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FrogReaver reacted to Thomas Shey's post in the thread D&D General The Great Railroad Thread with
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That's certainly a big one, but there's also the issue of how the PCs get from points A to B to C to D, which can, even if the overall... -
Was this thread a railroad because we knew where the arguments would end up, or is it a sandbox since we were free to say as we wish?
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FrogReaver replied to the thread D&D General The Great Railroad Thread.@Crimson Longinus One can go from A to B to C provided one doesn’t too specifically define A, B or C. Or maybe better to say, where...
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Damn, now I guess there is no difference between sandbox and linear RPGs.
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FrogReaver reacted to Desdichado's post in the thread D&D General The Great Railroad Thread with Like.
I don't think any other definition is useful. That's always been what railroad means; when players feel like the GM is taking away their...
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FrogReaver reacted to DEFCON 1's post in the thread D&D General The Great Railroad Thread with Like.
There are no definitions of railroading that are useful because nobody will agree on a single one. As you and I can attest. :) To put...
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The campaign premise. Typically, there is either an occupation or an interest in place or series of events. Perhaps the PCs are law...
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Sounds exactly like my linear adventures. 🤷♂️
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That is essentially every RPG dynamic in which a GM presents and the players interact.
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FrogReaver reacted to DEFCON 1's post in the thread D&D General The Great Railroad Thread with Like.
From the perspective of the people within the car (and assuming they do not have outside meta knowledge of what a real African Safari is...
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FrogReaver reacted to DEFCON 1's post in the thread D&D General The Great Railroad Thread with Like.
Yes. As many other people have made plain. If you don't want to see (or can't see) a difference... that's fine. But other people do.
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FrogReaver reacted to DEFCON 1's post in the thread D&D General The Great Railroad Thread with Like.
That's why I said 'linear adventure' and not 'railroad'. :)
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FrogReaver reacted to Desdichado's post in the thread D&D General The Great Railroad Thread with Like.
You may be right, but the problem is that your interpretation lacks nuance and is taking the end points as the only points on the...
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FrogReaver reacted to UngainlyTitan's post in the thread D&D General The Great Railroad Thread with Like.
You are absolutely correct but if we cannot establish a common usage for "railroad", "linear", and "sandbox", we are never going make...
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FrogReaver replied to the thread D&D General The Great Railroad Thread.I don’t know if I fully agree but I like this perspective. There’s no railroading test unless the players do something not in the...
