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You forgot 1B - The players got on the railroad by choice and are happy to go there. I'd even argue that most railroad games are that...

A post-Jacquays designed dungeon is a miniature sandbox. The premise of play is "we're playing a game about exploring dungeons to get...

I'm never applying it to an individual--unless I've seen that individual actually do what I'm talking about, or heard what I consider...

I’ve seen this too. While we may disagree on how often it occurs, I agree it does happen. Having been involved in organized gaming and...

Quite honestly, even as a primary DM for a while I hesitated to raise concerns I had about where the DM of the dungeons of drakkenheim...

Which is why I qualified it with "more often than not." Edit: to make it clear, I'm of the opinion after having watched this dynamic in...

I think the complainers are far more likely to be the problem than the non complainers but you have to be careful. No one likes to hear...

Bluntly, its the amount of answer I've come to conclude this line of discussion deserves.

It works with most games; the truth it "compromise" requires people to understand what that even means in the current context, and that...

Far more often by all standards I can say, it reflects expectations about authority and challenging same.

Yes, but his phrasing assumes, right on the face of it, that this is. It speaks volumes.

I'm saying your assumption trying to address something when it matters rather than three hours later or never isn't something the other...

I dunno. Conversing with people like adults. Being willing to listen and make accommodations. Being willing to actually give as well as...

Find out if there's a genuine problem, and don't put speed as such a priority it justifies blowing off anyone who has a problem.

And as your phrasing shows, they're treated like the villain and there's a lot of social pressure not to do so. I don't consider that a...