On The Shoulders Of Dwarves

If you don't like "Railroading", think instead about tour guides, or theme park rides.  Is this a form of manipulation? Definitely. So it should be done by consent. “Guys, I’m going to be using all sorts of subtle techniques to help guide the story, a bit like a director, but only on occasions when I think a specific direction will be more entertaining to all of us. If you trust me to do what's best for our game - which is what most players trust their GMs to do anyway, and see every other episode we did on details of why and how - then everything will be great.” The point of this (5:17) Encouraging players to make a specific choice, without imposing the choice on them. Brute force railroading (6:40) AKA: Fast Forward, cutscene, Walkthrough or Statement Setting the scene.  Negative reinforcement (9:30)  Positive reinforcement (10:45) Consultation / delay (11:25) Consult the rule books. Try to remember/pretend to try and remember a specific detail. Schrodinger's Dungeon (14:30) Extra Credit, the illusion of ch