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If railroading as a term is kind of fraught, isn't "GM force" just as challenging? I don't know what boundary I would draw around "GM...

Who decides reasonable here Max? You mean all DMs are reasonable. Ok. That actually goes along with my experience, but I know it doesn't...

Just so we are clear, I didn't call it a railroad. You left out the part of my quote where I said so specifically. I said that I have...

Not to be nitpicky, but you could wholly customize each experience for a player and still meet your definition of a railroad.

I should note that with this group when I did a Session Minus One with them, I gave them a questionnaire about their gaming preferences...

“It’s only a railroad if you can see the rails, otherwise it’s a sparkling linear adventure.”

Incorrect. Here is what I said: Railroading is a style of play, just like sandbox, linear, or follow player agency, which I consider...

T Thanks for taking the time to explain it. It is appreciated. I will say this, some of the context regarding railroading seems to...

It means that applying techniques like small world, obdurium walls, false choices, or Schrodinger's maps can be justified if the GM is...

I mean of course any design choice will exclude some potential players. If I open a seafood restaurant I will be excluding customers...

I'm probably being too broad there, let me dial that rhetoric back a little. Obviously we all have preferences and those will inevitably...

Sorry, I never replied to this. The original introduction scenario titled ‘The Enemy Within’ and the adventure Shadows over Bogenhafen...

What does the bold mean given the context of your statement?

I don't know the answer to that question. As I stated earlier, I personally don't feel you are railroading. But I have been a part of...

I agree.