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I misunderstood. Post retracted!

The answer in the modern campaign is no. Many won't even be scared of the illithid, thinking them as more like Zoidberg from Futurama.

I feel like the reason no one can agree on the definition is because playing an RPG is not A to B to C. If it were, then there would be...

So, in a railroad, if there is a path that runs through five sessions, but then depending on the choices you made in session three and...

You can't easily write a satisfying and interesting adventure without at least some assumptions of what the PCs are going to do. I mean...

Just for the record. If we decide to run just seven out of the twelve adventures, and then they want to see a different area or retire...

I don't consider that railroading. Lots of games have limited premises that require buy-in by the group. An expected, planned finale...

When creating materials, I have always broken this stuff down into three categories: Quests, Explorations, and Adventures. Quests are...

I would argue this is just an improv game and has nothing to do with a sandbox.

Ahh.. Ok. Sorry, the way I read it, especially with your 50/50 example, seemed to indicate everyone had to be on the same page from the...

I only was suggesting subsets of players that are 100% in either direction, not that all players were that way.

(Note: I begin what sounds like a bragging session, I know there are many many many other game designers here that have experienced and...

I went with human dominant, although the dwarves used to be dominant. Thus, that allowed for me to have ruins scattered throughout the...

I think this is an oversimplification of players. I have known many, me included, that can shift and bend with the game and GM, and...

I think a lot of arguments arise because actual play is much less binary than this definition implies. Agency can be manipulated...