DF: Does the world matter?

[Rasputin]

Originally Posted by Ulairi

I'm a big believer in the world being created bottom up when it comes to gaming. I have had too many experiences when the world is created top down that players can get in the way of what the DM wants out of the world (if they created it)

You need something of a chassis, for a little structure when things start running into each other. The real issue is that the GM wants to show off his world, when it's just a place for play. It's like a player giving his PC a long backstory: it might be fun to write, but in the end, play happens at the table. The fun is what happens in-game, not what you wrote about what happened before the game.