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<blockquote data-quote="Guest 6801328" data-source="post: 7746297">In some cases, no.&nbsp; It's the specific claim that some work better in sandboxy campaigns that struck me as odd.Ok, so in CoC you're a group of &quot;investigators&quot; and in Elite you're a group of &quot;adventurers&quot;.&nbsp; That's a rather slim distinction.&nbsp; Especially because in CoC the name &quot;investigator&quot; is only a game conceit: not every PC is a trained investigator.&nbsp; They can be surgeons or journalists or mobsters or whatever.&nbsp; Really they are (drumroll) &quot;adventurers&quot; in the rpg sense.As I acknowledged, the published CoC adventures I've seen are kinda linear, but I think (hope) you're saying something more profound than that.But is that because a game of exploring star systems is inherently more sandboxy than a game of investigating eldritch horrors?&nbsp; If so, then what you should have written was &quot;If I were running a sandbox game I'd pick a space exploration game over a Lovecraftian horror game.&quot;&nbsp; So are you claiming that Elite is better than, say, Traveler at sandbox?&nbsp; How about Edge of Empire?&nbsp; (This is why I originally asked if the difference is just the genre.)To extend your car example, if I asked you, &quot;Why the big 850iL?&quot; you would not (I hope) just repeat &quot;Because it's better for cross country trips!&quot;&nbsp; You'd be able to say, &quot;Because it has a lot more leg room, it has a better sound system, and it's both quieter and more stable at Interstate speeds.&quot;What is it about Elite that makes it better for sandboxes?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Guest 6801328, post: 7746297"] In some cases, no. It's the specific claim that some work better in [I]sandboxy[/I] campaigns that struck me as odd. Ok, so in CoC you're a group of "investigators" and in Elite you're a group of "adventurers". That's a rather slim distinction. Especially because in CoC the name "investigator" is only a game conceit: not every PC is a trained investigator. They can be surgeons or journalists or mobsters or whatever. Really they are (drumroll) "adventurers" in the rpg sense. As I acknowledged, the published CoC adventures I've seen are kinda linear, but I think (hope) you're saying something more profound than that. But is that because a game of exploring star systems is inherently more sandboxy than a game of investigating eldritch horrors? If so, then what you should have written was "If I were running a sandbox game I'd pick a space exploration game over a Lovecraftian horror game." So are you claiming that Elite is better than, say, Traveler at sandbox? How about Edge of Empire? (This is why I originally asked if the difference is just the genre.) To extend your car example, if I asked you, "Why the big 850iL?" you would not (I hope) just repeat "Because it's better for cross country trips!" You'd be able to say, "Because it has a lot more leg room, it has a better sound system, and it's both quieter and more stable at Interstate speeds." What is it about Elite that makes it better for sandboxes? [/QUOTE]

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