Why do you play games other than D&D?

[pemerton]

Yes, and it's specifically why I chose it as a contrasting option and was quite specific in my language. As I understand it, it's not actually about solving a mystery - it's about what happens along the way. The truth isn't discovered through play, it's created.

I've never played Brindlewood Bay, but I think that this post draws a contrast between "discovered" and "created" that is sharper than the reality of play. There are a lot of ways the "truth" of a RPG's fiction can be emergent rather than prepped - and my impression is that a degree of emergence is an important part of the Brindlewood Bay experience.

 

[SableWyvern]

I've never played Brindlewood Bay, but I think that this post draws a contrast between "discovered" and "created" that is sharper than the reality of play. There are a lot of ways the "truth" of a RPG's fiction can be emergent rather than prepped - and my impression is that a degree of emergence is an important part of the Brindlewood Bay experience.

I'm quite comfortable with the way I've phrased it and, in this specific case, think that treating discovered vs created as meaningfully different to prepped vs emergent is quibbling over semantics. However, I'm not nearly invested enough to be drawn into an extended argument over terminology and you're certainly entitled to hold a contrary position.