worthwhile in that case. However, if the Setting starts becoming the volitional force of play in a way that is detached from PC Dramatic Need AND play is supposed to be highly Protagonistic where the players are the volitional force of play through their PCs' dramatic needs...then the Setting Solitaire is a problem (because that means to achieve your Game Face isn't worth the dysfunction at the table...find another way). [/QUOTE]

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