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Message: <blockquote data-quote="iserith" data-source="post: 7503514" data-attributes="member: 97077">It doesn't need to be enforced if everyone agrees to it and abides by their agreement.I prefer to keep campaigns down to a year or less, preferably less. Six months or about 20 to 25 sessions is ideal in my view. Then I want to move on to something else. I'm not interested in anything open-ended anymore."From where I'm standing, I want to look for the source of the smoke." That is describing what you want to do so that I can adjudicate and narrate the result of the adventurers' action.Well, you did jump into an exchange I was having with someone who objected to exploration challenges and asserted that they negatively impacted pacing. As someone who is very concerned about pacing, I can say that they do not. Subsequent comments of mine should underscore that I am indeed concerned about it.It's a game, so I want it to be fair. Gotchas are not fair. Luck comes into play after the player makes an informed choice and the outcome of that choice is uncertain and there's a meaningful consequence of failure. My telegraphing the hidden threat (or whatever) when describing the environment is what allows the player to make an informed choice.I would say your definition of "railroad" is overly broad and your concerns about "metagaming" overblown.</blockquote>