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<blockquote data-quote="Bedrockgames" data-source="post: 8239033" data-attributes="member: 85555"><p>Sure, this is subjective. And I've certainly been in purported sandbox/living world games where I felt like my stated actions and words were not really being given consideration and due weight. And for some people this may be an insurmountable problem (they may simply never be happy with a model where the GM has this kind of power). For me, and in my games, I like being surprised as a GM, and I like feeling like the players are driving the direction of the campaign. All I can say is for myself, and for the players I've spoken with when we've run these games, everyone seems to have the same sense of the players choices really mattering, of them not being passive passengers but active forgers of the campaign. Again, this might simply be an experience that sandbox can never make you feel. It might not click. But what I am saying is not that different from what Crawford talks about in the sandbox entry of Stars without Number.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="Bedrockgames, post: 8239033, member: 85555"] Sure, this is subjective. And I've certainly been in purported sandbox/living world games where I felt like my stated actions and words were not really being given consideration and due weight. And for some people this may be an insurmountable problem (they may simply never be happy with a model where the GM has this kind of power). For me, and in my games, I like being surprised as a GM, and I like feeling like the players are driving the direction of the campaign. All I can say is for myself, and for the players I've spoken with when we've run these games, everyone seems to have the same sense of the players choices really mattering, of them not being passive passengers but active forgers of the campaign. Again, this might simply be an experience that sandbox can never make you feel. It might not click. But what I am saying is not that different from what Crawford talks about in the sandbox entry of Stars without Number. [/QUOTE]

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