# Play by Post Tips and Guidelines

**URL:** https://discourse.rpgcauldron.com/t/play-by-post-tips-and-guidelines/577
**Category:** Theory
**Tags:** tools
**Created:** [December 6, 2021, 2:43am UTC](https://discourse.rpgcauldron.com/t/play-by-post-tips-and-guidelines/577 "2021-12-06T02:43:28Z")
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### Author: ![Huffa](https://discourse.rpgcauldron.com/user_avatar/discourse.rpgcauldron.com/huffa/32/606_2.png) [@Huffa](https://discourse.rpgcauldron.com/u/Huffa)
#### Post date: [December 6, 2021, 11:01pm UTC](https://discourse.rpgcauldron.com/t/play-by-post-tips-and-guidelines/577/3 "2021-12-06T23:01:43Z")

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I’ll second Yochai’s channel set up, and Tam’s excellent guide. I think between those two, you’ve got a great basis to begin.

A couple of things that I would add, which build from many of the things Tam discusses:

- A very specific Discord tip: I find it very useful to take advantage of Discord’s ability to link to specific messages to keep notes of important events that happen in the play channel. For example, if an NPC hatches a scheme with a PC. I’ll put that in my notes for that NPC with a link to the message where it happened.

- A much broader note: One of the most distinctive things about PbP is the IRL time scale of the game. There are advantages and disadvantages to that, and it’s good to have those in mind as you play.

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