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Brother Shatterstone
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Crothian said:
Excellent thanks for adding those up for me...
I'm going to stat an excel document to track this cause I often feel like Chicken Little when it comes to PbP anymore. 
Brother Shatterstone
Dark Moderator of PbP
Crothian said:The threads are falling!! THe Threads are falling!!!
Yeah something like that. 
Gomez
First Post
I thought it would be interesting to hear from fellow PBP Game Masters on what is happening in their games.
I am currently running two Call of Cthulhu d20 games.
Masks of Nyarlathotep is my longest running game. I started the game about nine months ago. My players have just about finished Chapter One and are soon to start Chapter Two. The game has really slowed down due to one player being absent and several others posting infrequently. I am really having fun with the game but it's hard to get my players to take the initiative sometimes. I have great players but there is a mountain of clues for them to go over. Hopefully I can get the game going back at its normal pace soon.
Delta Green: Operas and Avatars is a modern day CoC d20 game that I started just about a month or so ago. It is really going well and the games are moving along quickly for a PBP game. The main reason I think that I have 3 different games going with 1-2 players in each game. With one or two players you can really have the game progress quickly. Each game is a separate scenario and when they are finished I plan to merge them together into the main game. I am having a blast and I think my players are too.
I am thinking about joining a game as a player but nothing has started that has caught my interest. I was in a COC d20 game but it petered out early on. I want to GM another game once my Delta Green games merge but I am having a hard time deciding on what type of game. I have 4 or 5 good ideas but it's hard to choose.
Edit: Ok I will try this over here. Brother Shatterstone, sorry about posting in the wrong thread. I had considered doing it here but it seemed to be more about the general state of the pbp boards. Sorry! :\
I am currently running two Call of Cthulhu d20 games.
Masks of Nyarlathotep is my longest running game. I started the game about nine months ago. My players have just about finished Chapter One and are soon to start Chapter Two. The game has really slowed down due to one player being absent and several others posting infrequently. I am really having fun with the game but it's hard to get my players to take the initiative sometimes. I have great players but there is a mountain of clues for them to go over. Hopefully I can get the game going back at its normal pace soon.
Delta Green: Operas and Avatars is a modern day CoC d20 game that I started just about a month or so ago. It is really going well and the games are moving along quickly for a PBP game. The main reason I think that I have 3 different games going with 1-2 players in each game. With one or two players you can really have the game progress quickly. Each game is a separate scenario and when they are finished I plan to merge them together into the main game. I am having a blast and I think my players are too.
I am thinking about joining a game as a player but nothing has started that has caught my interest. I was in a COC d20 game but it petered out early on. I want to GM another game once my Delta Green games merge but I am having a hard time deciding on what type of game. I have 4 or 5 good ideas but it's hard to choose.
Edit: Ok I will try this over here. Brother Shatterstone, sorry about posting in the wrong thread. I had considered doing it here but it seemed to be more about the general state of the pbp boards. Sorry! :\
Erekose13
Explorer
After a few games I was DMing last year had to be closed when I went through some busy times (moving from Japan to Canada, first baby born, that kinda stuff) my attention wained a bit, though I still played in about 10 games at any one time.
Now that things have gotten into more of a routine, I'm down to about what 4 or 5 active games I'm playing in and I have decided to try my hand at DMing again.
I recently started up The Test of Time, a short Arcana Evolved module from Malhavoc Press's site. It has started off with a bang, opening with a very short combat. First swing of the first round = crit = dead opponent. The combat was NPC vs NPC, the PCs didnt make it in time to stop it.
Now that things have gotten into more of a routine, I'm down to about what 4 or 5 active games I'm playing in and I have decided to try my hand at DMing again.
I recently started up The Test of Time, a short Arcana Evolved module from Malhavoc Press's site. It has started off with a bang, opening with a very short combat. First swing of the first round = crit = dead opponent. The combat was NPC vs NPC, the PCs didnt make it in time to stop it.
Knight Otu
First Post
It does seem things are slower these days indeed. I have sometimes joked that I'm cursed in regards to my online games, usually with my DM's dropping of from the face of ENWorld, the most recent case being Serpenteye (I hope he's ok!) with his IR. Then there's GnomeWorks and Uriel, who tried to revive their games.
Several other games are running quite well, though - Kajamba Lion's Eberron game, where I play a mithril-laced Warforged wizard, Vendetta's Dangerous Legacy where I'm an elven swashbuckler, and Manzanita's Search for the goblin HQ with a human wizard (LE in a CG heavy group... not that he plays up the evil part - 1st level wizards aren't in a position for that).
As for the games I run, The Dance of Souls has somehow paused in a conversation, while the Slaves of the Dragon game is waiting for my input (it's coming, don't worry! You should get into kobold-killing/tricking/evading/whatever action pretty soon).
Several other games are running quite well, though - Kajamba Lion's Eberron game, where I play a mithril-laced Warforged wizard, Vendetta's Dangerous Legacy where I'm an elven swashbuckler, and Manzanita's Search for the goblin HQ with a human wizard (LE in a CG heavy group... not that he plays up the evil part - 1st level wizards aren't in a position for that).
