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Just for the heck of it, I looked up games designed for sandboxes. I found three posts asking that question, one on a reddit post from...

I usually respect a lot of your posts, but here Faolyn clearly stated that Hussar said that Ironsworn was better for sandbox games, you...

Yep. I do want to emphasize, though, that making it up ahead of time and making it up as you go along are both perfectly good ways to...

But it does have to be A or B if it is to serve certain goals. For instance, if the resolution technique is ostensibly map-and-key, but...

You're moving the goalposts. According to you, all Hussar said was that X game makes a good "omelet," i.e. that he only said that X game...

I don't care about speed in my sandbox play. It does not make the experience better for me. Therefore, speedier sandbox equals better...

No, it's better for you because of that. That's not objective, because not everyone wants a game to move or be prepped quickly.

Which means it can't be better in an objective way, it's only better if speed is the most important metric to you, which several here...

are you sure about that?

I can quote him on that, too. Shall I continue? OK, then defend this: Coz it seems to me that if you define "sandbox game" as "a...

I'll go a step further and posit that "game design" as it is often discussed on these boards has nothing to do with making a game. It is...

Sure, but we rarely get actual descriptions of how something works. If we do, it's typically just a copy/paste of the rules with little...

The problem is there is lot of subjectivity about the topic it is "good" at. Is it easier to make a sandbox in Ironsworn than D&D? For...

I can't speak re: Modiphus Fallout, but quite a number of PtbA and similar games have done this sort of thing. Pretty sure that Legacy...

The Sims. GM: OK Pancake, what do you do next? Pancake: I go to make breakfast. GM: Roll an impulse check. Pancake: Uh... 3. GM: You...