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I sense we are talking in circles and I do not agree with your assessment. All games have a balance of freedom and structure or the game would be unplayable. The dichotomy, as I have stated before is false. It comes down to a matter of individual subjective judgement and not a “ style” at all...

You seem to me, again like others, to be touching on the real underlying issues I am alluding too. “Sand box/ Railroad” is a false dichotomy, neither are the issue because neither exist as many in these discussions seem to believe. The issues are more closely related to how more modern players...

The concept you elude to as in “ arms race” has nothing to do with the situation I was writing about, whatsoever. The player was not power gaming or min/ maximg at all.( I have delt with plenty of those and rules lawyering over the decades) The player explained to me that he intended to repay...

It is actually one of many issues with” sandbox” play as described, on these threads. I don’t see it as a problem per say, others may enjoy such play. I just fail to see how it is the game of D&D. It may be a game mind you, I am not insinuating that others are not playing the game. Just missing...

Let me provide you with an easy to digest example. So let me start by stating I have a first rule to DMing that I share with my players. I will never tell a player “no, you cannot have your character try something. However if you believe what you’re about to try it’s more than likely going to...

Because, although a player can desire for and direct their character to do exactly what they want them to. This is not conducive to a game designed around teamwork and group goal completion. Even if one were playing a game with only one player and a DM, it would still not work within the...

This! The last thing you have written, points to directly where I am leaning in this conversation👍 This is why the Railroad/ Sandbox dichotomy is sort of a fabricated polarity that doesn’t truest exist. So much of what these Discussions boil down to is the use of terms and lack of precision...

There appears to me to be a few different layers of conversation here. I selected the quote above, not to single out the poster, but to use as illustrative, the under current of the issues, I believe, being discussed. I will clearly state now, what follows is “ as I understand it” not a...