PbP Sandbox Game Recruitment (Closed)

Okay, we’ll say you’re the first.

if you can suffer my english count me in!

I’m sure it’d be just fine. That’s two…

I’m here.

If you’re there, then we’re here. That’s three…

I can make four!

So, I’ve never played by post before. What’s the conventions and expectations?

1.) No one whose forum name I can’t pronounce is allowed to join, so you’re right out!

2.) Make sure you subscribe to the thread(s) so that you’ll receive notification when a post is made about the game.

2.) Try to post once per day whenever possible.

3.) Do your best to let us know if and when you’ll need a hiatus.

4.) Be aware that PbP games are terribly slow - a single combat can easily take a week or more - so it’s a bit of a longer term commitment.

5.) Any torture or sexuality (or other adult content I’m forgetting to mention) will be glossed over (e.g. “You forcefully coerce the Goblin, and it reveals how many of its clan live in the cave…” or, “The two of them head to the room, closing the door behind them. They emerge more than an hour later, dishevelled.”).

6.) Be considerate of other players, and make every effort not to be offensive. On the flip side…

7.) Remember that what is said in the In-Character thread is not the player talking, but their Character.

8.) Deal with any disagreement or discussion in either the Out-of-Character thread, or via PM. Please DO NOT disrupt the game for everyone over a disagreement.

We might need to slow down, I’m running out of fingers.

I’m very interested if there’s room.

Alright, that’s five. I guess that’s it, as I’m out of finge-WHOAH! There’s a whole other hand of fingers over here!

By the way: you are number six, should you so choose.

Sure, let’s try this out.

Co-when is how I say it. I also answer to “cone”, “wats-his-face” and “hey, stop that”.

For what it’s worth (i.e. not much), for mine: just imagine saying “blah-blah-blah” as quickly as you can.

Want a sixth?

No, I already have six. You may settle for number seven, if you wish.

We’re full up, by the way. Sort of. It’s possible there’ll be one more. Someone I took pity on and offered a spot to out of compassion. They’ll probably be along shortly.

I see our last player has trouble following instructions. Nevertheless, we’re full for now. I’ll change the topic title if and when space opens up.

Not to toot my own horn, but I wrote up some posts here (http://www.unseenservant.us/forum/viewtopic.php?f=32&t=1520) about stuff I’ve learned running pbp games. I never got a chance to condense/clean it up, but I think it is a pretty good overview; even though it is focused on running games, it has what I consider to be some good advice for players.

The #1 piece of advice I can give to new players is to make sure every single post* you make does something to advance the game. If it doesn’t – regardless of how much “role-playing” it adds – it is, in my mind, a pretty useless post. Nothing infuriates me more as a DM than people posting without meaningful content. If there is a choice to be made by the party (“do we go left or right”), I firmly believe that subsequent posts should address this choice, so the game can be moved on. Successful pbp gaming requires that players have opinions and not be afraid to share them (“I’ll go along with the rest of the party” is essentially a meaningless post, if made before a decision is reached, because it does nothing to actually move things forward).

*Note that if you’re posting multiple times per day this does not necessarily hold true.

Thanks! I’m reading it now, and it looks pretty good. I need all the help I can get.