Prep is Aspirational (opens in new tab)

Last month, I talked about When Play Does Not Go To Prep, mostly about how deviations are normal and ways to adjust your story when it drifts from your prep. There is something that is underlying that previous article that I wanted to expand more about today. I want to talk more about the nature of prep. What is Prep? There are a lot of answers to this question, but regardless of the content of your prep, prep has one purpose. Prep is whatever you need to be comfortable GMing the game. This i...