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If it happened, it would be in response to the PCs mistreating the crew in some way, driving the crew to mutiny. Crews don't just up...

@payn was very specific, one emoji doesn't excuse, but more than 1...well the verdict is still out.

Can the GM cause the pirate crew to plan a mutiny due to the creation of a GM NPC pirate with a backstory and ambitions? Can the GM...

No. Player driven is who drives the action/story/narrative/whatever else you want to call it. In a sandbox, the players decide the...

Well that could work theoretically but what has been documented to provide results is a big green gem embedded into one's chest.

What I'm attempting to say is you've reduced player driven to player participation in order to prove that the setting does not play a role.

@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...