DungeonmasterCal
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My group has a Yahoo newsgroup page that's been going on for almost 3 years now. It doesn't get near the traffic it used to, but we've got over 6000 posts on it now.
Do you have a website for your campaign?
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CronoDekar
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First to questions kinda go together -- I put up a website mainly as for easy-access to campaign information and other stuff. So far, it's got session logs (we play on IRC), a list of treasure by session (I Monty Haul so badly, but my players don't seem to mind), a list of significant NPCs, references to certain things in the SRD which we might need on the spot, a list of house rules, and links to various related sites. I've also taken up writing up prose epilogues after adventures to give the players information on what happened afterward and to foreshadow for future sessions.
I also had a very, very short-lived d20m campaign where I put a fake webpage on the space that was important to the adventure. The players really liked that.
I don't want to give the link here because it's on a server with relatively low bandwidth and because I'm not certain the guy wants his server publically known. However, it's pretty much what I mentioned above in very, very simple HTML, so you're not missing a whole lot.
I also had a very, very short-lived d20m campaign where I put a fake webpage on the space that was important to the adventure. The players really liked that.
I don't want to give the link here because it's on a server with relatively low bandwidth and because I'm not certain the guy wants his server publically known. However, it's pretty much what I mentioned above in very, very simple HTML, so you're not missing a whole lot.
diaglo
Adventurer
the Jester said:
smartgroups also had hosting.
and msngroups too.
i've used a bunch since i got on the internet.
yahoo groups tho has been very useful for me. if you go to the gamers seeking gamers forum and look for my thread... you can find the one for the current campaign.
of course, it is OD&D(1974)
nopantsyet
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Why did you decide to make a website for your campaign?
What type of content do you include on your site?
Do you mind posting a link? I always like to stea...umm, I mean look at what people have created.
I've kept one with some inconsistency for about three years. Then I moved to a Yahoo group, which was okay. I've started keeping a web site in earnest for the past year. I started using a forum like this. I've got a handful of forums for various topics. I'd post the link, but it wouldn't do you any good since it's by password access only. We post phone numbers, addreses and shoe sizes on the site, so it's a privacy concern--try to keep that stuff out of Google.
But here are the forums we've got:
The Town Crier's Soap Box Announcements, scheduling, etc. Everybody receives an email when there is a new post to this board.
The Marketplace General discussion here--whatever comes up.
Chronicle of Legends Campaign history, written by the players with occasional contributions from me. A different player gets assigned to write an entry each session. They usually write it from the perspective of their character, which makes it a fun read.
Gods and Monsters I write most of this, mainly because I don't want to have to remember and re-describe past NPCs and locales when the players want to remember something. So every month or two I'll drop entries in for a few of the NPCs the party met, or new locations they discovered. Some of them are significant, many are not. I only put basic information in, and leave it to the players to remember or append anything else they think is important. Usually they just post things like, "I am so going to kill this bastard!"
The High Court Rules discussions, sometimes related to events in the game, sometimes just general interest. Also houses the One House Rule.
I have really liked having this. It has helped take off of my shoulders a lot of the burden or recording and remembering, of which I was doing a lot before. Trying to maintaining a web site was added work on top of that. This has made it easy to jot down a few notes here and there, and let the players take some of the burden themselves.
I just recently added 3EProfiler as a common repository for all PC character sheets, and I've started using it for NPCs as well. That is a great tool!
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What type of content do you include on your site?
Do you mind posting a link? I always like to stea...umm, I mean look at what people have created.
I've kept one with some inconsistency for about three years. Then I moved to a Yahoo group, which was okay. I've started keeping a web site in earnest for the past year. I started using a forum like this. I've got a handful of forums for various topics. I'd post the link, but it wouldn't do you any good since it's by password access only. We post phone numbers, addreses and shoe sizes on the site, so it's a privacy concern--try to keep that stuff out of Google.
But here are the forums we've got:
The Town Crier's Soap Box Announcements, scheduling, etc. Everybody receives an email when there is a new post to this board.
The Marketplace General discussion here--whatever comes up.
Chronicle of Legends Campaign history, written by the players with occasional contributions from me. A different player gets assigned to write an entry each session. They usually write it from the perspective of their character, which makes it a fun read.
