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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Reynard" data-source="post: 9641138" data-attributes="member: 467">What defines a sandbox is that the players decide what to engage with, when and how. It does not mean that The Keep on the Borderlands can't be present in the sandbox, or that the GM establishing locations, characters, factions and situations with which to interact makes it not a sandbox.So etimes people conflate hexcrawling with sandboxes. Most hexcrawls are sandboxes, but not all sandboxes are hexcrawls. Moreover, where a sandbox is crafted, random, or something in between has no impact on whether it is a sandbox. Just to reiterate: what makes something a sandbox is that within the bounds of the box, the PCs have agency to choose how they will engage with all the toys in the sandbox.</blockquote>