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<blockquote data-quote="AbdulAlhazred" data-source="post: 9318800" data-attributes="member: 82106">Spoken like Gygax himself! lol. YOU may only understand how to approach it that way, but even a basic perusal of the Dungeon World rules, for example, will disabuse you of this notion.Again, the ghost of Gary rises over EnWorld! Actually read Dungeon World, and actually play it, according to its principles. There's no excess GM power being pimped around by players begging to have what they want. They are getting FED WHAT THEY ASK FOR, in the form of highly thematic, directly relevant, highly fantastic, and challenging content! If that is NOT happening, then the GM is not listening to the game designers.You can do this sort of story in Blades, or DW, using the principles outlined and the mechanics supplied, moves, clocks, dangers, etc. In neither game is it forbidden for the GM to prepare SOME facts where required either. Certainly DW particularly talks about this, but BitD has detailed faction descriptions, locations, etc. Certainly the intent is that the GM either use them or invent other ones that are relevant and useful. It is simply done with a view as to how this all ties into the player's evinced concerns, and generally there's an avoidance of over specifying too many details.So, it is fine, you can dislike whatever kinds of play you want to dislike, and nobody has a right to impose on your preferences. That doesn't make the types of play that you dislike non-existent or lacking in positive character. Why do you insist on trash-talking stuff you don't like?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="AbdulAlhazred, post: 9318800, member: 82106"] Spoken like Gygax himself! lol. YOU may only understand how to approach it that way, but even a basic perusal of the Dungeon World rules, for example, will disabuse you of this notion. Again, the ghost of Gary rises over EnWorld! Actually read Dungeon World, and actually play it, according to its principles. There's no excess GM power being pimped around by players begging to have what they want. They are getting FED WHAT THEY ASK FOR, in the form of highly thematic, directly relevant, highly fantastic, and challenging content! If that is NOT happening, then the GM is not listening to the game designers. You can do this sort of story in Blades, or DW, using the principles outlined and the mechanics supplied, moves, clocks, dangers, etc. In neither game is it forbidden for the GM to prepare SOME facts where required either. Certainly DW particularly talks about this, but BitD has detailed faction descriptions, locations, etc. Certainly the intent is that the GM either use them or invent other ones that are relevant and useful. It is simply done with a view as to how this all ties into the player's evinced concerns, and generally there's an avoidance of over specifying too many details. So, it is fine, you can dislike whatever kinds of play you want to dislike, and nobody has a right to impose on your preferences. That doesn't make the types of play that you dislike non-existent or lacking in positive character. Why do you insist on trash-talking stuff you don't like? [/QUOTE]

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