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I didn't say exploration wasn't present. That comment was about BitD relying on hard framing vs soft.

I'm not missing anything. I'm just not as dogmatic as you seem to be. All of this is precisely the problem. Each game should be taken at face value, without preconceived notions from any other game.

That's great, thanks.

Sounds just like what sandboxers are advocating.

I agree. Forgotten Realms, it is not. It's very much wide as an ocean lake, deep as a puddle, but I've seen Blades players claim it was a detailed setting. Frankly, it seems this is where the barrier to understanding is. No, I quoted you verbatim. I'm not going to complain about people...

Who do I need to badger at Osprey to make it happen? I have more viewing to do. Well, I am one of those weirdos who likes GM "lonely fun". Annoying, but understandable. I remember reading there was some difficulty during production because they all spoke different languages/dialects with...

The point of the skycoaches is that they can take a direct route by moving vertically/diagonally through the city. Baring in mind that the towers of Sharn are absolutely massive, containing entire communities like a Judge Dredd mega-block (comics version). Simple skyscrapers, they are not...

That is where I started. Although, I have to admit, a RBRB section or tags would be handy dandy.

This is starting to feel like banging one's head against a wall. That is exactly what is going on in people sandboxes.

Could it be mixing pg193 and pg195 of BitD? Pg193: Pg195:

If you're talking about the task resolution, it's pretty damn trad. The only difference really is that it explicitly requires the GM to explain how dangerous a situation the character is in (position) and how effective what they're attempting is going to be (effect). I'm not sure it takes a...

Ok, but Calimshan needs more love. The Sword Coast gets all the fun.

No, it's not. That entire section is about establishing the next score, not BitD's equivalent of GM moves. That's the "Telegraph Trouble" and "Follow Through" GM actions. I never said the GM "must". People really need to stop misrepresenting others' comments. Again, I never said it was "the"...

Can you clue the PbtA and FitD folk in on that? The amount of times I've heard/read "don't prep" is vexing. It's really no different than the Alexandrian's "prep situations, not plots". Seems @hawkeyefan disagrees with you on that one.

That's not really the "first half", that segment is almost entirely "provide opportunities", while "follow their lead" is a single paragraph. And, just to be clear, the "follow their lead" is absolutely how I prefer it to be played, but then I'm a proactive player. There's one person I've gamed...

To be clear, I wasn't saying RBRB was a similar game (though the core resolution for both is a dice pool systems using ranks in a skill/action, keep the single highest result), and only mentioned it insofar that it was the catalyst for me reading Bedrock's blog, and thus becoming familiar with...

2nd edition confirmed! I jest, but that does remind me, I wanted to ask if there was any info on that supernatural supplement you and Jeremy were working on? I recall reading as such on you blog. I started a list of films I've watched to use as inspiration, with notes on the specific elements...

This thread has gone in more circles than a spirograph.

That is the ideal, but it's not actually even the default by the book. And that player-decided goal is the entire point of each of our sandboxes. The goals will differ, of course. So for my V:TM sandbox, a player might decide that they want to seize control of the local organised crime group, in...

It's also very mechanics-first requiring the GM to finagle the fiction to fit. But the screeching if you dare point out the game isn't anywhere near as fiction-first as the book or its fans claim.