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Message: <blockquote data-quote="aramis erak" data-source="post: 8163539" data-attributes="member: 6779310">You're not getting it, clearly.The term «quest» itself is a VERY loaded term, and such substitution is pretty much coming across as intentional obfuscation. It's not a commonly used term in the theory works I've read.And, in practice, few people actually run real sandbox games on the TT. Many who claim to actually aren't doing so, because they have an agenda as a GM. If, at any point, the GM has to hint that, "The story is over here, guys" that's not a proper sandbox.A large part of that is conflation with videogames, where quests are there in a supposedly  open world that isn't actually an open world, but is instead quest-gated by need of certain items to get into specific regions. The definitions of open world and sandbox differ significantly between the two media. Zelda games are said to be "open world" - but they are not. Large portions are locked behind needed items. That's a feature that few TT RPGs have, but many GM's try to impose.When you get to the TTRPG, if an area requires having done X, Y or Z to have anything interesting happen, it's no longer a sandbox, it's just a wall-less dungeon.</blockquote>