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Let's say we have a scenario where the characters are approached/hired by the watch to help investigate a series of disappearances in a...

A surprising amount of PF AP chapters can be plucked out and ran like an old times module. Not all of them, but many are ready to go for...

Again, I don't accept this definition as phrased because it makes all sorts of things "metagaming" when they trivially obviously aren't...

All of these actions are a player being a jerk. The first is an example I specifically called out as unreasonable and unwarranted, and...

If I can’t leave forgettable realms for the marvel universe or a galaxy far far away in Star Wars I’m railroaded anyways. 🤷‍♂️

But that's why I don't like that usage; it camouflages the fact that having choices as a player doesn't mean the overall game doesn't...

So all games are railroads. Adventure paths encourage staying on the train for a long haul (campaign) sandbox encourages getting off one...

I'm always in favor of concise, recognizable terminology. Getting there, though.... :) My personal definitions: 1) "Railroad" is a...

I would generalize further and say that any campaign that starts with the GM having an endpoint in mind (barring a TPK) is a railroad...

The way to stop players disintegrating the expositing dying villian is to tell them “exposition incoming, do not interrupt”. You can use...

This does not feel like Railroading. Just about all published adventure modules have a couple different settings, like a swamp or a...

I told my Players that this is an adventure path called The Curse of the Crimson Throne. It is an adventure path, which means there is a...

I mean, I disagree that it’s so hard to guess what the players’ immediate next goal will be. But more importantly, if one does find it...

I remember the original Dragonlance books being published, and some of my gamer friends were really excited to play the modules they...

I had the players try repeatedly to evade and defeat these rioters, who were surprisingly tough. Finally, I had to break character to...