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Then let me ask simply: Why does "railroading", this single specific word, NEED to be both positive and negative? Why can't it just be...

If it is a singular isolated case, perhaps it might not be railroading--but I see it as reflecting a general pattern of pretense. The GM...

Some people like linear adventures. Not all linear adventures are railroads. The first group of people would be people who want a...

Unfortunately, no, I do not. I fully agree with your examples and frequently bring that up in conversations about this. My usual...

It does not "very rarely" do that. At all. Because the evidence for that is already present in general. M:tG is not an RPG of any...

Exactly. If @Celebrim would prefer it, think of "railroad" as meaning an on-rail public transit system, such as Chicago's "L" trains...

'railroading' is not primarily used as a metaphor, it's used as terminology, but in the metaphor that represents the terminology, the...

And if those manipulations were seen or called out?

Is the threat not implicit? The railroading GM, sooner or later, applies the threat of being ejected from the game. I strongly suspect...

What is the unit of measurement for quantity of railroading? For freedom possessed or denied? Because I was given to understand that...

If you have still lost your freedom, even if you don't realize it, is that not itself still a form of coercion? It's just coercion you...

I'm not sure how this relates to the issue of coercion.

I wouldn't say I'm quite at that level of improvisation. But I've done enough background prep that I can usually improvise at least a...

I mean, the "con" in "con artist" means confidence trickster, as in, someone who abuses the confidence (=full trust) of another person...

@Celebrim Is railroading always coercive?