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<blockquote data-quote="Dr Simon" data-source="post: 5120611" data-attributes="member: 21938">Keep things moving.I don't think you need any specific rules mods (I play pretty much by the book), but don't be afraid to post actions for a character who hasn't responded for a while. Maps are *extremely* useful for running any kind of complex combat, otherwise its very easy to forget who is where, fighting what, over the course of a PbP fight.In fact, take that and run with it - it's extremely easy to forget who, what and why for everything with the extended time course. Keep each individual adventure quite short and simple, and you'll keep interest up. Example: I've seen a few attempts to run Shackled City on these boards, but as soon as they get to Jzadirune (big dungeon crawl), the game stalls. I'm impressed by Strahd for maintaining not only Temple of Elemental Evil but also Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth.Useful housekeeping tip:Reserve the first couple of posts in your OOC thread so that you can add in NPCs, treasure found and other details as they come up.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dr Simon, post: 5120611, member: 21938"] Keep things moving. I don't think you need any specific rules mods (I play pretty much by the book), but don't be afraid to post actions for a character who hasn't responded for a while. Maps are *extremely* useful for running any kind of complex combat, otherwise its very easy to forget who is where, fighting what, over the course of a PbP fight. In fact, take that and run with it - it's extremely easy to forget who, what and why for [I]everything[/I] with the extended time course. Keep each individual adventure quite short and simple, and you'll keep interest up. Example: I've seen a few attempts to run Shackled City on these boards, but as soon as they get to Jzadirune (big dungeon crawl), the game stalls. I'm impressed by Strahd for maintaining not only Temple of Elemental Evil but also Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth. Useful housekeeping tip: Reserve the first couple of posts in your OOC thread so that you can add in NPCs, treasure found and other details as they come up. [/QUOTE]

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