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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...

Another one is to have things like beliefs/bonds/goals/etc. which can be used by the GM to put the PCs in a situation. Something like...

I finished Justin Alexander's book, and my son has mostly finished it. It's more "How to structure a campaign" than "How to DM" in my...

Image created from an idea by my five year old son. Presenting Bobasaur...

Honestly, I'd have dropped Beast Feast as a campaign frame if there isn't buy in on the food concept. I get it, it's why I wouldn't...

Fair enough. I just think that D&D is played by a table of people, and not a linear computer that can't deviate from said word. But your...

It's strange to me. It is like your view of this adventure is so narrow, that you can't imagine someone else playing it differently than...

Sure it does. The improv DM only "fixes" the stuff that actually comes up when the party engages with it, while the other DM "fixes"...

For me, if I am writing something, I try to always add an NPC section. There I list all the NPCs that are integral for the adventure...