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<blockquote data-quote="iserith" data-source="post: 7908751" data-attributes="member: 97077">In my experience, the sort of game that [USER=6859536]@Monayuris[/USER] wants - no storyline, sand box - is quite prep-heavy, but is actually a breeze to run as DM and more fun since you're playing to find out what happens. Given a choice, that's the sort of game I want to run, particularly if I can run multiple groups through it to have a greater return on my prep. Luckily, I have a large pool of players to pull from.That said, because it so prep-heavy, I think this is why we see so many DMs running event-based adventures (&quot;plot-based&quot;).&nbsp; I can prep a 4-hour plot-based session in about 15 minutes. A decent-sized sandbox is going to take me days, weeks or months if it's a full-on campaign.So it's no wonder that some read Monayuris' position and have no earthly idea what the poster is talking about except in theory. To a DM used to running plot-based adventures, not moving stuff around to keep the PCs on the plot is going to seem very strange. You almost have to do it to keep things on track. You absolutely don't have to do it in the sort of location-based adventures Monayuris prefers, and arguably shouldn't. You can do it as I say upthread in response to [USER=6785785]@hawkeyefan[/USER] but it doesn't actually make a lot of sense to since there's really no reason to do it.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="iserith, post: 7908751, member: 97077"] In my experience, the sort of game that [USER=6859536]@Monayuris[/USER] wants - no storyline, sand box - is quite prep-heavy, but is actually a breeze to run as DM and more fun since you're playing to find out what happens. Given a choice, that's the sort of game I want to run, particularly if I can run multiple groups through it to have a greater return on my prep. Luckily, I have a large pool of players to pull from. That said, because it so prep-heavy, I think this is why we see so many DMs running event-based adventures ("plot-based"). I can prep a 4-hour plot-based session in about 15 minutes. A decent-sized sandbox is going to take me days, weeks or months if it's a full-on campaign. So it's no wonder that some read Monayuris' position and have no earthly idea what the poster is talking about except in theory. To a DM used to running plot-based adventures,[I] not[/I] moving stuff around to keep the PCs on the plot is going to seem very strange. You almost [I]have [/I]to do it to keep things on track. You absolutely [I]don't [/I]have to do it in the sort of location-based adventures Monayuris prefers, and arguably shouldn't. You can do it as I say upthread in response to [USER=6785785]@hawkeyefan[/USER] but it doesn't actually make a lot of sense to since there's really no reason to do it. [/QUOTE]

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