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<blockquote data-quote="Torranocca" data-source="post: 8579187" data-attributes="member: 7035401">This! The last thing you have written, points to directly where I am leaning in this conversation<img class="smilie smilie--emoji" alt="👍" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f44d.png" title="Thumbs up&nbsp; &nbsp; :thumbsup:" data-shortname=":thumbsup:" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" />&nbsp;&nbsp; This is why the Railroad/ Sandbox dichotomy is sort of a fabricated polarity that doesn’t truest exist. So much of what these Discussions boil down to is the use of terms and lack of precision or common interpretation.It was common in the past that what all of you are calling a “ Railroad” plot was called commonly a”Train” plot. This denoted a linear path to be followed with a distinct goal to be achieved ( or failing to achieve) at the end. Being on a more linear path as in a train plot has an entirely different connotation then railroad, because being railroaded has a distinct negative connotation and indeed an entirely distinctly&nbsp; different meaning to it.What is being called a sandbox, like a lot of modern discussion terms is a computer game concept a little bit shoe horned into tabletop gaming terms. The total freedom as in the idea of a “sandbox game”for a player to take their in game characters and to do whatever , whenever and however they please at any given moment is an illusionary and ultimately counter productive&nbsp; idea to what a RPG is.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Torranocca, post: 8579187, member: 7035401"] This! The last thing you have written, points to directly where I am leaning in this conversation👍 This is why the Railroad/ Sandbox dichotomy is sort of a fabricated polarity that doesn’t truest exist. So much of what these Discussions boil down to is the use of terms and lack of precision or common interpretation. It was common in the past that what all of you are calling a “ Railroad” plot was called commonly a”Train” plot. This denoted a linear path to be followed with a distinct goal to be achieved ( or failing to achieve) at the end. Being on a more linear path as in a train plot has an entirely different connotation then railroad, because being railroaded has a distinct negative connotation and indeed an entirely distinctly different meaning to it. What is being called a sandbox, like a lot of modern discussion terms is a computer game concept a little bit shoe horned into tabletop gaming terms. The total freedom as in the idea of a “sandbox game”for a player to take their in game characters and to do whatever , whenever and however they please at any given moment is an illusionary and ultimately counter productive idea to what a RPG is. [/QUOTE]

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