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And that’s your opinion, not @AlViking’s, and not mine. If you view that as the gold standard, great for you. But it’s not the case for...

Great post. That clears a lot of stuff up and really shows how you do things. On sandrasan's site she has a load of texts under the...

And it forms part of the appeal of this type of campaign. Players like the challenge it represents.

That's how sandboxes are supposed to be run. Some DMs may fall short of that and influence things directly, but in true sandbox play...

Look, irreconcilable assumptions mean we see each other’s viewpoints as incompatible, only one can be true. If I’m correct that the...

Understandable. I'll be straight with you, that’s not how I would phrase it, it simplifies what I actually do. That said, I’ve often...

Yeah. That's in line with my last post where I told @TwoSix that the DM can't run a ton of details. Just a few things here and there and...

Well, there's your answer. You believe there is an absolute scale of agency, and I don’t. While I hesitate to speak for others, it seems...

Yes, this effect is an important part of the appeal of this campaign style for the players. But what you didn’t note is that the whole...

Just a personal note: I’ve found through trial and error that the only things necessary to prepare are those that affect how the...

When it comes to creativity and system design, the personal perspective always matters. Many folks in this thread do not get that and...

Luckily the OSR has a lot of experience in ignoring what the rest of the hobby expects them to do or how it tries to define them.

While I appreciate this, the only path forward is just to take the time to spell out what one means by X when discussing it. Doesn't...

Cue in GURPS Discworld which can be run as a sandbox campaign (any type).