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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mercutio01" data-source="post: 5751884" data-attributes="member: 37277">I'll go back to my 4C golden age supers analogy. The GM, and the other players, show up to play 4C, clear black-and-white, superheroes with none of the modern baggage. One player shows up with The Punisher, because he heard comic book, but didn't understand the term 4C. In the course of the game, he kills an innocent to help make his escape. After the session, the GM hands him some 4C comic books and says, "We're not playing iron age anti-heroes. That's not how the game is going to be played."  The above scenario is exactly equivalent. The GM says 4C (Walking Dead), player comes away with comic books (zombies). The rest of the players have 4C (Walking Dead) appropriate heroes. In one scene, breaking from the 4C (Walking Dead) standard, the player kills an innocent. The GM decides that player doesn't really understand the game's 4C (Walking Dead) social contract and tells the player to read up (watch) to get a better understanding of the way the game is going to run.So, is that railroading, at least by your definition? And even if it is (it's definitely not MY definition of railroading), is that a bad thing?So is it railroading when I, the GM, decide to play a high fantasy game but you show up to the game with Han Solo? I mean, I'm limiting player actions.</blockquote>