ffilz
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I really hope you write a good book on running Sandbox Campaigns with a nice set of tools and maybe some random tables (where such can be presented in a useful but generic way). I think you really do have a good handle on how to run this kind of campaign that many of us would benefit from a more complete understanding of.
I think one of the things that often gets lost in discussion of running sandboxes is that not only do the players have to be able to trust that the GM is doing his best to present the setting in an unbiased way, but ALSO the GM has to be able to trust that the players want to play in the setting the GM has prepared. Players who immediately head for the edge, or decide to ignite a nuclear blast in the middle of the campaign city, or any other "trashing the setting" the GM is worried about aren't being authentic players and respecting their GM.
Maybe this "trash the setting" deserves a good blog post... I suspect that when you share some of the bigger trashings that have happened to you, people will come to appreciate that it's not ruining the setting, it's creating awesomeness.
I think one of the things that often gets lost in discussion of running sandboxes is that not only do the players have to be able to trust that the GM is doing his best to present the setting in an unbiased way, but ALSO the GM has to be able to trust that the players want to play in the setting the GM has prepared. Players who immediately head for the edge, or decide to ignite a nuclear blast in the middle of the campaign city, or any other "trashing the setting" the GM is worried about aren't being authentic players and respecting their GM.
Maybe this "trash the setting" deserves a good blog post... I suspect that when you share some of the bigger trashings that have happened to you, people will come to appreciate that it's not ruining the setting, it's creating awesomeness.