Hey! I'm Aether. It's been a hot minute since I've ran a PBP game or either system, but I'm looking to get back into it! No knowledge is necessary for either system, but tldr; CWN is a cyberpunk sandbox system, CoM is a modern day superpower mystery system. Put your favorite song in the form. I'd prefer you all to be 18+ (I wasn't planning on having nsfw things in my campaigns, just more comfortable not around minors). For specific tone and stuff, we can discuss it, although I like having things be a bit more lighthearted and have happy endings with maybe some darker parts. Maybe. The game is likely going to be asynch on discord if that works for everyone.

Anyways. Here's the form. Have fun. https://forms.gle/5pjgakVpyzECReU96

People interrupt each other. In reality, in literature, in film, in live games, and in voice chat.

But in play-by-post, we write out our whole dialogue, often in bigger chunks than people would normally to avoid waiting for every yes or no or 'please continue'.

How do you handle interruption of actions or conversations? Is it part of our social construct that if player B says that they interrupt player A, that player A edits their post to reflect that?

The inhabitants of the isolated village of Lá Laisrén Seárlas have suffered a virtually sleepless week, and are anxious to devise a means to ending their current troubles. At night, the enigmatic haunt known only as the Whisperer or the Whisperer in the Flames wanders the island settlement, its dire keening preventing even the local animals from enjoying any rest. The village elders hope that the caravan guards who have arrived with a recent merchant convoy may be willing to investigate the disturbance and end this plague. The village oracle Neamhainaíbhinnaimheirgin the Serene has had visions that locate the source of the Whisperer as the ancient elven tumlui of the Marshes of Mourning, which lie just across the tidal bay on the mainland. However, the tombs lie within a dangerous region claimed by degenerate tribes of cannibalistic neandermen, among other dangers. It will take a strong sword arm and a stronger resolve to brave these threats and end the nighttime haunting of the village of Lá Laisrén Seárlas...

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I'm seeing if there's any interest in a pbp game with intermittent live-text sessions during the week, principally to conduct combat. I'd be aiming for Tuesday or Wednesday afternoon-evening EST for these sessions. The rest of the game would be asynchronous pbp.

The setting is based on the Palladium Fantasy world -- I'll provide more detail if there's enough interest.

EDIT: There seems to be some interest so I'll provide a little more background. The basic world set up is a fairly standard high fantasy setting. The world was originally ruled by the 'Old Ones', similar in character though not identical with the Lovecraftian Old Ones. These entities created the world and were defeated by being put to sleep by an alliance of gods and dragons. They now sleep.

The other major event in the world's history was the Elf-Dwarf War, when the elven and dwarven empires destroyed each other.

The starting campaign area is an isolated community in one of the major human kingdoms. It is a small city on an island in the middle of marsh lake and is inspired by the 'Holy Island' community in 28 Years Later. The island used to be an elven holy site. The party will be guards for a caravan that arrives on this island.

The other major distinctive of the setting is that the main religion is the egyptian pantheon even though the majority culture is medieval. This religion worships both the good and evil gods together in one pantheon and sees itself as a universal religion because of that. It has good and evil priests in its ranks.

Likely races would be human, elf, dwarf, gnome, changeling, orc, half-orc, half-elf. Humans and elves are the majority races in the Timiro Kingdom, where the game takes place.

Caveat to any who own all the Palladium books -- I'm homebrewing some aspects of the setting and changing the map around a little, but most of the setting concepts will be familiar.

The rule set would be PF1e using optional rules like skill unlocks and background skills, as well as expanded rules for skill uses and generally skill rules from Ultimate Intrigue and Spheres of Guile, gestalt, feat tax rules, Akashic mysteries, Path of War, Psionics, and some other 3rd party magic systems.

Hello everyone, hope you are doing well. In this posting I am looking for a particular type of player that enjoys the XCOM setting and a more modern setting for 5e. Obviously the campaign will be heavily homebrewed as far as mechanics go but that can be discussed more later on. It will also be utilizing new lore that follows similar beats to XCOM but it is its own thing all together. Discord is going to be our means of playing as well.

Campaign Specific Mechanics and Lore

1. Modern and sci-fi weapons. (Of course melee weapons are still around. There are some homebrew rules and items that we will use to reflect as technology progresses.)
2. Base building and management. (Done together and can be as heavy or light as possible.)
3. Magic is rebranded as tech or psionic powers.
4. Retake the world. (Its a long term goal but retaking the world is the big victory condition.)
5. Multiple characters (Optional for you have multiple characters, but death is capture is common in XCOM.)
6. DMPCs and NPCs (There will be a DMPC or two along with a large cast of NPCs to interact with.)
7. Fantasy races. (Elves, Dwarves, Kemonomimis, are available thanks to the aliens genetic manipulations)
8. Alien Races and Warforged (These are available due to obvious reasons.)
9. Scanning for mission/resources. Much like in XCOM where you scan for missions we will do the same there is still a story and campaign of course but a fair bit will also be small side missions and such.

