Episode 37: On Real and Imagined Sand – RPG Sandboxes

Summary

Published: July 8, 2023

Blame it on the rain. Yeah. Yeah.

With listener calls to spice things up, this reflection from the road by Runeslinger delves into the seemingly forgotten history of why RPGs refer to sandbox play, how that is not on a spectrum with Railroading, and shows how Grimaud’s Crowbar teams up with Chekhov’s Gun, as the kilometers fly by~

Guest voices appearing in this episode were Jason Connerly of the Nerds RPG Variety Cast, and Joe Richter of the Hindsightless podcast. Reference was made to Che Webster’s Roleplay Rescue podcast and Jason Hobbs’ Random Screed podcast.

RELEVANT LINKS FOR THIS EPISODE:

For more on my corollary to Chekhov’s Gun obscurely titled Grimaud’s Crowbar please follow this link to my Casting Shadows blog: https://castingshadowsblog.com/2018/02/11/grimauds-crowbar/

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Joe Richer’s podcast – Hindsightless

Che Webster’s blog – Roleplay Rescue

Jason Hobbs’ – Random Screed Podcast.

Jason Connerley’s Podcast – Nerds RPG Variety Cast

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