I have used a lot of West Marches elements in games. A pure West Marches game is NOT that easy. You need to be available to run games whenever the players get organised for an expedition, no weekly game night. Not so easy for guys with wives & families. OTOH creating a West Marches sandbox is not that hard with all the resources available, I could make several with just the Kobold Press Tome of Lairs books, and a couple hours for the encounter tables.
I have done the multiple adventurer groups in same setting thing; level disparity becomes an issue for PCs moving between groups. 3e that Ben Robbins used is spectacularly bad with its extreme level differential, 5e is a lot more flexible - 5th & 10th level PCs can adventure together in an 8th level dungeon.<iframe width="853" height="480" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/HRFFU_MeOPA" title="Running the Game: Prep Like Brennan Lee Mulligan" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen></iframe>
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