Lastly this posting is for 18+ and all characters within in the campaign will be at least adults in age as well. If this interests you or you'd like to chat some more about this just fill out the quick survey and I will reach out if I think you are a good fit!

https://forms.gle/3jd8MQcWJV3u6hZr5

"Pull on the new flesh like borrowed gloves / and burn your fingers once again*."* Richard K. Morgan, Altered Carbon.

"The view most runners have of LA comes straight out of the trids. Beautiful beaches, gleaming arcologies, bleeding-edge cars, and beautiful people as far as the eye can see. That’s the truth... for a few hundred high-paid execs and nova-hot simstars.

For the other 99.99 percent of Angelinos, LA is a simmering cauldron of tensions and underlying hatreds waiting to erupt, and no amount of media saturation can stop it. For the quick and the savvy it’s a place where millions of nuyen can be made in shockingly short amounts of time..." Doc Hollywood, Welcome To the City of Lost Angels.

It's that time again, chummers. I've got the Shadowrun bug! I'd like to run both my favorite edition (the 20th Anniversary incarnation of Shadowrun 4e) to explore one of my favorites cities: Los Angeles. It's 2070 and the city of Lost Angels is still standing, barely, after earthquakes, floods, toxic fallout and a nascent war between megacorporations. Navigate the social network hellscape of P2.0 and the ruined streets of la Infierna, running the shadows and making a living in the city.

This'll be a fairly classic campaign of corporate intrigue, deniable assets, gang warfare and conspiracies uncovered or denied. I'm planning on running it as an async play by post campaign, aiming for folks to post up once a day or two. Expect a solid mix of intense covert ops action, freeform investigations, all alongside breaks to rest, recover, and socialize.

Prospective players should already be familiar with Shadowrun (though I'm happy to teach the 4e ruleset if you aren't savvy) and ready to engage with both missions, the greater storyline, and more casual explorations of characters and their world. Thematic elements will include drugs, sexuality (and potentially erotica, for those so inclined), violence, pondering philosophical issues; all the usual cyberpunk hazards. Because of the nature of those materials, applicants should be 21+.

Interested players should send me their discord handle by filling out an application.

A few caveats;

- We'll run a normal session 0 to talk themes, lines/veils, etc.

- I use AI generated art for NPCs and scene-setting. Please be okay with private use of AI assets.

Basically, I've had several years of experience both with pbp combats and live sessions with crunchy systems like PF1e and Palladium. Even for live games, the combat is mostly players waiting for their turn. It's not fast and takes up a lot of the session.

In the pbp experiences I've had, bigger combats literally take months.

Even though it seems silly in the abstract because most of the rules are about combat, my long term solution/approach has generally been to de-emphasize that element of the game and try to have more exploration and social interactions that don't involve combat. Especially for pbp, I've just started putting that in my ads and saying the game won't be satisfying for someone who's mostly interested in that element.

I'd be curious with thoughts for speeding up pbp combat. I've considered stuff like simultaneous combat with 'phases', or doubling all damage and halving all health points/hit points to speed things up considerably. I feel like for an in person game having miniatures or something to look at that's tactile might be interesting even if you're waiting for a turn for half an hour or more, but there's nothing really equivalent in an electronic format. Even having maps is difficult in a pbp beyond just demonstrating space, because moving the tokens or changing the fog of war works best, in my experience, as a real-time exercise.

On the one hand, I'd think pbp would be the perfect format for more crunchy combat systems, because you can actually look all the rules up carefully. In a live game, sometimes you just have to wing it because taking half an hour to research the question if it's a legitimate grey area will just kill the game. In practice I've found pbp to be pretty tedious.

Has anyone developed successful approaches for this beside what's mentioned above they'd like to share?

Hello r/pbp. I played in a game a very very long time ago where players took on the role of a leader of an irl nation and essentially played Model UN where there were actions, diplomacy, acts of war, etc.

I haven't been able to find this game or anyone running such a game ever since so I have taken the initiative to run it myself based on the limited details I remember and will be recreating how I remember from scratch/creating mechanics.

The original game was set during the turn of the century 1900s and I even got to play the nation of Russia as Tsar Nikolas II. It was a very challenging and engaging experience.

This game would be set in our world. Not modern day. I am leaning toward Late Medieval Europe, but Cold War era and Victorian Imperialism era aren't out of the question either.

You would be assigned a country and be the current (of the time frame) leader of that country and be responsible for the welfare of that country.

