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I think some great points have been made @Hussar states that linear play exists within sandbox play, and that perhaps sandbox play is...

I can see this, although I'm not sure that I agree. I think the most significant contrast is between player-driven action/scenarios/play...

much of them in a small part of one world, and most of the others are similar enough they could take place on the same world too…

yes, but that still makes it a sandbox

I see nothing about conservatism here, instead I see you stubbornly clinging to your preconceived notion that D&D must always ever be...

you were asking about what I meant by ‘permissive DMs’, of course that means there is some DM control involved… As to your quote, I can...

Ironsworn sounds like a faster game for sandboxing. That doesn't necessarily mean it's better. Your world sounds neither particularly...

hypothetical or not, this was one way to get there, not the only one. We do not even know if the DM said ‘go see this sage, he might he...

So... it copies.

Quoth wikipedia: "Voluntarily writing," as in, consenting to have their work freely distributed. It is literally all about the...

Because they're completely different processes. Yes we do. It's not.

you did find the right answer on your third try that does not make you correct, it however does mean you should not hold a strong...

Wait till we reach “the second a player accepts a sandbox adventure hook, they have self railroaded themselves”

the players can of course declare their actions, what they cannot do is declare that their actions succeed, to me that is where the...

I on the other hand do not think that tells me much about how much influence the players have on the direction of the campaign. The DM...