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I got you covered on this. Having three or four things is not quite how folks who have been running sandbox campaigns have been doing...

My comments related to my style. I did not reject any other style, or the objectivity of other styles, because I wasn't referring to...

Have you actively said there's only one way to play D&D? No, but I can read what you write. "the priorities can pertain to matters...

Well, for the record, I disagree with anyone claiming that every single part of the entire world must be fleshed out in detail prior to...

I don't understand what you're saying. Who is advocating a living world sandbox where the world consists of three or four adventure...

Basically anything? Look, a GM may decide that there's a location at a particular point on a map, but it doesn't mean that they have to...

Can you be in the driver's seat in the real world when the only positions on the map are those placed there by the cartographer? Are...

I think what the actual problem here is that you (and some others) think there is only one way to play D&D. Go on adventures, kill...

Fair enough. Hopefully they'll have access to someone who can introduce them to a wider experience, so an informed decision can be made...

Well, then, I'm glad you've had games which serve that purely-casual interest since literally the hobby began. Kinda seems like a "how...

It won't matter to you, me, or probably anyone on this forum, but it will matter to newbies who may not be exposed to an entire style of...

Yeah. "When everything is X, nothing is" is a hugely flawed premise that almost always actually falls down. Syndrome's use of it in...

I run sandbox games all the time using standard D&D 5e rules. There's nothing preventing it unless you take the stance that in order to...

Stakes, as in "there is something of priority to the character at stake here." @pemerton has noted many times that in Burning Wheel...

I asked similar questions above and got the same response. "Look at these actual plays that you would need to purchase the book to even...