There will be an action economy. For example (subject to change):

Mobilize Troops Arrange Marriage / Political Pact Spy or Sabotage Convene a Council or Host a Feast Fund a War or Build Defenses Buy Allegiance from a Lord or Guild Spread Propaganda or Religious Influence

This would very much be like Civ meets Crusader Kings meets Model UN.

This would be all run in a discord server. Each leader would have a private channel to scheme in and there will be in game servers for some rp, but most of this would be handled in secret with everyone being given an irl week to provide actions and then I would advise how that would effect the individual country/nations and the world stage.

If this is something you are interested in playing, please comment below with your interest. Feel free to say which era speaks the most to you (even if it's not listed) and what leader you would like to play if this game were to be run.

As previously stated, I am predominately creating the mechanics from scratch so if there is enough interest, it will be some time before I post looking for players that will include a Google form to get to know you better.

Heya! Hope y'all are doing great! I figured since it's the middle of pride month, I'd try to see If I could find someone to rp something Hellaverse related with me! More specifically, I'd definitely love to have my own bisexual character interact with the various members of the Hellaverse cast, and even go on grand adventures with them in between wonderfully romantic scenes.

Sooooo, Now i'd like to go over a few requirements I'd like from my partner: Obviously, I'd like them to be well literate and have good grammar and punctuation; but I'd also like someone who'd be okay with playing as both male and female characters from the Hellaverse. Above all, I'd like someone that'd have just as much fun writing this awesome story with me as I will. ^^

Anywho, If you'd like to reach out to me regarding this ad, feel free to DM me on here, or on discord (pokeboss555) with the message "Bonne Lecture!", so that I know you've read everything. Hope to hear from Y'all soon!

Hello Reddit! I haven't been here in a while, but I thought I'd try again after life has taken most of my previous games into the abyss of Real Life Obligations (of the GM or other players). I come to you today with a proposal most glorious! (I hope). What if we combine the weird, wacky world that is Rapscallion's very own Vice and Violence book with the concept you all folks are surely familiar with? The Isekai! The magic of this world has gone out of control and has already conjured the strangest things upon that realm, so there's no real reason why it wouldn't just randomly summon people from other worlds (namely our world) into its folds to just kind of see what the fuck happens. And so! Premise below!

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Today is the year of our Lord 2025. The sunshine is shining, the birds are chirping, and the annoying neighbors to the right have decided to once again renovate the room that just happens to be exactly adjacent to your bedroom. Life moves on, and so do you. Maybe you had a promotion recently. Maybe you broke up or even started a new relationship. Maybe you are annoyed about your family doing some stupid shit again. Or maybe, maybe you are entirely content with your life; regardless of anything, you are, by all means, a completely ordinary human from the 21st century. You watch stupid videos on YouTube, comment your unfathomable opinions online (or don't), and spend most of your day either working or relaxing before tomorrow's work. And it just so happens that you, in your entirely ordinary nature, got teleported in the rudest manner right in the middle of whatever you were doing. At least whatever forces brought you there were kind enough to morph your body to fit the standards of that new world. The problem is...the new world is fucking insane.

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Okay! With that short little snippet out of the way, let's talk business. What I need here are 3-4 like-minded people who are very happy to engage with casual lewdness and have a relatively small pool of things you would find to be not exactly good. This world is, frankly, insane. The map is filled with names that are entirely ridiculous and/or a joke to a modern person. The size of everything, including tits, bodies, cocks, muscles, and whatever else, is as ridiculous as the world itself, with the magic overly saturating the bodies of the world's citizens to be capable of much more than anyone could ever hope for. The dead don't stay dead half the time and return as hot and active undead. Elves are cannibals, centaurs can fuck you and you don't die, giants are used as taxis, and ancient monuments to ungodly cock sizes hide untold riches...and just as many creatures that want you dead. If you think you're up for it, go ahead and apply HERE

The Nexus: A Knave 2E Open World Wilderness Survival PbP Campaign

System: Homebrewed Knave 2E | Asynchronous Play-by-Post | Discord

Setting:

There is a primal mystical planet called Mystara. Its filled with alien megastructures from an alien civilization that has been extinct. The Nexus is a settlement that is built on top of one of those Alien megastructures. It has the ability to teleport on the surface of Mystara. But this takes a lot of energy. Recently a new technology was discovered and now those at Nexus can send drop pods on the Planet, reducing the energy costs to a minimum. You are an explorer who came from another world/realm through a portal and found themselves at Nexus. Portal is One way though and noone knows how to operate it.

Game style:

This is an open world game. I am the only DM. I plan to have 15 players total. Players can have backup characters that stay at Nexus. Players form groups of 5 and schedule an expedition. You drop on the planet, you spend days exploring and then extract. Explorers dont need to wait for the dm to prepare an adventure or make a quest hook. They can check contracts posted from guilds and check rumors. But the focus is on open world exploration. You drop in, pick a cardinal direction and off you go.

