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<blockquote data-quote="Bedrockgames" data-source="post: 9640967" data-attributes="member: 85555">I think the 'box' for most people indicates, at the very least, a region, and certainly doesn't have to include multidimensional ventures. So you could give a map of a town and call it a sandbox, but I think most people would be a little confused by that. I do think though you can say &quot;I am running this town...&quot; or even &quot;I am running this adventure....&quot;, &quot;....like a contained sandbox&quot;. That would likely get the point across that characters roaming freely is the expectation. In terms of how big it can be, I think that comes down to what the GM thinks they can manage. If they have a fairly fleshed out world, or they are very good at ad libbing, they might allow for a sandbox spanning a globe. But I think most are contained to a portion of the world. Something I do is I don't have limits, but if players go off in some crazy direction where I only have very rough sketch outlines of what is there, I might pause and say 'give me a week'. Sometimes I might just wing it though (and there are some decent tools out there for winging such things). But I think most GMs want something that feels manageable</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Bedrockgames, post: 9640967, member: 85555"] I think the 'box' for most people indicates, at the very least, a region, and certainly doesn't have to include multidimensional ventures. So you could give a map of a town and call it a sandbox, but I think most people would be a little confused by that. I do think though you can say "I am running this town..." or even "I am running this adventure....", "....like a contained sandbox". That would likely get the point across that characters roaming freely is the expectation. In terms of how big it can be, I think that comes down to what the GM thinks they can manage. If they have a fairly fleshed out world, or they are very good at ad libbing, they might allow for a sandbox spanning a globe. But I think most are contained to a portion of the world. Something I do is I don't have limits, but if players go off in some crazy direction where I only have very rough sketch outlines of what is there, I might pause and say 'give me a week'. Sometimes I might just wing it though (and there are some decent tools out there for winging such things). But I think most GMs want something that feels manageable [/QUOTE]

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