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<blockquote data-quote="Halivar" data-source="post: 6506793" data-attributes="member: 9327">Early in my DM career I thought sandbox play was the cat's meow. The problem was that I, as a DM, was not competent at extemporaneous storytelling yet. I also provided no potential plot hooks. I had a map. I had some things going on. But most of all, I had a table of players scratching there head and saying, &quot;I dunnow... we go here I&nbsp; guess?&quot;I went back to square one, and ran the railroadiest D&amp;D campaign ever. My players, my patient, patient players, endured it while I learned how to tell a story. Then my next campaign opened up a bit; fewer railroads but still big signs pointing where the next part of the &quot;story&quot; was. Recently I ran ToEE, and I let the game run completely off the rails, and great fun was to be had. My last game was a total sandbox, and the players loved it.Advice to the OP: if you're new to DM'ing, don't start with sandbox play. Learn to DM first. I promise it will be more fun later on.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Halivar, post: 6506793, member: 9327"] Early in my DM career I thought sandbox play was the cat's meow. The problem was that I, as a DM, was not competent at extemporaneous storytelling yet. I also provided no potential plot hooks. I had a map. I had some things going on. But most of all, I had a table of players scratching there head and saying, "I dunnow... we go [I]here[/I] I guess?" I went back to square one, and ran the railroadiest D&D campaign ever. My players, my patient, patient players, endured it while I learned how to tell a story. Then my next campaign opened up a bit; fewer railroads but still big signs pointing where the next part of the "story" was. Recently I ran ToEE, and I let the game run completely off the rails, and great fun was to be had. My last game was a total sandbox, and the players loved it. Advice to the OP: if you're new to DM'ing, don't start with sandbox play. Learn to DM first. I promise it will be more fun later on. [/QUOTE]

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