True also in drama, of course: I suspect that people who did learn in school the end result of the Churchill/Elizabeth relationship find the scenes Paul’s describing quite as gripping as he does.

That resolving-ambiguities thing is very meaty too. Kit’s point about post-LARP debrief is interesting. I’ve seen something similar happen with BW trait votes, too: it doesn’t defer resolution entirely, of course, but it sets it apart. I had one trait vote in BE where it was pretty generally agreed that my Cotar Fomas deserved something for determined political maneuvering. There was some talk of… maybe like “Man of the People?” Something like that? I shake my head slowly. “Oh, no, no… ‘Demagogue.'” Sudden looks of enlightenment. We never discussed it in character, and rarely in play, but it certainly informed understanding of my choices. (In both directions!)