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<blockquote data-quote="gban007" data-source="post: 9641137" data-attributes="member: 56488">For me to contrast what I feel is a sandbox campaign to one that isn't:Shadow of a Dark Queen (ran through recently and we enjoyed it) - heading towards full on railroad, start off traveling to a village for given reasons, if cleric or arcane spellcsster in party have a couple of interludes with predetermined outcomes, then must go to village.&nbsp; Village will get threatened, unable to negotiate with the threat, must help village evacuate, then must go to Kalaman, must help Kalaman, must then miss big fight by army, then must go north, then back to kalaman, must face big bad guys and deal with big threat in a given way, while there are optional encounters, and optional paths at some points, a lot of it the party must go along with. If playing sandbox, I would start maybe at beginning as a starting point.&nbsp; Characters may then choose to reject the clerical bit, deciding to ignore the gaslighting gods and forge some heretical path.They may get to village and then when threat emerges, successfully negotiate with it, or decide to join it instead and help destroy the village.&nbsp; They may help evacuate, but decide to skip Kalaman, maybe they heard about Silvanestis plight and want to go there.&nbsp; Maybe they decide they want to try and go to a different continent to avoid the threat altogether (hopefully).&nbsp; Maybe they navigate tricky path to another continent, decide it is a silly place and decide to return home.&nbsp; Maybe they go to Silvanesti, find out what they have to do to save it and nope out, and decide to go help the Kender instead.&nbsp; Maybe the Kender send them to a dungeon to retrieve an artifact.&nbsp; Maybe they get to first part of dungeon and decide that would be good place to set up home in, ignoring the artifact.&nbsp; Maybe they take the artifact for themselves and go elsewhere, etc.&nbsp; I would have mix of prepared stuff and improv to bring forward depending on what they do, but they are going where their whim takes them, and for any given part may opt to never reach goal D, as changed tack before it.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="gban007, post: 9641137, member: 56488"] For me to contrast what I feel is a sandbox campaign to one that isn't: Shadow of a Dark Queen (ran through recently and we enjoyed it) - heading towards full on railroad, start off traveling to a village for given reasons, if cleric or arcane spellcsster in party have a couple of interludes with predetermined outcomes, then must go to village. Village will get threatened, unable to negotiate with the threat, must help village evacuate, then must go to Kalaman, must help Kalaman, must then miss big fight by army, then must go north, then back to kalaman, must face big bad guys and deal with big threat in a given way, while there are optional encounters, and optional paths at some points, a lot of it the party must go along with. If playing sandbox, I would start maybe at beginning as a starting point. Characters may then choose to reject the clerical bit, deciding to ignore the gaslighting gods and forge some heretical path. They may get to village and then when threat emerges, successfully negotiate with it, or decide to join it instead and help destroy the village. They may help evacuate, but decide to skip Kalaman, maybe they heard about Silvanestis plight and want to go there. Maybe they decide they want to try and go to a different continent to avoid the threat altogether (hopefully). Maybe they navigate tricky path to another continent, decide it is a silly place and decide to return home. Maybe they go to Silvanesti, find out what they have to do to save it and nope out, and decide to go help the Kender instead. Maybe the Kender send them to a dungeon to retrieve an artifact. Maybe they get to first part of dungeon and decide that would be good place to set up home in, ignoring the artifact. Maybe they take the artifact for themselves and go elsewhere, etc. I would have mix of prepared stuff and improv to bring forward depending on what they do, but they are going where their whim takes them, and for any given part may opt to never reach goal D, as changed tack before it. [/QUOTE]

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