Good Sandbox Products?

[Shiroiken]

Do you have these available anywhere online? This is the sort of thing I love, but don't have the time to create.

I can PM them to you (I think), but I don't have most of it, as I lost much of it in a a hard drive crash. The only format I have is Word 97-03, and I'm not tech savy enough to change it.

Also, this might give you ideas, but really it's best if you customize it for your own group. I probably spent about 30 minutes or so typing up what I wanted and editing it, which is sadly the most work I did to prepare

Edit: WORD not EXCEL

 

[Mistwell]

I've heard Masks of Nyarlathotep for COC is a great one.

 

[Jan van Leyden]

I've heard Masks of Nyarlathotep for COC is a great one.

I wouldn't call Masks a sandbox setting. The scenes are all over the world, and the description of each one shows only locations needed for the adventure. If the players start to wander around in the desert during the Egyptian section, Masks isn't really helpful - as long as the later versions, Complete Masks of Nyarlathotep, hasn't been substantially expanded that is.

 

[Shiroiken]

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Turns out it's easier to attach them to the thread than a PM.

 

[Kobold Stew]

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Turns out it's easier to attach them to the thread than a PM.

We need page 6!

 

[Shiroiken]

We need page 6!

There is no page 6

Actually Uktar is a month in the Realms (similar to October, IIRC), and the number is the date. There isn't a Uktar 6, because nothing happened and I didn't want to spend more time on them than I needed to. The adventure is time dependent (the final event is a festival that has a specified day in the Realms, but it's not listed in the adventure), so I gave myself a month until the final event. I figured that I would skip days where nothing happened, unless the PCs did something, and those days didn't require a broadsheet. I had more broadsheets earlier in the adventure, mostly because I had a lot of info to give the players. Later sessions had fewer and fewer.

The worst experience with this was when I needed to put out a broadsheet mid-session, but didn't know how one event would play out. I cunningly wrote two versions, depending on the player's actions (it was a binary situation), and printed both. I handed out the broadsheet for the next day half-way though the session and expected amazement at my foresight. Instead I heard cries of outrage... as I had given out the wrong one! I fessed up and after taking back (and destroying) the wrong broadsheets, I handed out the correct ones

 

[TarionzCousin]

I'm glad I came back!

You must spread some Experience Points around before giving it to Shiroiken again.