Gods and Monsters I write most of this, mainly because I don't want to have to remember and re-describe past NPCs and locales when the players want to remember something. So every month or two I'll drop entries in for a few of the NPCs the party met, or new locations they discovered. Some of them are significant, many are not. I only put basic information in, and leave it to the players to remember or append anything else they think is important. Usually they just post things like, "I am so going to kill this bastard!"
The High Court Rules discussions, sometimes related to events in the game, sometimes just general interest. Also houses the One House Rule.
I have really liked having this. It has helped take off of my shoulders a lot of the burden or recording and remembering, of which I was doing a lot before. Trying to maintaining a web site was added work on top of that. This has made it easy to jot down a few notes here and there, and let the players take some of the burden themselves.
I just recently added 3EProfiler as a common repository for all PC character sheets, and I've started using it for NPCs as well. That is a great tool!
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Cithindril
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My group has a website and an EZBoard forum. Unfortunately it's also member-exclusive at the moment. I actually run a D20 Scarred Lands table-top game as well as a PBP game in the forums and the website contains general campaign information, maps, character information and links to SSS, WotC, etc, for both.
We've subsquently begun Eberron and Vampire:the Requiem PBP games on the forum as well. My initial gaming group detonated due to career changes/moves about a year ago and this lets all the old bubbas get together on a regular basis to play. PBP is definately a different dynamic but has its' strengths...I like having the extra time to flesh out area descriptions and the rationale behind character actions. It's been an enjoyable story for all of the participants and is going strong.
PEACE!
We've subsquently begun Eberron and Vampire:the Requiem PBP games on the forum as well. My initial gaming group detonated due to career changes/moves about a year ago and this lets all the old bubbas get together on a regular basis to play. PBP is definately a different dynamic but has its' strengths...I like having the extra time to flesh out area descriptions and the rationale behind character actions. It's been an enjoyable story for all of the participants and is going strong.
PEACE!
Invictikore
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Yes, for both of our campaigns
We use www.ghoulgamers.com, a website for gamrs in the Louisville, KY area (never mind that we are based in Toledo, OH). It's largely a messageboard with topics covering all variety of games and teh campaigns run by various members. We use the site mostly to keep up with what we are going to play, experience points, accounts of past sessions, etc. It's not really very personalized and would be a better source of information if more members of the group used it regularly.
One of the chief benefits is that I can peek in on others' games and steal ideas for my own.
Chad
One of the chief benefits is that I can peek in on others' games and steal ideas for my own.
Chad
Brother Ezra
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Essential
I run a group website through Yahoo! Groups, and I've found it to be indespensible. The website serves a number of purposes:
1. A central repository of all campaign-related issues and information (campaign background, house rules, copies of documents found by the players, etc.)
2. A place where game summaries can be stored. All players have access to the campaign logs and can review information therein (or if they missed the game, so see what happened while they were gone)
3. A very quick and easy way to communicate with all players. Scheduling, announcements, opinions, and even some role-playing can all be accomplished through the group website.
I started the website at the inception of my current campaign, and would really recommend such a resource to any DM who is managing a campaign. Best of all, it's free, and can store up to 20 MB of information. So far, I've only utilized about 75% of the free space available, but some house cleaning is occasionally needed, in order to not max out the space on the website.
My group is restricted to members only, in order to cut down on spam and unrelated posts, so I can't post a link, unfortunately.
I run a group website through Yahoo! Groups, and I've found it to be indespensible. The website serves a number of purposes:
1. A central repository of all campaign-related issues and information (campaign background, house rules, copies of documents found by the players, etc.)
2. A place where game summaries can be stored. All players have access to the campaign logs and can review information therein (or if they missed the game, so see what happened while they were gone)
3. A very quick and easy way to communicate with all players. Scheduling, announcements, opinions, and even some role-playing can all be accomplished through the group website.
I started the website at the inception of my current campaign, and would really recommend such a resource to any DM who is managing a campaign. Best of all, it's free, and can store up to 20 MB of information. So far, I've only utilized about 75% of the free space available, but some house cleaning is occasionally needed, in order to not max out the space on the website.
My group is restricted to members only, in order to cut down on spam and unrelated posts, so I can't post a link, unfortunately.
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