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<blockquote data-quote="Malmuria" data-source="post: 8657386" data-attributes="member: 7030755">Some good examples of very simple node based scenario design might be two introductory scenarios for Call of Cthulhu: <a href="https://www.chaosium.com/alone-against-the-dark-pdf/" target="_blank">Alone Against the Dark </a>(a solo play, basically a choose your own adventure) and The <a href="https://www.chaosium.com/content/FreePDFs/CoC/CHA23131%20Call%20of%20Cthulhu%207th%20Edition%20Quick-Start%20Rules.pdf" target="_blank">Haunting.</a>&nbsp; I certainly wouldn’t describe either of these as a “sandbox” because the action happens at particular nodes.&nbsp; But neither is it necessarily a railroad because the PCs do have options and there are different endings.&nbsp; It’s not the most dynamic and complex structure out there, but it works as an introduction.One thought, re: geography: One possible advantage for building more complex scenarios in CoC is that the game takes place in a fantastical version of the real world.&nbsp; When a gm creates a setting the players are sort of in the dark about all the details.&nbsp; But if your playing in 1920s Boston, and the the players are at all familiar with that city, they can use that knowledge to go places the keeper did not prepare as a node.&nbsp; Depending on how the keeper handles that (i.e. by not railroading), it can lead to a more dynamic game.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Malmuria, post: 8657386, member: 7030755"] Some good examples of very simple node based scenario design might be two introductory scenarios for Call of Cthulhu: [URL='https://www.chaosium.com/alone-against-the-dark-pdf/']Alone Against the Dark [/URL](a solo play, basically a choose your own adventure) and The [URL='https://www.chaosium.com/content/FreePDFs/CoC/CHA23131%20Call%20of%20Cthulhu%207th%20Edition%20Quick-Start%20Rules.pdf']Haunting.[/URL] I certainly wouldn’t describe either of these as a “sandbox” because the action happens at particular nodes. But neither is it necessarily a railroad because the PCs do have options and there are different endings. It’s not the most dynamic and complex structure out there, but it works as an introduction. One thought, re: geography: One possible advantage for building more complex scenarios in CoC is that the game takes place in a fantastical version of the real world. When a gm creates a setting the players are sort of in the dark about all the details. But if your playing in 1920s Boston, and the the players are at all familiar with that city, they can use that knowledge to go places the keeper did not prepare as a node. Depending on how the keeper handles that (i.e. by not railroading), it can lead to a more dynamic game. [/QUOTE]

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