As for the games I run, The Dance of Souls has somehow paused in a conversation, while the Slaves of the Dragon game is waiting for my input (it's coming, don't worry! You should get into kobold-killing/tricking/evading/whatever action pretty soon).
doghead
thotd
Game talk
Games I run
I'm currently in the process of reviving my two games from a period of hibernation. For which I am wholly responsible. I was a away for a bit, and work has been a female dog.
Both games are down to two players (from a high of about 8 in one at one time, and four in the other.) and I think that I will run with that. As Gomez mentioned, small party games run much faster so long as the players stick around. And the two I have in each have proven pretty tenatious. That said, I'm always willing to consider requests for places from new players. In general (if I am up to date) current character generation details can be found on the first page.
Both of my games are a somewhat left of center dnd. Both use Ken Hood's Revised Grim'nGritty Rules. Nameless is set in a fairly conventional medieval fanatasy world, but uses a (rather rough and ready) classless generation system. Shamutanti Hills is based on the Steve Jackson book of the same name, and uses psionics rather than magic. The character generation system for Shamutanti is straight from the book (SRD actually).
Games I play in
I am in about 5 or 6 games, only three or four of which are active. It has seemed a little quieter around here lately, with a number of the regulars dropping of the radar. Uriel and Isida are two that spring to mind in my case. I hope things are all ok with them.
General
I came (back) to this thread via Gomez's The State of Play for GMs thread. One of the down sides of PbP is the lack of general interaction, and I was a little disappointed to see it closed. I appreciate Brother Shatterstones interest in keeping the forum as streamlined as possible. Indeed his work generally has been thoughtful and constructive (thanks BS). But for what it is worth, I think a GM discussion thread (perhaps monthly, perhaps quarterly) would be a good thing - a place to get together and chat about various things with others doing something similar. I find GM'ing much more demanding that playing, and think having such a forum (in the general sense) would be helpful when feeling a little flat.
While it is possible to discuss GM'ing stuff here, the scope of this thread is much larger and it focuses on different things. I don't think that a GM Talk thread need be stickied. It would work as a transient thing, coming around on a fairly regular basis.
Anyway, thats my two cents worth. I thought I would mention it and see how others feel. Perhaps there isn't that much interest. But you never know unless you ask.
thotd.
Games I run
I'm currently in the process of reviving my two games from a period of hibernation. For which I am wholly responsible. I was a away for a bit, and work has been a female dog.
Both games are down to two players (from a high of about 8 in one at one time, and four in the other.) and I think that I will run with that. As Gomez mentioned, small party games run much faster so long as the players stick around. And the two I have in each have proven pretty tenatious. That said, I'm always willing to consider requests for places from new players. In general (if I am up to date) current character generation details can be found on the first page.
Both of my games are a somewhat left of center dnd. Both use Ken Hood's Revised Grim'nGritty Rules. Nameless is set in a fairly conventional medieval fanatasy world, but uses a (rather rough and ready) classless generation system. Shamutanti Hills is based on the Steve Jackson book of the same name, and uses psionics rather than magic. The character generation system for Shamutanti is straight from the book (SRD actually).
Games I play in
I am in about 5 or 6 games, only three or four of which are active. It has seemed a little quieter around here lately, with a number of the regulars dropping of the radar. Uriel and Isida are two that spring to mind in my case. I hope things are all ok with them.
General
I came (back) to this thread via Gomez's The State of Play for GMs thread. One of the down sides of PbP is the lack of general interaction, and I was a little disappointed to see it closed. I appreciate Brother Shatterstones interest in keeping the forum as streamlined as possible. Indeed his work generally has been thoughtful and constructive (thanks BS). But for what it is worth, I think a GM discussion thread (perhaps monthly, perhaps quarterly) would be a good thing - a place to get together and chat about various things with others doing something similar. I find GM'ing much more demanding that playing, and think having such a forum (in the general sense) would be helpful when feeling a little flat.
While it is possible to discuss GM'ing stuff here, the scope of this thread is much larger and it focuses on different things. I don't think that a GM Talk thread need be stickied. It would work as a transient thing, coming around on a fairly regular basis.
Anyway, thats my two cents worth. I thought I would mention it and see how others feel. Perhaps there isn't that much interest. But you never know unless you ask.
thotd.
Brother Shatterstone
Dark Moderator of PbP
doghead said:
I guess it could be perceived as a streaming of the forums but really what Gomez was talking about was the same thing I was asking for.
To be honest I didn't really see anything specific for DMs/GMs in it and to be honest I’m not sure how their could be. Your players are in the same forums and theirs no way I can devise a quiet place for you’ll to talk amongst yourself without prying eyes.
So if you can tell me what will be gained by having DM/GM threads and not just general PbP threads, which we’ve had a number of, I’m more than willing to consider them.
Your concern is noted and thanks for carrying,
BS
PbP Mod
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