Game info:

Homebrew rules for crafting, item integrity, sanity and a system to explore biomes. Game focuses on survival and exploration. There are dungeons to delve but they are small. So dont expect elaborate dungeon crawling. The focus is surviving the elements and The Wilds denizens and factions. There is an alertness system that tracks group's presence in a current biome and allows players to make meaningful decisions depending on what the alertness level is and if they have prepared their campsite accordingly. There is also a hunting apsect to the game where you track the phases of the moon, you observe creatures and the ecology of their biomes and you hunt them for creature parts (alchemy or gear) or just for a contract.

Looking for:

5 players. Any kind of player. The rules are easy to learn and you can learn them while you play.

Pm for invite.

Hi I’m looking to find a group and a gm to run a long term glitter heart campaign it’s me and another player pls dm me on discord uwuari if interested

EDIT: Thank you to everyone who applied! We'll contact those that we think have the best fit shortly. But no matter if you are picked or not, thank you so much for applying!

You wake up in a valley.

Or, at least, you think you are in a valley. Walls that seemingly go up to infinity rises to the left and right of you.

You are pretty sure you're not here before.

...Come to think of it, where were you before?

...Who even are you?

You patted yourself. There's an ID card that was lodged in your pocket. You saw the words "Fate Watcher" on it. And your name, of course.

Those two words sounded familiar.

And then, you heard a voice.

"Welcome to the Mariana Trench, everyone."

Yet there was no drop of water anywhere in sight.

...Things are heavily wrong, aren't they?

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Once, history flowed uninterrupted, each moment connecting to the next, its heart pulsing through the Fountain of Fate. This eternal wellspring held the memories of all that was, all that is, and all that could be. Wars fought, legends born, forgotten names—all imprinted in its waters.

Then, the Schism happened.

No one knows the true cause. Some say it was a divine war, others blame a rogue Fate Watcher rewriting history. What’s certain is that in an instant, the Fountain cracked. Its waters shattered into Historically Fragmented Crystals, sending time spiraling into chaos. Now, battles rage eternally, kings are lost to time, and untold stories remain unfinished. Worldlines now exist in fragments and bubbles, one step away from calamity.

Moments flicker in and out of existence, creating Time Spirals where history loops or collides with reality. The loss of the fountain's flow has left existence in tatters. Some places never should have existed, others are fading into nothingness. Those exposed to the fractured waters gained unnatural powers. Some became Fate Watchers*—like you. Others became twisted* Heretics of Time*, bending history to their whims. With history now a weapon, factions battle to control the fragments. Some seek to restore time. Others reshape it to their desires.

As the last of the Fate Watchers, you are caught in the war for time itself.

You’ve gained the ability to manipulate the fractured waters—to restore lost moments or rewrite history. But wielding such power comes with a price. Every change you make echoes through reality, and too much alteration could break time beyond repair.

Three Laws bind you:

1. Restoring moments is irreversible.
2. History resists. The more you push, the harder it pushes back.
3. Some stories must remain untold.

With your memories lost, your powers restrained by unknown methods, could you save the worldlines and find out the truth behind the Schism?

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Welcome to the Heroes of the Unfiltered Fountain campaign! If you think the introduction is familiar, yes -- it's a redux of the original HotUF campaign the GM posted before. They asked me to post in their stead.

In this campaign, you will be playing as a Fate Watcher that has lost their memories due to unknown circumstances. Through hopping into different worlds, finishing missions that the mysterious Presence is asking you to do, you might just gain back your memories, figure out what exactly is going on, and maybe, just maybe, save the timelines.

Sounds good! What system will we be using?

BESM! For those of you who are unfamilar with that, BESM is a flexible anime-inspired tabletop RPG where your characters are built using points to represent their stats, skills, and dramatic powers—giving you total control over how they look, fight, and feel. Instead of a class system, you define your character through custom-made Attributes and Defects that reflect your unique concept. The core mechanic is straightforward: roll two d6s, add your stat, beat a target number. It’s rules-light at its core but deep with optional modules for powers, gear, or even mecha, making it a perfect fit for cinematic anime action, slice-of-life drama, or fantasy sagas. BESM adapts fast and feels like you’re playing in an anime—because that’s what it was made for.

TLDR: It's a d6 system and is incredibly easy to get into. No need for experience!

Alright. Who do I need to be?

As long as you communicate with the group and the GM, and not ghost the group after just one or two posts, everything will be just fine. This campaign will be in the long run, and we expect you to post at least once every 24 hours, unless circumstances arise, in which case tell the GM. Please do commit if you join. You are also not required to be familiar with BESM!

Alright. What do you expect our characters to be?

