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<blockquote data-quote="Emerikol" data-source="post: 8244832" data-attributes="member: 6698278">I do think a style of play is a series of choices.&nbsp; You can diverge into a different style by making a different choice.&nbsp; That some choices tend to synergize is also not a surprise but that isn't absolute.&nbsp; 1.&nbsp; Deep Prep - Lots of detail about the world done in advance.2.&nbsp; Skilled Play - Players acting as characters need to make good strategic and tactical decisions for the group to succeed.3.&nbsp; Sandbox - High player agency with a variety of options and not just one in a limited area of the world.4.&nbsp; Living World - meaning the NPCs/Monsters change over time with and without PC stimuli.5.&nbsp; The dice fall where they fall.I could see changing any one of those without the others being that affected.&nbsp; I would say though that without prep, my concept of sandbox doesn't apply.&nbsp; If you don't do prep you are needing to limit your players to a sandbox.&nbsp;&nbsp; Plenty of DMs do everything static and get by without having a truly living world.&nbsp; Many DMs fudge dice but still have other choices in this list.I would even go so far as to say that the ability and extent that non-GM players can create the fiction is a knob that you can turn up or down.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Emerikol, post: 8244832, member: 6698278"] I do think a style of play is a series of choices. You can diverge into a different style by making a different choice. That some choices tend to synergize is also not a surprise but that isn't absolute. 1. Deep Prep - Lots of detail about the world done in advance. 2. Skilled Play - Players acting as characters need to make good strategic and tactical decisions for the group to succeed. 3. Sandbox - High player agency with a variety of options and not just one in a limited area of the world. 4. Living World - meaning the NPCs/Monsters change over time with and without PC stimuli. 5. The dice fall where they fall. I could see changing any one of those without the others being that affected. I would say though that without prep, my concept of sandbox doesn't apply. If you don't do prep you are needing to limit your players to a sandbox. Plenty of DMs do everything static and get by without having a truly living world. Many DMs fudge dice but still have other choices in this list. I would even go so far as to say that the ability and extent that non-GM players can create the fiction is a knob that you can turn up or down. [/QUOTE]

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