Time zone problems with recruiting

[Rhun]

The last one is the most important. More games die because players/DM disappear than any other cause, so its very important to me to minimize that.

QFT. Proving yourself as a dedicated player here on the boards can also be key to making sure you get spots in a game. I don't think anyone is opposed to letting newbies into their games, but because of how much work it takes a DM a PBP, a lot of us will look at player background. If you are known for dropping games and unannounced disappearances, you may find that people stop letting you into their games.

 

[s@squ@tch]

Thankfully, I'm down to 5-6 players per game, which is about my preferred maximum.

Pfft - amateur!

 

[Rhun]

Pfft - amateur!

Hey, my Ravenloft game has 8!

 

[HolyMan]

Off to War is up to 7 could have been 8 but lost one during the down time last month. And when all is said and done would like it to be around 15-20 which will be hard I know but I was hoping they would form a special combat group in the army and the epic battle will have all them in it at once but for now I'm planning submissions with little groups so it is like running 2-3 games at once with the same goals.

HM

 

[Rhun]

Off to War is up to 7 could have been 8 but lost one during the down time last month. And when all is said and done would like it to be around 15-20 which will be hard I know but I was hoping they would form a special combat group in the army and the epic battle will have all them in it at once but for now I'm planning submissions with little groups so it is like running 2-3 games at once with the same goals.

Still, ugh. If you have 15-20 PCs that you are waiting on to post each round of combat, your game will go NOWHERE. You'll definitely have to put some hard rules in play...like you have 24 hours to post, and then you NPC the character that hasn't had a post for it yet. Otherwise that is far to unwieldy for PBP.

 

[HolyMan]

I am going to start small skirmish battles at first to see how things run because I'll have them post two rounds at a time with the second post being like if a happens I do this if b happens i do that. And I may end up rolling most saves and things for people also nothing more fustrating for others than waiting on one guy to make a save. A 24 hours to post may be a good ideal but will know more when I have playtested some other mass combats hey that gives me an ideal for a thread... lol

Your still welcome to bring in your ranger at anytime Rhun always space for one more

HM

 

[Rhun]

Appreciate it, HolyMan. If I continue to find myself with plenty of time to post, I may just reconsider the game!

(Assuming EN World stays up - it was down for at least a couple of hours last night, which I found annoying.)

 

[HolyMan]

I noticed that too glad it wasn't like the last time. I better set up aome alternate plans if things go south again for a week or more need to keep players happy (and me of course).