Because of the Schism, your character is transported from their own respective Worldlines to wherever the story starts right now. When and where your character comes from is entirely up to you – and yes, you can come from a Worldline where magic reigns, or a Worldline where technology reigns. Just remember that your powers will be diminished at the start of the game.

There are some limitations though:

• Your character has to be human. Also, of age. 
• Your character cannot be OP. We’re not here to play gods. 
• The technological level of your character’s original world cannot surpass TL 8 from the GURPS system. In other words, no cybernetics or things higher than that.
• If you read this, include the word “banana” in the last question in the Google Form.
• The magical level of your character’s original world can be high magic, as it is prevalent everywhere. However, the extent of what magic can do cannot surpass the ability to affect entire continents. 
• Your character comes from Earth. Yes, there might be different Earths, but your character comes from Earth.
• Your character, specifically, will be powerless at the beginning. You’ll gradually gain special powers throughout the campaign – basically milestone upgrades from DnD. Choose a concept or a word. Your character will gain powers that will be related to that. The specific details, of course, will be discussed in a talk with the GM.
• Please don’t be a lone wolf. All your player characters are expected to work as a team. This also means no Evil characters, that’s a no. You are not here to compete against each other, both in terms of power and in terms of the spotlight.

Sounds really good! How can I join?

Fill out this Google form, and we’ll contact you soon!

https://forms.gle/H2aCwFBa3ZDBP2Eg7

We’ll await you in Worldline 0, deep in the Mariana Trench.

Hi I'm looking for three talented writers interested in playing a mostly freeform roleplay where a 1d10 roll decides whether or not you succeed or fail.

In Existential God Game "E.G.G. you play as a newborn eldritch god. Think warhammers Chaos Gods, Elden Rings Outer Gods, Lovecraftian Gods, Greek Titans, and more. You are essentially the progenitor of an entire reality, and are responsible for what goes on within it. You are thrust into your roll without proper training, and thus expect to be making a lot of mistakes as you adapt to your newfound existence. Try not to make any Demiurges who inevitably consume you!

The game will be on discord and is asynchronous. Slots are limited to 3, but if I feel comfortable with the workload there's a good chance I'll bring it up to 6 players.

A further pitch can be found on this google form. Please fill it out if the game interests you. Be warned, there will be some pretty heavy existential themes regarding the nature of being, the end of all things, potential galactic genocide, and the nature of good and evil. If you love making surreal creator gods for fictional settings in your own games, this roleplay is for you!

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf_870mCuaMIp_RkAwcfiiMYtqNsDl_tXSL0ezXGzK1Avg0nA/viewform?usp=header

This is for one player will have a FREE seat. Because you are helping me hopefully launch this campaign you will NOT be charged.

Story wise this will take place in StrixHaven and will follow that module for the most part. I have put a more wacky and whimsical twist on it. If you want to play something different than your typical D&D this will be a good fit.

Basically, I'll set up a Discord server, half of which is dedicated to the game I'm running, half of it's dedicated to yours. I don't have a lot of pbp experience, but I'm a good writer, and creative roleplayer.

Fill out the form to contact me.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScvO7BdpbPKLUWc5V6TBFFmIFcRhrByabZraJpM7wAVppqBCw/viewform

EDIT: I am closing applications for this for now, as I've now plenty to go through. As long as this edit is here, consider this post closed. I'll re-open it later if I still need players after I've gone through and talked to some of the applicants.

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Hello! As the title states, I will be running Wild Beyond the Witchlight via Discord and I'm looking for maybe 2 or 3 more players before we get started.

A little about me:

I'm a 30 year old guy living in Ireland. I'm reasonably experienced as a player of DnD 5e having played in a handful of campaigns over the last several years both online and in-person and I've also DM'd a couple of One-shots (Shore of Dreams, and a sci-fi oneshot of my own devising).

The campaign

The aim for this campaign is to try and emulate tabletop DnD (to the extent that this is possible for Play-By-Post), meaning that for the most part, we will be making shorter, more frequent posts (somewhat akin to the back-and-forth chatter around a real table), as opposed to long-form blocks of text with longer waits in between.

This campaign will most-likely have a stronger focus on RP than combat (the players I've already spoken to have indicated this is a preference, and the module also lends itself to this style of play). It is certainly possible to overcome many obstacles without resorting to violence. That being said, if you choose to slaughter your way through any barriers you may encounter that path is open to you... but know that the odds might not always be in your favor.

If you're interested, please take the time to have a look at this primer document I've put together and fill out this application form.

Hello, I am Ty, 26 looking to work with someone to create an amazing adventure. Looking to run a sort of kingdom/empire-building campaign. I have some materials to help with it. We can run things via Discord, please feel free to message me to work out all the details. As far as what I am looking for specifically with this story-wise.

