D&D 5E 5e Play by Post

[GameDoc]

Has anyone tried it out yet, and if so what are your experiences?

The only time I tried 4e, it was difficult due to the inherent grid-based elements. I really didn't want to invest the resources into mapping and imaging tools needed to create the visuals with each round.

With the return to Theater of the Mind, I thought 5e might be better suited to PbP.

 

[Daern]

Im running a game by email now. Its going really well. I've tried PbP via message boards and it hasn't worked for me. Posting is too sporadic to go to a particular page all the time.

 

[KirayaTiDrekan]

There's a couple of PbPs starting up or already started over in EN World's Talking the Talk forum. I'll be starting up one myself in September.

I am also playing in a 5E PbP on another forum and its going pretty smoothly. As long as the DM describes the scene thoroughly, there's not usually any visualization issues.

 

[mips42]

I'm currently running one and I find that, for a lot of things, TotM works really well in PbP. You and your players need to be diligent about descriptions as far as where you/they are, where they are going and what they're doing.
Can you run combat purely TotM? Yep. Does a map help? Yep.


As for programs you could use for mapping, GIMP is more than sufficient and free.

 

[Ari Kanen]

We've had a few PbP games going over on our Adventurer's League google group. If your interested you can check it out here: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/dnd-adventurers-league-online-collective

 

[Dariusknight]

I'd also be interested in playing either a Play by Post or Play by Email campaign for D&D 5e if there are still any up and running?

 

[wedgeski]

I'd also be interested in playing either a Play by Post or Play by Email campaign for D&D 5e if there are still any up and running?

As someone up-thread noted, the Talking the Talk forum almost always has open calls for new players. Good luck and have fun.