Another version of Time Travel is the old fashioned Fast Forward. I still cackle about the look on my players faces when they realised they’re x-files/delta green campaign was simply the old Mountains of Maddness game they had just played fast forwarded a few generations and that the corpse stealing bad dudes were in fact their old semi-imortal PC’s still saving the world one brain at a time……

I was actually surprised when I recognised that it was a french game (and therefore not published in english), because of it’s deep sympathy for British humor.
I really commiserate you, the us version had some severe changes. The books nearly made me learn french again, until they translated the rulebooks into German. Which I hadn’t expected at all.

You can probably also combine #4 with #6 to have a temporary crossover to an alternate universe and then have everyone’s mind wiped to forget it happened.

I used to write supplements for the American version, but those of us on the team who could read French used to envy Croc and Siroz so much because they could get away with just about anything. I have particularly fond memories of the french scenario where player angels get sent back in time to make sure that Jesus gets crucified.

And I agree about the storytelling. A great storyteller can turn a new plot element/ change in the lore into an amazing new story arc. Although I’ve listed these excuses in a very tongue in cheek way, every single one of them can be awesome when done well.

Spinks, did I ever mention, you have a strange sense of humor?

Its a very round up presentation of all current excuses for misconceptions.
Thanks for also bringing back some memorable moments of Pen & Paper times, by the way, anybody knew “In nomine Satanis”? *Hach* The black humor…

I love history, that’s probably a reason that I have problems accepting full Fantasy Worlds, where magic tears down all known boundaries.

Lore changes separate the good Storyteller from the bad. It’s like in a good book, with a dramatic change at the end. A good narrator will have given hints for the change, but the plot kept you away from recognising. While a bad narrator will just come up with the change like dragging a white bunny out of a hat.

A good plot usually has many side stories, that can be used to introduce changes, without appearing like dead ends.