The Play By Post FAQ: Last Updated 11/16/03

Nadaka · Apr 23, 2013

Is the die roller at invisiblecastle.com down? I am getting 503's. If y'all need an alternative, I am moving the old Nadaka's DiceBox online die roller to a new location and upgraded hardware/software. Its still a work in progress, but its functional. http://dicebox.org/Dice/Roll/List for a list of existing rolls or http://dicebox.org/Dice/Roll pr http://dicebox.org/Dice/Roll/Classic to create a new roll.

RunGord · Sep 8, 2013

Formatting, especially customized spoiler blocks

Sure, I have a question. Looking at other's posts I often see fancy customized spoiler blocks. There's aren't on the BBC Code list and I can't find any more advanced help on how to format a post

OOC:

This isn't it

RunGord · Sep 8, 2013

RunGord said:
Sure, I have a question. Looking at other's posts I often see fancy customized spoiler blocks.

OK, I found out by googling until I found this thread... http://www.enworld.org/forum/showth...to-click-Show-to-see-it&p=6179108#post6179108

mips42 · Jul 12, 2014

Question I did not see an answer to: When creating a thread it gives an option for a campaign page where all your stuff is but I do not see anywhere to actually do it or any info as to how.

Thanks in advance.

ktkenshinx · Nov 6, 2014

What advice do people have regarding die rollers for the PbP adventures? It looks like http://invisiblecastle.com/ is the option of choice for most groups.

Leif · Feb 26, 2015

ktkenshinx said:
What advice do people have regarding die rollers for the PbP adventures? It looks like http://invisiblecastle.com/ is the option of choice for most groups.

Here are some other online dice-rollers:

Coyote Code

Online Die Roller

Moosh.net's online dice roller

Brandon Blackmoor's Secure Dice

Those are the alternatives to The 'Castle that I've been able to locate.

Forged Fury · Feb 26, 2015

There's also:

Orokos

It has some nice automated features for playing other games that have different rules regarding dice.

narayan · Dec 27, 2019

I have a question regarding copyrighted material. I am interested to start an ALIEN RPG play-by-post, which unlike prior games I've run is a brand new game system. (Thanks for the Podcast review btw Morrus, good stuff)

Normally if this were a live game, we'd just pass the books around the table and share em that way. However, being that it's play-by-post, sharing the books requires digital access to .pdf copies. Besides that, any images in the books that would be useful to post as 'visual aids' such as maps, portraits, drawings of places, installations, vehicles etc. would be very helpful for the players.

Seems like the use of the material in this way to play the game is exactly what it's intended for, but I just wanted to ask to be sure. Play-by-post games are somewhat unique in the way they are run and given how involved ENWorld is with Kickstarters and advertising for new game material in general, I didn't want to set a precedent that would disrespect the wishes of this site or the publisher.