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I was a high-flying philosophy student in my undergrad days. Studied a little bit of most systems. My big takeaway was that most...

Our experiences are not the same then. I’ve had organic development in linear games based on narrative momentum. I’ve been railroaded...

Exactly. We need that thread for the same reason we need landfills: the garbage has to go somewhere, or else it will be everywhere.

Railroad isnt a play style, it’s at best the illusion of choice on the GMs part and an unenjoyable enforcement at that. Linear games...

Are (-) threads a thing now?

Discussions of game design do not have an allowance for the concept of "fun". I wish that statement was a joke. But once you come to...

The "I have certain scenes prepped, and I will introduce massive friction if the players attempt to go in any other direction" is...

the difference between linear and railroad in my eyes is well, a railroad is practically running off of a script: You will Go Here and...

Of course you can! How do you plan to get there? You've heard there's a Gate of Infinite Worlds, and it happens to be located in the...

I prefer the term linear or mostly linear Which is what you are describing. There is a clear start and end point and maybe a branch or...

I mean the idea that the DMs don't even provide hooks; the PCs are meant to go make their own adventure or find their own hooks. Or...

I don't know if I agree. "Well, I'm Altherian. I'll just go to the Altherian embassy; I'm not a Big Damn Hero, after all. I should...

If I can’t leave forgettable realms for the marvel universe or a galaxy far far away in Star Wars I’m railroaded anyways. 🤷‍♂️

Which is why I prefer to only have Railroad apply when the players really have no choice in the matter. Keeps things from being...

I expect that thread's going to be about as useful as the other forty-nine million times the topic's been discussed here, it'll be a...