Digging through old Forge Posts

[benlehman]

I found this little gem, from the Evilhat Productions forum in 2003:
"The difference between a good RPG setting and a poor one is not the stuff that people usually talk about-- Style, Color, Signature NPCs, Genre, etc. It is the ability of the setting to provoke interesting, relevant, and meaningful (in game) conflict that makes it a good setting."

Hah. I guess I wasn't a total moron back then.

Comments

[drivingblind.livejournal.com]

Hunh. What was that in response to? :)

[bar-sinister.livejournal.com]

Totally true. I just started a game set in 17th century France, and a little historical research made me realize that this period does exactly what you're talking about. Factions! Religious wars! It's amazing.