Why Improv is at the Heart of Great Tabletop Gaming

When I read about how others play D&D, I often feel like many try to stick to more of a strict structure in the format. There are written modules and when players do things and it doesn't match with what the module has in mind, it just doesn't work. A lot of the online discussions focus on the "crunch" - the optimal builds, the mathematical efficiency of spells, and the "correct" way to navigate a…