Mercurius
Legend
I was reading and replying to a thread on The Other Major RPG Forum about sandbox design and, after recommending the Wilderlands box set to the OP, my coffee-muddled mind wandered to the idea of solo hexcrawling the Wilderlands of High Fantasy. Anyone done it? Is it viable as an entertainment activity, if only for a lazy day or a sleepless night?
Being a Busy Adult with family, career, and a recent return to graduate school, I don't have time for that level of frivolity in my life (although I evidently do have time for this level of frivolity!), but the idea crossed my mind as being useful to spend a few hours on as I gradually design a campaign setting that I plan on DMing come January or so. I want to incorporate elements of the sandbox style campaign, but haven't really run one extensively before. I thought it would be one way to get a sense of how it feels before actually running it. Of course it wouldn't be the same, but it might be an interesting experiment nonetheless.
The last time I solo-played was waaaay back in the late 80s or early 90s when during one summer in high school I ended up having a lot of fun with the Random Dungeon Generator in the black of the 1e DMG.
(As a side note, anyone know of any good videos that exemplify a good sandbox game session?)
Being a Busy Adult with family, career, and a recent return to graduate school, I don't have time for that level of frivolity in my life (although I evidently do have time for this level of frivolity!), but the idea crossed my mind as being useful to spend a few hours on as I gradually design a campaign setting that I plan on DMing come January or so. I want to incorporate elements of the sandbox style campaign, but haven't really run one extensively before. I thought it would be one way to get a sense of how it feels before actually running it. Of course it wouldn't be the same, but it might be an interesting experiment nonetheless.
The last time I solo-played was waaaay back in the late 80s or early 90s when during one summer in high school I ended up having a lot of fun with the Random Dungeon Generator in the black of the 1e DMG.
(As a side note, anyone know of any good videos that exemplify a good sandbox game session?)
