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<blockquote data-quote="chaochou" data-source="post: 7324581" data-attributes="member: 99817">You've probably run it more recently than me <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />But my memory is that the books don't offer a lot of detail on exactly how play starts. In other words, they don't say: As GM you create and own the world and everything in itThey say something more like: Sit down as a group and discuss what the game's going to be. Are you going to be a bunch of criminals in a big city, or hardened adventurers delving into forgotten ruins?I don't remember BW explaining step-by-step how you get from that initial idea (let's call it the theme), to having enough explicit detail about the setting to write character beliefs. But, I think it's clear from actual play that it doesn't involve secret GM setting creation. Instead you start with the theme and have a conversation, until the back and forth of ideas and suggestions coalesces into an opening situation.I've said it before - Traveller is the one game of its era I admire more and more with each passing year. It's a superb piece of game design, years ahead of its time, with equally wonderful and evocative graphic design.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="chaochou, post: 7324581, member: 99817"] You've probably run it more recently than me :) But my memory is that the books don't offer a lot of detail on exactly how play starts. In other words, they don't say: [I]As GM you create and own the world and everything in it[/I] They say something more like: Sit down as a group and discuss what the game's going to be. Are you going to be a bunch of criminals in a big city, or hardened adventurers delving into forgotten ruins? I don't remember BW explaining step-by-step how you get from that initial idea (let's call it the theme), to having enough explicit detail about the setting to write character beliefs. But, I think it's clear from [I]actual play[/I] that it doesn't involve secret GM setting creation. Instead you start with the theme and have a conversation, until the back and forth of ideas and suggestions coalesces into an opening situation. I've said it before - Traveller is the one game of its era I admire more and more with each passing year. It's a superb piece of game design, years ahead of its time, with equally wonderful and evocative graphic design. [/QUOTE]

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