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<blockquote data-quote="jgsugden" data-source="post: 8562577" data-attributes="member: 2629">Homebrew sandbox is much more practical, but the commercially available sandbox, to me, would be:1.) Campaign Setting.&nbsp; You give the background so that there is a fleshed out environment in which to 'play in the sand'.2.) Adventures and Delves.&nbsp; When PCs decide to do something, you need a library of things at the beck and call to start plugging them into.&nbsp; They'd need to be plug and play, and the DM would need to adapt them to their setting (and provide the ties that bring them together as a cohesive part of the environment), but there are a lot of options in the DM's Guild, as well as in older materials.If I were going to make a sandbox product for a Kickstarter, it would be:1.) Player Lore Book (no crunch, all background info)2.) Player Options Book (setting specific options like subclasses, heritages, backgrounds, spells, magic items)3.) DM Lore Book (the things PCs should not know)4.) DM Rules/Setting Rules Book (setting specific rules, especially for mechanics unique to the setting (like Dark Sun's defiling))5.) Adventure Books for a few dozen locations and scenarios (modules and delves)6.) A Journal Book that talks about how the setting would advance over time if the PCs do nothing, and how some of their actions might change the stories as they evolve.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="jgsugden, post: 8562577, member: 2629"] Homebrew sandbox is much more practical, but the commercially available sandbox, to me, would be: 1.) Campaign Setting. You give the background so that there is a fleshed out environment in which to 'play in the sand'. 2.) Adventures and Delves. When PCs decide to do something, you need a library of things at the beck and call to start plugging them into. They'd need to be plug and play, and the DM would need to adapt them to their setting (and provide the ties that bring them together as a cohesive part of the environment), but there are a lot of options in the DM's Guild, as well as in older materials. If I were going to make a sandbox product for a Kickstarter, it would be: 1.) Player Lore Book (no crunch, all background info) 2.) Player Options Book (setting specific options like subclasses, heritages, backgrounds, spells, magic items) 3.) DM Lore Book (the things PCs should not know) 4.) DM Rules/Setting Rules Book (setting specific rules, especially for mechanics unique to the setting (like Dark Sun's defiling)) 5.) Adventure Books for a few dozen locations and scenarios (modules and delves) 6.) A Journal Book that talks about how the setting would advance over time if the PCs do nothing, and how some of their actions might change the stories as they evolve. [/QUOTE]

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