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This seems to me to narrow the term out of existence. 'It's only railroading if the GM moves your arm when you roll the dice...

How would that even work?

This, again, is why the only meaningful difference I can see between a "linear adventure" and a "railroad" is player buy in. If the...

Why not just start play with the PCs at the docks?

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

I mean, you can determine your personal usage of the term in whatever manner you prefer. (As I am!) I don't think a game needs to...

No. Notice I said that the DM knows what's going to happen in the end, like an adventure path. The DM framing a new complication in...

Have you never played a game where you simply start the characters in a situation and just see what happens?

I would generalize further and say that any campaign that starts with the GM having an endpoint in mind (barring a TPK) is a railroad...

So, I'm not sure how familiar you are with the AP but essentially each giant lord had a conch which the PCs needed only one of to...

Good post, sensible conclusion.

Our current experience reflects the campaign to be sandbox, but the Adventure Paths that are merged within the campaign, which has other...

You cant jerk proof a game. The nonjerky reason for cutting the bad guy’s speech short is that sometimes these speeches come with a...

The way to stop players disintegrating the expositing dying villian is to tell them “exposition incoming, do not interrupt”. You can use...

“The Forge is wrong . Heres why …” [proceeds to actually agree with The Forge]