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<blockquote data-quote="lamia" data-source="post: 5404965" data-attributes="member: 93118">It's been interesting for me to read through this thread and see all of the various opinions on what a sandbox constitutes. I've only ever played in one game that proclaimed itself as such, and I had zero fun.From what that game showed, I thought a sandbox was basically a game with no story whatsoever and no real motivation to move my character from point A to point B.For me, being plopped in front of a map of planets and asked where I want to go is not my preferred style since I play for the story.It was just a bunch of pointless combat, which is about the opposite of what I enjoy. So I was just under the impression that a sandbox was for people who played the kill stuff/get loot/forget your own character's name because it's not important style!I guess reading through this and the railroad threads I've just come to the opinion that either end of the spectrum can work if you are a magic GM. I am a fair to middling GM, so I'll stick to an in-between method!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="lamia, post: 5404965, member: 93118"] It's been interesting for me to read through this thread and see all of the various opinions on what a sandbox constitutes. I've only ever played in one game that proclaimed itself as such, and I had zero fun. From what that game showed, I thought a sandbox was basically a game with no story whatsoever and no real motivation to move my character from point A to point B. For me, being plopped in front of a map of planets and asked where I want to go is not my preferred style since I play for the story. It was just a bunch of pointless combat, which is about the opposite of what I enjoy. So I was just under the impression that a sandbox was for people who played the kill stuff/get loot/forget your own character's name because it's not important style! I guess reading through this and the railroad threads I've just come to the opinion that either end of the spectrum can work if you are a magic GM. I am a fair to middling GM, so I'll stick to an in-between method! [/QUOTE]

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