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<blockquote data-quote="Storminator" data-source="post: 156111" data-attributes="member: 305"><p>I've been running a PBeM for nearly two years now, and another for just under a year. Here are the important points I've found:</p><p></p><p>1) Get the right players. You'll talk to these people ALL THE TIME! I get as much correspondence from games as I do from all my other friends combined. Make sure you like these people.</p><p></p><p>2) Roll your own! Dice that is. As DM I roll all the dice. It's much faster, and there aren't any issues. Trust me on this, it's great.</p><p></p><p>3) And they'll go on vacation! We've had babies born, people graduate from college, family members die, jobs change, and players get married during those two years. And lots and lots of vacations. Be ready for breaks in the game, and be prepared to move the game forward without waiting for a player if you have to.</p><p></p><p>4) Keep track of everything. You have the entire game archived as text, don't throw a scrap away. Not only is it a journal, you'll need the reference material. PBeM is slow. You WILL forget what happened. </p><p></p><p>5) Get an email list. I use Yahoo, but I'm sure there are others you can try. Before I had the list people would Reply instead of Reply All, and others would miss posts, then I have to forward things around, and people would get confused. The list is much better, and it allows people to lurk in the game. Set them up to receive without being able to post, and all your friends and fans will follow your every move!</p><p></p><p>6) I could go on and on, but I'll stop with this last point. Have patience. PBeM is slow no matter what you do. My game has been going for two years, and I'm pretty sure I haven't had a week long break in posting yet, but my PCs are only 3rd level. It's the nature of the beast that a scene that takes half an hour face to face can be 6 weeks of posting. So just relax and have fun!</p><p></p><p>I have a little site dedicated to my PBeM. The Chapters are simply the emails all strung together, so you can see our posting style quite clearly. </p><p></p><p><a href="http://fomoss.rpgoffice.com/" target="_blank">http://fomoss.rpgoffice.com/</a></p><p></p><p>I'll also set you up as a lurker if you're interested.</p><p></p><p>PS</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Storminator, post: 156111, member: 305"] I've been running a PBeM for nearly two years now, and another for just under a year. Here are the important points I've found: 1) Get the right players. You'll talk to these people ALL THE TIME! I get as much correspondence from games as I do from all my other friends combined. Make sure you like these people. 2) Roll your own! Dice that is. As DM I roll all the dice. It's much faster, and there aren't any issues. Trust me on this, it's great. 3) And they'll go on vacation! We've had babies born, people graduate from college, family members die, jobs change, and players get married during those two years. And lots and lots of vacations. Be ready for breaks in the game, and be prepared to move the game forward without waiting for a player if you have to. 4) Keep track of everything. You have the entire game archived as text, don't throw a scrap away. Not only is it a journal, you'll need the reference material. PBeM is slow. You WILL forget what happened. 5) Get an email list. I use Yahoo, but I'm sure there are others you can try. Before I had the list people would Reply instead of Reply All, and others would miss posts, then I have to forward things around, and people would get confused. The list is much better, and it allows people to lurk in the game. Set them up to receive without being able to post, and all your friends and fans will follow your every move! 6) I could go on and on, but I'll stop with this last point. Have patience. PBeM is slow no matter what you do. My game has been going for two years, and I'm pretty sure I haven't had a week long break in posting yet, but my PCs are only 3rd level. It's the nature of the beast that a scene that takes half an hour face to face can be 6 weeks of posting. So just relax and have fun! I have a little site dedicated to my PBeM. The Chapters are simply the emails all strung together, so you can see our posting style quite clearly. [url]http://fomoss.rpgoffice.com/[/url] I'll also set you up as a lurker if you're interested. PS [/QUOTE]
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