UA - Whens the next product due out?

[Michael Daisey]

I have to heartily agree with Ian.

	Storyline is the province of the gamemaster, and creating an 
	official storyline straightjackets all GMs into playing
	"canon", "noncanon" or a mixed game.

	I've always seen it as a method to artificially inflate the
	number of supplements that can be published for a given
	setting.



Ian Young wrote:
> 
> Jason P.Prince writes...
> 
> > PS: Will UA aim to have some real story arcs to
> > coordinate a developement of story around?
> > In other words will time passing in the game world
> > be recognised and any adventures or scenarios
> > pick up on an ongoing story?
> >
> > I do hope so.
> 
> I must say that I hope not.
> 
> The over-arching "official" storyline is a convention of novels, TV series,
> movies, video games, etc., and in one of those situations the convention
> works well.  However, with RPGs it inevitably creates a situation that
> leads to a sequence of revised editions of the game and the artificially
> induced need to purchase new editions of books you already own.
> 
> Yes, die-hard fans will buy every new book that comes out, but they'll
> vocally begrudge feeling forced to do so.
> 
> Sure, I feel that an evolving "official" UA storyline would be an
> interesting and good thing, but if you want to write a novel, write a novel
> for heaven's sake -- don't hide it under the cover of a roleplaying game.
> Toward that end, I rather hope to see some collections of UA short stories,
> and maybe even an actual novel or two, done in similar fashion to what
> Armitage House has done for Delta Green.  That way, if you like the
> fiction, you can buy it at your own discretion and incorporate it directly
> into your game -- if you don't, then no one is holding a gun to your head
> and saying "This is the way you're supposed to play your game."
> 
> Gone,
> Ian

-- 
Michael Daisey
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"It is not the oath that makes us believe the man, but the man the
oath." Aeschylus (525-456 B.C.), Greek dramatist. Fragments, no. 385.