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As someone who now comes from more narrative systems involving conversations of the fictional positioning - where players aren't...

I think there's a difference between "Nothing exists" and "nothing exists that's going to be interesting to adventurers". The...

500 people attended the first flat earth conference. Having others believe what you believe doesn't make it the belief correct.

That's the sort of thing that I loathe. I don't want to think about "well for this character it's a DC13, but that one wait what was...

I understand having Goblin cave and trog swamp and dragon mountain seem like it’s a real world in a progressive series, but it’s...

I like static outcome targets when the system is designed for that and they are divorced from the GM. Eg: PBTA 2d6 rolls are what they...

I mean, I think people are generally in favor of the game being a series of "interesting" encounters; constantly having encounters that...

I think there are very few people who are advocating for that level of disconnect in a TTRPG environment, even if they do prefer to have...

That's OK, I certainly wouldn't want to make you repeat yourself.

If he suspended all discussions, then you could not post about them and it would actually be exclusion. To continue the metaphor people...

The BioWare “rivers and lakes” or “linear mandatory transit between chapters” along with “semi-open multiple (many optional) quests” is...

Mass effect is kind of railroad. Once you start mission, you must finish it, no leaving and coming back. Translated into ttrpg, once you...

Player expectations and play style. My players know I do a lot in the moment - the world is collaboratively built and they have been...

This brings me back to my original contention - the railroading is about inappropriate use of GM force to prevent players from moving...

I guess what is the point of defining what "railroading" is? Is it about setting a standard for when players setting boundaries is...