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<blockquote data-quote="KirayaTiDrekan" data-source="post: 7424701" data-attributes="member: 6755061">If I may offer the perspective of a failed GM...When I first started GMing PbP (as crazy_monkey1956) I had one game, Tragedy at Silvergard, that successfully made it to the end thanks to a combination of a clear end goal (find the abandoned mining town and discover what happened to it) and excellent players.&nbsp; It took us about three years to play from level 1 to 3 in D&amp;D 3.5 if I remember correctly.After that, both as crazy_monkey1956 and my current account (previously known as MasqueradingVampire) I tried doing what EarlyBird is doing and running a lot of games all at once.&nbsp; And they all failed.&nbsp; One of the biggest issues was not having a clear end-goal in mind.&nbsp; My campaign ideas were too open ended and often too vague as well.&nbsp; I also vastly underestimated the amount of time PbP takes and ended up getting impatient.&nbsp; All that said, I never just vanished.&nbsp; I always informed the players when I burned out and closed the game.&nbsp; I think, if I stuck to what made Tragedy at Silvergard work (and got lucky with getting good players), I could give it another go.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="KirayaTiDrekan, post: 7424701, member: 6755061"] If I may offer the perspective of a failed GM... When I first started GMing PbP (as crazy_monkey1956) I had one game, Tragedy at Silvergard, that successfully made it to the end thanks to a combination of a clear end goal (find the abandoned mining town and discover what happened to it) and excellent players. It took us about three years to play from level 1 to 3 in D&D 3.5 if I remember correctly. After that, both as crazy_monkey1956 and my current account (previously known as MasqueradingVampire) I tried doing what EarlyBird is doing and running a lot of games all at once. And they all failed. One of the biggest issues was not having a clear end-goal in mind. My campaign ideas were too open ended and often too vague as well. I also vastly underestimated the amount of time PbP takes and ended up getting impatient. All that said, I never just vanished. I always informed the players when I burned out and closed the game. I think, if I stuck to what made Tragedy at Silvergard work (and got lucky with getting good players), I could give it another go. [/QUOTE]

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