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<blockquote data-quote="Aberzanzorax" data-source="post: 5584664" data-attributes="member: 64209">I'll echo Morrus there...but only to a point.&nbsp;&nbsp;Our group played 1/month, all employed 30+ year olds with careers, some with children...&nbsp;I made a good effort and turned it into a bad mistake...&nbsp;Rather than set tone and develop story, I vaulted the story into overdrive/boxed text and skipped past the &quot;paltry&quot; encounters to go straight to boss encounters.&nbsp;&nbsp;It was a mess.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;My personal experience has taught me that with my group it's best to just play the game as is, and even to enjoy the &quot;dull&quot; parts that have meaning. Other groups might vary of course, but I think there's definitely a line between &quot;ok, let's get the heck out of this bar...Joe's been chatting up the waitress for an hour now&quot; and &quot;boss fight!&quot; good job! &quot;boss fight2!&quot; good job!.&nbsp;I've been guilty of both.&nbsp;&nbsp;In the end...railroading is not &quot;structure&quot;...it's &quot;too much structure&quot;...and THAT, my friends varies from group to group....&nbsp;&nbsp;....as does &quot;too much freedom.&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Aberzanzorax, post: 5584664, member: 64209"] I'll echo Morrus there...but only to a point. Our group played 1/month, all employed 30+ year olds with careers, some with children... I made a good effort and turned it into a bad mistake... Rather than set tone and develop story, I vaulted the story into overdrive/boxed text and skipped past the "paltry" encounters to go straight to boss encounters. It was a mess. My personal experience has taught me that with my group it's best to just play the game as is, and even to enjoy the "dull" parts that have meaning. Other groups might vary of course, but I think there's definitely a line between "ok, let's get the heck out of this bar...Joe's been chatting up the waitress for an hour now" and "boss fight!" good job! "boss fight2!" good job!. I've been guilty of both. In the end...railroading is not "structure"...it's "too much structure"...and THAT, my friends varies from group to group.... ....as does "too much freedom." [/QUOTE]

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