Like the creators of Darths & Droids, I keep a list of stupid things from the movie that I have to explain. One of them is the address system for the Stargates, which SG-1 did their best to ignore, except for the seventh symbol being the point of origin (and even that it applied half-heartedly and inconsistently).

I like players who improvise. This can be a mixed blessing, but it can take the campaign in a whole new (hopefully interesting) direction. On the other hand, I think there’s a threshold beyond which the GM should just say “no” instead of allowing to ruin the basic rules set up in place for the world.

This applies equally well to other kinds of collaborative fiction with a dictator on top, such as, say, Star Wars... except there, the rules not nearly as rigidly enforced, with results of varying quality.

I considered ending the strip with “based on Dan’s idea about constellations. ... And aliens.” I’m still not sure if this version is better, but I had to pick one.