On Tue, Jan 31, 2006 at 03:44:18PM -0600, Tim Hall wrote:
> There seem to be two rival schools of thought.  One, exemplified by Bill 
> Stoddard on Pyramid Online, states that the GM 'owns' the setting in the 
> same way as the players own their characters. The world may have a lot 
> of hidden secrets behind the scenes, only parts of which the players are 
> aware of.

As usual with binary viewpoints, I do it both ways. The general guideline 
is that the GM designs or 'owns' the world, but the players can have 
input, especially in areas that might not already be well-defined, or have 
special relevance to their character.

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Chuk Goodin		cgoodin@sfu.ca
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