Thoughts

Today was plenty good day. I did Tasks and I walked Furthest and around 8pm the supermarket decided to let me log in (it has been almost a week) and there was even my preffered delivery time available.

:-)



A thing went past on tumblr that said it's no good saying 'my character would never be interested in / do this quest', because you have agreed to play a game, and so you have agreed to do the quest. It is on the player to roleplay why their character would in fact be interesred.

And I can see where they're coming from. Improv is a 'yes and' kind of game.

But.
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I dont reckon players agree to play the GM's game, not sight unseen. I reckon they agree to play a game together. And sometimes, even on adventure paths, that means dealing with the detour the players found more interesting and coming back with a different hook to get them interested in the next part of what you had planned.

It isn't all on the GM to set up easy roleplaying for the players, but it isnt all on the players to do contortions to stay on rails.




I havent played for ages though, so that's just what I figure from reading.