How I do Play By Post (PbP)

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I recently did a write-up on how I have done Play By Post for the past five years or so. Folks here have asked for it, so here it is:

https://newschoolrevolution.com/2024/12/06/how-to-pbp

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Thanks! I’ll give it a read.

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Interesting read!

I’m wondering if you could elaborate on a bit on rules. My gut tells me that PbB would probably be more successful with lighter set of rules. You already highlighted the usefulness of procedures. So I guess rulesets that are procedure heavy or have a clear loop would work better. Any other recommendations as much have or must avoid in PbB?

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I’ve run PbP with mostly rules-lite systems, though I did play in a Dungeon World PbP game that was just fine. And Cairn 2e has some pretty serious wilderness/dungeon crawl procedures that I really rely on in PbPs and in fact made the game work much better!

Procedures are good, actually.

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Great advice/post!

I like the sub-categories channels. Currently hosting multiple games in the one server, so I’ll need to re-jig.

I’ll be testing threads as sub category for Locations, People, etc.
Though you cannot sort them, stacking by creation date first.

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Due in part to Yochai’s pbp proselytizing and leaning heavily on this blog, I kicked off a Black Sword Hack play by post game about a month ago. It’s been a fantastic experience for our little group. Thanks!

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Does anyone do pbp through this forum/discord? I’ve never done it (except for some hazily remembered Warhammer RP in the distant past of 2008), but I reckon it could be fun!

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Not here, but other forums (not typically Discourse) are commonly used. I use Discord for PbP exclusively.

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I didn’t have a ton of interest in PbP. But Yochai’s post has lived rent free in my head for a while and I’m thinking of starting something at work.

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Hi @yochaigal the url for your post changed apparently, resulting in a 404.

Just came back here to say that I’ve been a player in a year long Cairn pbp campaign over on a discord server dedicated to playing RPGs in different languages. The Warden followed your approach and the posts became a delicious part of our daily routine. We played through Rise of the blood olms and an urban crawl through a very troubled capital city on our way to the Stygian Library.

We’re unfortunately in a hiatus because our Warden can’t commit anymore but I’m probably going to offer to run trouble in twin lakes soon.

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Thanks, fixed the link!

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