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<blockquote data-quote="bert1000" data-source="post: 5125859" data-attributes="member: 29013">Sounds like your players are jerks, or you haven't set player / DM expectations.&nbsp; If they are just jerks, find some other people.&nbsp;If not, then talk it out.&nbsp; I think a city can be large enough for a sandbox if everyone agrees, but it's not what I would expect if I was told &quot;this is a sandbox game.&nbsp; You can do whatever you want&quot;.&nbsp;Regardless of whether the box is a city or a larger area, I think you might be doing too much prep.&nbsp; Loosely flesh out some areas, then ask the players after each session what goal they are intending to pursue next session.&nbsp; Those goals then provide enough info for you to do some deeper prep for the next session.&nbsp; If they players want to find out what the dwarves are up to, great, roll with it!&nbsp; If the players are frequently and randomly changing their goals (especially without good in-character reasons) then I say the jerk issue it is again...</blockquote>

[QUOTE="bert1000, post: 5125859, member: 29013"] Sounds like your players are jerks, or you haven't set player / DM expectations. If they are just jerks, find some other people. If not, then talk it out. I think a city can be large enough for a sandbox if everyone agrees, but it's not what I would expect if I was told "this is a sandbox game. You can do whatever you want". Regardless of whether the box is a city or a larger area, I think you might be doing too much prep. Loosely flesh out some areas, then ask the players after each session what goal they are intending to pursue next session. Those goals then provide enough info for you to do some deeper prep for the next session. If they players want to find out what the dwarves are up to, great, roll with it! If the players are frequently and randomly changing their goals (especially without good in-character reasons) then I say the jerk issue it is again... [/QUOTE]

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