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This prioritized wide differences in capability as a defining trait of "superhero stories". That's hardly been universally true.

Well, if the GM was tolerant, they could effectively force it off into more of a sandbox situation, but that requires the GM to go...

Though I think acting like they're still playing and not engaging with the extent adventure, after they'd agreed to go with it is pretty...

I think their point was that while that might be the only difference, its a heck of a big one in terms of the experience.

I was on a EN World hiatus so I missed the early part of this discussion. All i want to say is this: I prefer the term "rollercoaster"...

Yes, pixel hunting. It is the literal worst way to run a game.

Well, that gets pretty complex: part of it is that they're still thinking in terms of adventures, where a really classic sandbox didn't...

Though the easy answer to that is "It just looks like a sandbox. Its a railroad with illusionism laid over it heavily."

In video games, the NPCs have limited programming. You literally can't sit down and talk it out with an enemy unless the enemy is...

The classic answer to that is "If you want him dead, talk to the legal system. Complaining Batman isn't doing it is about like...

Yes it's the "only" difference. Other than that, how was the play Mrs. Lincoln?

That's fine, its just not a great idea to think that the hobby is dominated by people who want to get into the guts of decision making...

But there are plenty of people who are perfectly happy to follow the lead and take the opportunity to play with the mechanics and do the...

Generally true, but it's still often worth thinking about how you could have done things better.

Yea, I just disagree with all that. Now, when I DM, I want to run the game the rules said and trust that they’ll give us an interesting...