From the introduction: Children of Dunsain is inspired by the old (pre-Tolkien wave) fantasy short stories of Lord Dunsany. You could say that it's a bit like Game of Thrones, but weirder. As a game, Children of Dunsain aims to create a situation where the players (and the GM) have power but not much control, both regarding the lives of the player characters in the fiction, and regarding the creation of setting and story in play, at the table. Making an exciting experience out of emergent co-creation is an important goal of the game.