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Must... Surprise... Players!

Quite a while ago, Ron Edwards said something about Conflict Resolution and Director stance as it relates to player/character surprise. I've been talking about CR with Phil and Matt D. lately, and they both brought up concerns in this area, so I though it would be nice to revisit this post:

Conflict Resolution and Surprise

I'd love to talk about this or related issues around CR.