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What defines a sandbox is that the players decide what to engage with, when and how. It does not mean that The Keep on the Borderlands...

Linear DM: step in for a rollercoaster ride Sandbox DM: entrance to the theme park right this way

Not at all. A sandbox, by its very nature, has to have sand in it. In D&D, that sand is directly analagous to the setting created by...

I think taking a position on the map where the players decide to go off on a particular goal, drawing a line to that goal and calling it...

This seems to be confusing the idea of players moving in a linear direction towards a goal, with a linear adventure structure. Those...

I think some people would be much happier playing board games.

You do you, but I think it is reasonable to expect that some people will see your "enjoying the conversation" by arguing with the very...

Indeed. At that point the last surviving humans probably have more pressing concerns than the copyright.

Congratulations, you successfully predicted that different people would have different opinions. Amazing.

It also depends on the toys in the sanbox. If the GM does not like (just by way of example) weird fantasy magitech stuff, there is no...

Video games tend to use term "open world" to differentiate from linear games. I'm surprised the term didn't loop back to TT games.

It isn't, I don't think, about what is "allowed" so much as what lies within the bounds of the agreement folks started with. That is the...

You aren't having a discussion, there is no engagement, there is no give or take here. There's give on the side of people explaining...

I'd suggest not using ENWorld as the place to try to define things. We can't even agree on what an RPG is, so trying to define things...

given that there is a DM, the party will not by itself decide what happens next, even though they strongly influence it. As to having to...