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@Maxperson, in a Sandbox the idea is a Living World exists. It is not a Living World if the PCs can act like furniture.

So, by this definition a Railroad = a Linear = a Sandbox = PbtA are all player driven.

Let's avoid agency because it is a contentious term. Is the following objectionable: Burning Wheel offers slightly less autonomy (in...

The background is just that, though. Background. In a living world where events happen, it's just stuff the players hear. Often it...

The way I see it is the setting around them changes due to certain events happening, example a bunch of APs/modules are happening in the...

If you want hard crucible then manbearcat and pemerton are your guys, although I think you'd need to change up how you're running the...

I was directed to this and the Paladin's Quest by @Manbearcat , which I incorporated for 2 instances in my game. Very useful. This is...

Yep. The three Agendas (=core, over-arching goals as GM, which you should always pursue and do everything you can to avoid opposing)...

I like this rule, this seems to suit PbtA nicely given the way the system seems to handle Lore. It is a little trickier say to...

I would say that for a non-player, trying to be as concise as possible, this is far from a bad summary for PbtA games. Imperfect, to be...

COMPONENTSRAILROADLINEARSANDBOXPbtA Driving ForceGMGMGM (via Setting) / PlayersPlayers MechanicsGM FacingGM FacingGM FacingPlayer...

Despite being over 100,000 words, my Northern Marches manuscript for my upcoming Majestic Fantasy Realms Kickstarter barely scratches...

oh no we get to have the “what do we mean by agency” talk again. I guess it’s been a hundred pages. This is as bad as oil arguments on...

Thanks for that. I'm assuming the campaign still has unanswered questions for Fee-bella, so plenty of story to still work with. The...

Techniques vary somewhat, but let's say we were discussing Dungeon World. Suppose a character is lost and wants to find his friend whom...