2014-07-28 Best of Sandbox Posts

Recently, Yora asked for Sandbox logs. Those are tricky to provide. After all, if you’re looking for advice on how to run a game, the session report is filled with useless in-game stuff that nobody but the players will read (if at all).

asked for Sandbox logs

if at all

What I’ve done instead is collect blog posts where I think I have some advice backed up by anecdotes from my game.

starting your sandbox

my hexcrawl procedure

how the map grows

the tools I use

urban adventures

wilderness adventures and random encounters

the importance of random treasure

what makes players want to come back

my review of Qelong

in actual play

looking back at my current campaign

my referee manual

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