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So regardless of what you call it; sandbox or linear…both are just different ways of allowing the illusion of player agency as it pertains to what direction they are going in. Regardless of what we call it; in the end…the players rely on the DM to engage them in the encounters that are run to...

They’re pretty complicated. Lots of…words and…language….definitions and derivations. 🤓

I’d be hard pressed to label my play style myself. But as we all know; good fences make good neighbors so labels do have their value I suppose.

You insinuating that I don’t understand is offensive to me. I’m kidding; I’ve never been offended by anything. My question really is simply(but probably not simple at all), at what point does a linear game with multiple possible lines become a sandbox? And also…if all of the encounters in...

This touches on my question. If there are different kinds of sandboxes….can’t anything be considered a sand box? If my plan is to run an AP….and during that AP the party decides to make a left (when the literature wants them to go right) and engage in another AP farther down the road…..isn’t...

I can say anything about anything and it might insult someone. You’d have to ask yourself why my opinion means anything to you at all. I’m just trying to discover if “sandbox” is just what we call more option. At what point does not sandbox become sandbox? And if there is no line of...

I get that the players have options. My “argument” is that regardless of the order of encounters, the DM still has to prepare those encounters right? So a sandbox is just an expression? I don’t force players to do anything in any order; but I still have encounters prepared so we can…encounter...

I don’t play video games. Even if the encounters are engaged “out of order” aren’t some encounters not encountered until previous encounters are? So sandbox games are just…less linear?

In the end; the DM still has to prepare and run encounters though right? Encounters that have something to do with the greater game at large I suppose. So I stand by my statement. Are sandbox style games really just 100% randomly improvised encounters shoe horned together?

Sandbox play is a lie. In the end the players always end up doing what the DM presents. There….i said it. 🤗

It warms my soul that people are arguing about the rules for hide and seek. 😂

The thing about the English language is that there will always be people who make things mean what they want.

The most expensive part of gaming is time. Don’t waste it on arguments. Make a ruling and move on.

Neither the 2014 nor the 2024 rule books cover when a character should eat or take a bath. Rise up people!!! RISE UP!!!

Why yes…yes I do. 🤭

It’s funny how the look on the DMs face is the same for both when PCs might die as well as when that big monster you’ve been waiting to run gets whacked in round 2 of the fight. 🥺

I lived the 1e days….i can’t go back man…I CAN’T GO BACK!!! 😵‍💫

Once the game starts everyone should know that anything they can do, the other side can do. DMing by Socratic method seems like it could get very tedious. As long as a good time is had; do what you need to. 🤷🏻‍♂️

Is that a factor when you decide to do something while playing? I’m going to cast fireball at those zombies; let me ask them how they’ll feel about that first. 😉

I’m against the concept of power gaming and I don’t even like the word “build”. But to each their own and as long as everyone is having fun then have at it.