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But as @pemerton pointed out, I didn’t say that you or anyone else doesn’t care about agency, just that at times, there are other things...

Is it artificial if it’s a specific meaning with weight around dynamics of the game, player facing mechanics, premises of play, and...

"Living world sandbox"-er explains how their approach to RPGing supports more player agency than DL-esque or AP play - that's A-OK...

@hawkeyefan didn't say that you don't think agency is important. He did say that some of the priorities of sandbox RPGers place a...

Not sure how much this would help someone running D&D, but for a lot of my games with more conventional systems what I do to find what...

Also what's amazing is that @Campbell posts that sort of thing all the time!

To provide a similar but different game input: When you start a game of Stonetop, you present the Playbooks it has to the players...

I can talk about what I've done recently (as in, over the past couple of years) in Torchbearer 2e. When I create setting elements -...

Not exactly, no. Where this actually started was when I pointed out that some of the priorities of the Living World/Sandbox folks place...

I think there’s degrees of “character crucible” or whatever as well. I definitely don’t push as hard as some of the folks who...

I've been explaining my opinions on the matter. I don't think that the living world sandbox type play being discussed is as...

I think a pretty core distinction between some of us is the assumption that we’re looking for play this is less “casual/hangout”...

I think it says something about our perspectives that my own interest and engagement with the hobby comes in the reverse direction...

I think it kind of depends on how many players you have and their ability to be invested in each other's characters. I wouldn't run...