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Setting Matters

Started by One Horse Town, September 06, 2009, 05:11:23 PM

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howandwhy99

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September 30, 2009, 10:00:45 AM
Um, IMO what is commonly referred to as a Campaign Setting is actually part of the game system.  If it wasn't, then it would just be description.  Creating description is hardly the point of the game in an RPG.  Bluntly, I can fart to give a description.  The actual setting is really the game designer's verbal or visual clue to the underlying relationships / rules being used.  In the end, if it doesn't have a rule attached, it's not part of the game and is utterly irrelevant.  In other words, don't include it when describing the game rules, so as not to confuse the players.
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