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The title, in isolation, can be interpreted as claiming that "People who claim to be running sandbox games are lying about that and manipulating their players to keep them on the planned plot." GMs who go to a lot of effort not to do that could legitimately be annoyed. Me, I prepare ideas, but I feel I have to cope with the players whatever they decide to do, preferably without the joints showing. Fortunately, I can improvise.
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06-24-2017, 02:34 PM | #42 | |
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06-24-2017, 03:16 PM | #43 | |
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"The sandbox is a lie" evokes echoes of these general negations of the play style while also coming off as a thumb in the eye of a group of people who already don't get much published support. While the author might have just been making a "funny" joke, it walked into a sore spot for a number of sandboxers. So I can see it offending some sandbox people. I'm not offended, I suppose because I don't expect more, but I will say that looking at the text, I think the article would have been better with no references to sandbox style at all. The descriptions of sandbox come off straw man to me...I don't know any sandboxer who thinks they have to pre-design every element of a campaign. Really it could just be presented as a random quest generation system and not discuss sandboxes at all. And as a random quest generation system, I think it's pretty cool. Side note for the sandboxers: I heard the Dracula Dossier is a sandbox adventure...I'm looking forward to reading it! Last edited by trooper6; 06-24-2017 at 03:32 PM. |
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06-24-2017, 03:32 PM | #44 | |
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The format was first created for The Armitage Files so there is more goodness out there if you want to track it down. |
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06-24-2017, 03:50 PM | #45 | |
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It's extraordinary at what it does, certainly.
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06-24-2017, 03:57 PM | #46 | |
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I'm looking forward to reading The Dracula Dossier and Armitage Files to see how they do it. I have ideas about how to create a sandboxy sort of scenario book, so I'm interested in seeing how others have done it. |
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06-24-2017, 04:21 PM | #47 |
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At the risk of starting a tangent, what do you see as the difference between a sandbox supplement and SJ Games's setting-centric books like the Locations and Hot Spots series?
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06-24-2017, 04:42 PM | #48 | |
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06-24-2017, 05:08 PM | #49 | |
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The quest system worked better than the background system, which I found had too many weird events for one character. Many of the tables on that could have been changed to, "Roll 1d. On a 1, roll on this table; otherwise, move to the next one." I did like the general location tables, however; not only is it realistic to be from somewhere, it leads to interesting play. |
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06-24-2017, 06:21 PM | #50 |
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Re: Pyramid #3/104: Dungeon Fantasy Roleplaying Game
The tables in It's a Quest! are great stuff, and are an excellent way for a GM to get inspiration if they're stuck on something. Not sure kind of a person is running the bandit ring? Roll on the Person table. Need to pick a monster to stock a room? Roll on the Monster table.
Liberally mix these tables with those from the Heroic Background Generator and you've got a good way to answer many questions about your adventure. |
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