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Originally Posted by Mack_JB
Which ever direction it heads, I was trying more for a "what sorts of fiction would lead to new game ideas" or vice-versa. Fiction drives the game, game drives the fiction?
For example the Pittsburgh scenario in Ogrezine is good one. Take a known place, overlay a story, then see what the game does there.
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Exactly this.
Good game concepts flounder without a backstory. And good fiction is entertaining, but without game concepts, it doesn't advance the game much. But when you put the two together, something magical can happen!
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