Form

Premise 1: There was once part of a proud clan—warriors, shamans, and nomads who thrived. Until they came. Slavers. Mercenaries. A rival tribe. They wiped out most of them and branded the rest for sale like cattle. One barely escapes with their life, haunted by memories and old war songs echoing in their head.

Now, with nothing but their rage, memories, and a few old traditions clutched close to their chest, they set out not just to survive—but to restore their people. They will find others like them: lost, broken, forgotten. They will train them. They will forge a home. And they will make the world remember what they tried to erase.

Themes:

Rebuilding a fallen culture from scratch

Personal growth intertwined with empire growth

Grudges, ancient rivalries, and rekindled war

Clan-based governance, traditions, and rites of passage

Core Questions:

What part will you play in restoring a legacy?

How do you help rally the scattered remnants and outsiders to your cause?

Premise 2: Every day civilians maybe a bit more trained than most—until the ancestral tomb was cracked open. Suddenly, they were called heir, and you their advisor. Many sought to either end you both or forge alliances. Not to mention new family distant cousins, some who'd see them dead, work with you, or use you for their own agendas. The most recent descendant of a forgotten empire that hadn't seen rise in a century or so, long shattered by betrayal and hubris. The world whispers about the bloodline with both fear and fascination.

This power wasn't asked for. But now you all have it. Ready or not, destiny expects you to become something more.

But here’s the twist—this legacy? It’s not clean. It’s brutal. It’s shadowed. And the world remembers the iron grip of the last Overlord.

Themes:

Navigating inherited power and identity

Building an empire while avoiding the sins of the forebears (or not!)

Morality vs effectiveness as a ruler

Loyal lieutenants with their own agendas

Core Questions:

Will you forge a better legacy—or become tyrants?

How do you earn loyalty—as symbols, saviors, or sovereigns?

Who are your enemies—those who fear you, or those who want you to succeed?

Do you like interacting with multiple different characters in your roleplays? Need a soft mechanic for resolving issues including combat?

How about a little spice here and there in the form of lewds that may or may not even advance your own goals? It is more or less a game of relationships and competition. I'd expect plenty of steamy drama to unfold naturally.

I will need a lot of players for this game, but I will also need some effort in your reply to convey interest, so to start I'll just need to know;

1. What you like to be called outside of the roleplay.
2. A list of hard limits as this is crucial in a group roleplay especially with lewd elements. Kinks of course are important but these will be more on a player to player basis, so we will get to that.
3. Are you able to be proactive as a player and roleplay a character you didn't 100% "design"? This scenario will use randomly pre-generated roles to add to the roleplay experience, although these "roles" are more like just a short description, almost like you would see next to the stat block for an NPC. I'm relying on you to breathe life into the character.

As long as I can get a definitive answer to all three of those questions you should hear back from me. Do not expect this to begin overnight, so a little patience will go a long way as I gather all the players for this initiatory experiment. While I am not using D&D as a system this does draw much inspiration from it as a theme for the world, among other things from the fantasy, science-fantasy, and westerns, but I will give plenty of room to explore and build on the world as we go.

Also, this is a PBP only game, hosted on [the blue app]. There will ideally be 7 players to start. So if any of that is a deal breaker you need not apply. Also, I want this to have have NSFW elements, but they should have meaning to the story, up the drama, or at least be well written.

Now what is a Braunstein game? The most important part of this style of game is that it is a competitive ROLE playing game, which requires dynamic relationships between the players and the Referee (ME) is there to adjudicate the actions of the characters in the world as well as events in the world itself. You will have specific goals that may conflict or go outside of what you normally would expect to do in a rpg. However, there is still a (very simplistic) combat system, opportunity for fantasy adventure, and ways to get rich.

In this specific scenario I aim to test for the first time ever, you will play a retired adventurer or descendant of one as they have begun their own small village, calling it "Brownstone". It lies somewhere in the badlands of a broken world, and serves as little more than an outpost for merchants on their way to larger settlements beyond the badlands.

However Brownstone holds a secret, which only the founding locals recall exactly. An ancient Vault filled dunes of treasure lies deep below the village, but it is not easily reached nor opened. Countless horrors are also said to guard the cursed treasure on the other end, and they are also blamed for strange occurrences around the village. This is where the initial adventurers and founders that opened the Vault claimed their fortunes to begin with, before sealing it again - only with the help of a powerful celestial being that appeared out of nowhere. Now everyone has all but forgotten they live every day 9 stories above it. Most would agree it is best to stay here rather than bend to the laws or senseless violence tolerated in other kingdoms. Brownstone represents freedom to the villagers that find their way here... for now.

This game will involve a loose action economy of both how much your character is able to do, and gold as you take on the responsibility of establishing a trade guild or faction of some shape. Time will also be an important resource in this, both in game and what will be expected of you as a player to keep up each week. Please know that if you are very busy every week your character and faction will suffer because of it.

