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johndallman · 12-03-2017, 11:33 AM

The key thing about DW as compared to conventional dungeon-crawl games is that it gives the players more direct influence over the narrative.

In conventional games, players act through their characters' actions and motivations, with a side order of trying to personally influence the GM. Story effects arise from those actions.

In DW, the player Moves are much more direct contributions to the story: Spout Lore is a prime example, allowing a player to directly define facts for the world. DW needs a GM so that there can be unknown elements of the world that fit together, but that's a smaller job than running a conventional RPG.

12-03-2017, 11:33 AM	#9
johndallman Night Watchman Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Cambridge, UK	Re: So I read through Dungeon World and had some questions about it's popularity and The key thing about DW as compared to conventional dungeon-crawl games is that it gives the players more direct influence over the narrative. In conventional games, players act through their characters' actions and motivations, with a side order of trying to personally influence the GM. Story effects arise from those actions. In DW, the player Moves are much more direct contributions to the story: Spout Lore is a prime example, allowing a player to directly define facts for the world. DW needs a GM so that there can be unknown elements of the world that fit together, but that's a smaller job than running a conventional RPG. __________________ The Path of Cunning. Indexes: DFRPG Characters, Advantage of the Week, Disadvantage of the Week, Skill of the Week, Techniques.