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<blockquote data-quote="IronWolf" data-source="post: 5909049" data-attributes="member: 21076"><p>This would have been a good topic for the main General Discussion forum where it would have seen more traffic.</p><p></p><p>We've been doing something similar to this since our group started back in 2005-ish. We have a message board setup that I maintain for between session play. The message board has a strictly OOC, non-gaming portion, a IC forum for the campaign we are currently playing, an OOC forum related to the campaign we are currently playing and each player has their private forum shared with the GM at the time.</p><p></p><p>We cover all manner of topics between sessions. Sometimes it is just the splitting of loot, for Kingmaker it was the kingdom building portion, etc. Other times we make significant plot advancements or setup in the IC forums. We generally have all sorts of side interests getting covered in the private player forums. </p><p></p><p>It has worked really well for us. Some of us post daily between sessions and end up with a quite involved side story or NPC interaction. Others don't have the time or inclination, but it only results in a less in-depth side story for their character.</p><p></p><p>Most recently the GM pulled off a very cool scene by using the private forum for one of the players who is an enforcer/debt collector on the side for a major bank in the city. The GM set it up prior to our last session that that player was going to be collecting a debt during our in-game session. Turns out, it was my character he was collecting the debt from much to everyone's surprise. It worked out really well and was largely possible because of the between session play we can get in over the message boards.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="IronWolf, post: 5909049, member: 21076"] This would have been a good topic for the main General Discussion forum where it would have seen more traffic. We've been doing something similar to this since our group started back in 2005-ish. We have a message board setup that I maintain for between session play. The message board has a strictly OOC, non-gaming portion, a IC forum for the campaign we are currently playing, an OOC forum related to the campaign we are currently playing and each player has their private forum shared with the GM at the time. We cover all manner of topics between sessions. Sometimes it is just the splitting of loot, for Kingmaker it was the kingdom building portion, etc. Other times we make significant plot advancements or setup in the IC forums. We generally have all sorts of side interests getting covered in the private player forums. It has worked really well for us. Some of us post daily between sessions and end up with a quite involved side story or NPC interaction. Others don't have the time or inclination, but it only results in a less in-depth side story for their character. Most recently the GM pulled off a very cool scene by using the private forum for one of the players who is an enforcer/debt collector on the side for a major bank in the city. The GM set it up prior to our last session that that player was going to be collecting a debt during our in-game session. Turns out, it was my character he was collecting the debt from much to everyone's surprise. It worked out really well and was largely possible because of the between session play we can get in over the message boards. [/QUOTE]
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