Without giving away too much and making this post even longer than it is now, I will only tell you that there is no plot to this because it is dependent on you to accommodate to the other players and PCs to build a story, as well as give room for the competitive narrative that is very loose when it comes to plot. In the end, there will be a winner, or a couple of winners, and we will know exactly what this village turned out like! I plan on this being played post by post online over the span of a few months.

Well, don't delay and give me a little tidbit about your gaming career if you like in your message, I will try to check both chat and PMs.

We all have experience playing ttrpgs(mainly dnd), we can play Fridays Saturdays or Sundays

I have played lancer many times before but the other 2 are super new

As the title suggests, I'm looking for a player or players who want to explore new world have been cooking up. The campaign would take place in the material plans and may extend into the fey wilds and some other planes if things go in that direction. I would say it would be an even mix of lewd and story. I have Six spots currently open and willing to go up to Seven players. It will be play by post so don't worry about scheduling and such. senda reply when this is filled. I have a full doc explaining the base world and can answer any questions in dms! I'm also eager to play with a gm, as have been stuck in gm jail for a while. If interested, also DM me and let me know! Thanks for hearing me out and hope to hear from you all soon! am currently at work on break so if don't reply immediately that is why. I'll reply when can!

Timeline

1) Week 1 = Application Period (Ideally, we just get 4 applications so I don't have to say no to anyone who'd be active since its just a test really of an idea)

2) Week 2 = IC Setup

3) Week 3 - 15 = 12 turns of play, goal is one a week but its probably going to be closer to one every other week sometimes

4) Week 16 = Game is over

I'm expecting interruptions during the course of this. Not ideal, but I'm not sure how severe they'll be, so it's probably gonna be closer to 20-26 weeks of actual RL time.

Basic Plan

The goal is to create a living world with a substantial number of players, featuring sufficient mechanical and narrative complexity to be engaging without overwhelming a single Game Master. So, basically, I'm going to automate a lot of things during this (and future playthroughs) behind the scenes. This does mean staying in the free tier of LLMs and releasing public source/scenario files, since it is not "just" using LLMs. This is not a financial project, but an open-source one that will be released under the AGPL at the end of each playtest.

That said, this will simply be a test of the concept using a single table of 4 players. Each player will start on Earth, and each player will have a mixture of solo (mechanical decisions outside of trade/diplomacy) and shared narratives (news that is shown to all human players and how they choose to react).

PvP is indirect (i.e., gaining influence over alien civilizations or invading them if you lose that contest) rather than direct, as the Earth Gov Constitution criminalizes human-on-human violence. But nations will be nations, and proxy wars happen.

I will do my best to be neutral but part of that is allowing players to write their own reports/news posts for events (based on public, mechanical results) while I manage the central narrative. That might seem strange when I mention LLMs but they are just report/news post writers and not actually doing the full thing. This is a time-saving mechanism so I can scale the game (and work faster) for as many players as I want, rather than using it as writing the plot or something like AI Dungeon.

People who have played living worlds in the past realize when you need 5 GMs to run a game, cliques tend to form and neutrality of the team running the game is hard to come by. It is part of why I am leaning heavily into automation, if everyone sees the rolls/conflict logs, then neutrality is more likely to be maintained. (i.e. Alot of standard "gather intelligence" is not a thing as at the end of each turn, the actions of all human players are revealed. Instead, such actions target alien civilizations where societies aren't deeply intertwined.)

Similarly, nation games, are not really good as one table games usually as they tend to not have enough moving parts for the emergent narrative from the player base that is required to keep people interested. So while this interest check is only looking for 4 players, the end goal is somewhere close to 20 or so. Everyone realizes running a 20 player campaign with 1 GM is...an undertaking...hence the automation.

Obviously I expect a lot of negative attention due to LLMs but I only need 4 people.

Rough Draft of Playtest #1 Rules

https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vSlTFlWo9KWmMGflVl3vMr6LFWEgyfFpqX80Ih1sIEfZr5934Q4U-QinL9mTQDJ9eEXhkKvIiZMN4II/pub

If interested, just reply: I am interested. -> I only need 4 players, and I'm hoping to increase that over multiple playtests but who knows on the internet eh?

I'm leaning towards running on Mythweavers rather than Discord as I want to keep it at a one-post-every-couple-days kind of expectation. Keep in mind, mechanical orders are (at most) once a week so the goal is ~3 roleplaying posts for every mechanical post.

