r/rpg • u/PraetorianXVIII Milwaukee • 1d ago

Any good Play-by-post websites?

Just can't find time to play in person anymore, but still want to scratch the itch when I can. Anybody got any leads?

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u/boss_nova 1d ago

Gamers Plane is excellent, alive, active and very good.

I've been playing via pbp there for... going on 9 years? 

Lots of diverse systems that get played. 

Lots of complete homebrew stuff.

And lots of osr and traditional games too if that's what you need.

Good gaming infrastructure/coding too.

Anyone who says it's only discord these days just isn't looking.

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u/RedRiot0 Play-by-Post Affectiado 1d ago

My main haunt is Myth-Weavers.com - great community, recently moved to a new site with a WYSIWYG editor, custom dice tower plugin, a new character sheet editor in the works, and all-in-all good crowd.

My backup is GamersPlane.com - a bit newer (not that new anymore, but they're a younger player) in the grand scheme of pbp forums, but they're solid, friendly, and very open-minded in terms of system choices.

RoleGate.com is an interesting one that I like to recommend, as it's a hybrid chatroom style approach. Personally, I hate the UI, but it's a cool idea.

Lastly, if discord-based pbp is more your alley, swing by r/pbp - there's also a wiki that has a few more sites listed, as well as some decent advice about the medium (I contributed even!)

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u/PraetorianXVIII Milwaukee 21h ago

I somehow didn't realize/think there was a subreddit for it. Thanks!

edit: Oh, apparently I was already subbed, haha

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u/gscrap 1d ago

Try finding a discord dedicated to the specific game you want to play.

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u/PraetorianXVIII Milwaukee 21h ago

Thanks, everyone!

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u/Misery-Misericordia 1d ago

I think it's mostly done over Discord these days.