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The main issues? 1) "Follow the story hook to the next encounter site" was dishwater-dull 25 years ago. It's just overdone. It's...

Assuming you're meaning the old White Dwarf scenario, it's a nice module, and I've converted it to Torchbearer 2e although haven't yet...

Pacing and tension are functions of plot. And the fact that an author might not have an outlined a plot before writing doesn't change...

Ok, but there’s also a pretty big difference between how those stories are authored. There’s pretty massive differences between D&D and...

I wouldn't know. I don't run modules or adventures. But the core problem is that a novel is plotted. You can't have a plot AND have...

Trad hasn't cracked the code because it's impossible. You can't simultaneously experience a fantasy novel AND simultaneously have full...

I don't know, that could just one of those low-energy "Casual DMs" (tm). :)

In the version of Cortex+ that I know - Marvel Heroic RP - "plot points" don't work like you describe. They are used, primarily and in...

I've done it in 4e D&D and AD&D. In the latter case, it involves somewhat disregarding, in play, the resource-management aspects of the...

My point is that there "pre-plotted" and "sandbox" don't exhaust the possibilities in RPGing. It's possible to have surprises, twists...

Apart from anything else, it will shape the ratings that then factor into the endgame. From pp 37-38: Endgame Endgame is a climactic...

Yeah, I'm pretty wary of any steering; it would seem to have some of the same dangers as genre emulation in narrativist gaming. When I...

There are ways to get surprises, twists, endgames, meaning and story in RPGing, without pre-plotting. Maybe the person complaining about...

I actually really like the "wasteland" moniker! Not only does it describe the emptiness, but also implies that the game will be a waste...

I can see what you have in mind with your last scene point. I think, though, that the same sort of reasoning can create counter-examples...