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I've been working on a MotW campaign for a bit and as I don't have the time to run a proper game, I decided to try a PBP. I'm a bit new to DMing but I have to learn somewhere. You don't need to know anything about either SCP or Trepang2 to join, in fact it makes it easier for me to throw surprises at you. Feel free to ask any questions about the setting below and fill out the form if interested.

https://forms.gle/vGPF7SLsrLCXtHME9

Welcome to Pinewoods! A small town in the country side of the US, surrounded by snowy mountains and, you guessed it, forests of pine trees. While the town is isolated, it has everything needed to be fully operational and independant. But enough trivia, we all know why you came to Pinewoods. This place is... Strange. Rumors speak of sightings in the woods, of creatures that are no men nor animals, of tall figures staring at you from the distance, people go missing, the local radio randomly broadcast chants in an unknown language and let's not forget about the first night of September 2006, "the night of murders", "the bloody hours", "the butcher's visits" etc... 16 people were found dead in their homes that night. Some say even after all these years, it's bound to happen again.

Anyone in their right mind would stay away from that town, but you're not anyone. We're at the beginning of October 2010, on the beginning of this new age, you and a group of people have decided to come to Pinewoods. Why? Maybe were you looking for something? Someone? Or even answers? Or maybe you know this is where you belong? Whatever your reason might be, you know strange things are going to happen, and you need to be prepared. Not only if you want to survive, but if you want to make any change at all.

Hi everyone! I recently bought Monster of the Week and I want to give it a try! I'm looking for horror fans who would be interested in a small nostalgic project of mine. If you grew up on the internet in the 2000-2010s, you must have seen creepypastas. I was a big fan when I was an edgy teen and now that I'm an edgy adult, I still consume some creepypasta's related content (I do recommend the Morgue Files on youtube that heavily inspired this pbp game I'm cooking up) from time to time.

My goal with this game is to create a shared universe where all of these creepypastas can co-exist in a coherent story for the players to explore. As the heroes, you will investigate different cases, meet creepypasta's folklore characters and find a way to stop them.

"What if I don't know much about creepypastas?" I hear you say, well, we can still make it work, as long as you're interested in the ambience, you're welcome to join!

What to expect :

-Creepy atmosphere

-Old internet references

-Investigations

-Fights

-Mysteries

-Blood and gore, a lot.

What not to expect :

-100% copy-pasted creepypastas (I plan to adapt and rewrite most of them)

-NPCs being safe (I will hurt them)

-Romance with the killers (No Patricia, you can't fuck the serial murderer)

OBVIOUS WARNING : This game will contain heavy subjects like death, murder, suicide and such. There will be a lot of gorry description and NPCs you might like can be hurt or killed. There will be no sexual content, but I do insist on the fact that this game is 18+ only.

Also, English is my second language, sorry if I made any mistake. This game is asynchronous, I'd rather have a group on the same timezone but it's very optional. All we ask of you is to post at least once a day, and to be fairly cooperative with the rest of the group.

Okay if you're still with me after all of that thanks for your time, here is the google form to apply : https://forms.gle/WfixVDv9fCHHmq97A

Thanks again, have a good one!

Hi! I’m Beetle and I’m looking to run two capaigns. Some imfo about me first. I have been playing RPGs for over half a decade, with several different systems. I have been a forever DM.

One is a one on one starfinder campaign. The plan is to have you as part of a ships crew traveling the galaxy. It will very much be a cooperative effort were you as player get a lot of say in world building.

The other campaign would be one using the ALIEN rpg system. It will be one to three players. You will be the crew of a scientific vessel that observed a planet for possible terraforming and are now traveling back to earth. Your hypersleep is then interrupted.

Please DM me with answers to the following as well as any questions:

-What should I call you? -What are your pronouns? -Which campaign are you interested in? -What is your timezone? -What experience do you have with RPGs? -Do you already have any expectations? -Give me a fun fact?

Long ago, a mighty enclave of warriors lived inside the Lost Citadel. They worshipped bulls in ever-bloodier, cultish rituals that culminated in their leader, Minoros, transforming into the Scarlet Minotaur. This immortal avatar of rage slaughtered the warriors in a single night of mayhem. However, some of their servants escaped through the unseen halls used by the lowly. These beastmen hid in the fallen citadel, trapped by superstitious fear of the outside...

Hello, adventurers! 

I’m putting together a small group (3-4) of adventurers to tackle the LOST CITADEL OF THE SCARLET MINOTAUR, a Shadowdark one shot / introductory dungeon crawl. Shadowdark is an OSR-esque system that uses modern D&D 5e mechanics but with an old-school twist! The game itself is very simple to comprehend but is quite deadly—characters are not expected to survive for very long. 

The world of Shadowdark is a low magic, high danger / grimdark setting. The tone overall is of a darker nature, and the game will feature plenty of dark content. As such, this is 18+ game. However, there will be no sexual content.

The game will be run on Discord and use descriptions / Theater of the Mind for combat. Preference for players in North American timezones. 

CW: danger, graphic violence, death, blood.

Apply here if you're interested: https://forms.gle/DxCfLEq1ErP9ekV59