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I understand your frustration. I’ve been thinking about this too, and as folks have probably noticed, I like to dig into what...

Looks like a good approach to me. One further detail about Joe and his character Max is that after the campaign’s he never got into...

I admit that sometimes I have a more in-depth background and other times it's about as deep as a mud puddle. For my players? Many of...

Always viewed it more as acting as my players’ travel agent, with the wrinkle that if a location isn’t detailed in my notes, I flesh it...

There's only a contradiction if you consider a location or an NPC to be a story. In the statement above, both the people you're quoting...

There is no contradiction. To put it simply, as I am not acting as a storyteller.

First, I want to say I appreciate the way you wrote your response. I think it advances the conversation and raises some good points...

You know, I could have sworn I addressed this in my very first post.

This is correct. If folks weren't clear, my living world approach is only one type of sandbox campaign. There are others like Ben...

Let me make sure I’m following. You said individual actual play isn’t a reliable testbed, that we only get useful information in...

That really depends on the campaign context. To get at the heart of this question, I'd first suggest thinking about how you arrived at...

Your contention is that one home game is not meaningful, that is reasonable However, my experience isn’t limited to a single group or...

Just in time Worldbuilding.

This is incorrect. While nothing is specifically created by the referee for the players as their characters. During the pre game and the...

That is a good idea. I added a sidebar (not sure if I found every essay but grabbed as many as I could)