lategamer
Writer, Sailor, Filmmaker, Irishman,
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I had a conversation about this on reddit, but it left me unsatisfied. The debater was more interested in telling me THAT I was wrong rather than HOW I was wrong in my perception of RPGs and Sandboxes. He did say it was more environment-driven than plot-driven which, because I write fiction for part of my living, doesn't make a huge amount of sense (for me ....they're interlinked)
I plainly do not understand what people mean when they talk about sandbox TTRPGs. Because from my point of view, all TTRPGs are sandbox. You can be playing a hard-boiled detective in 1920a Chicago and the GM can throw superheroes at you. Or you can (especially in a narrative game), make up any possible outcome.
So what am I missing?
I plainly do not understand what people mean when they talk about sandbox TTRPGs. Because from my point of view, all TTRPGs are sandbox. You can be playing a hard-boiled detective in 1920a Chicago and the GM can throw superheroes at you. Or you can (especially in a narrative game), make up any possible outcome.
So what am I missing?