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Valinor2
2008-04-06, 09:25 PM
I want to know how to start and DM a game on GITP, can anyone help me?:smallconfused:

BardicDuelist
2008-04-06, 09:31 PM
Here is what you are looking for. (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=46074) Anything other questions should probably be posted in that forum, as this one is more for the discussion of the game.

Zincorium
2008-04-06, 09:32 PM
Come up with a clear idea of what you want to have a campaign about.

Post it in the Recruitment Thread (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=51) with all the details you want people to provide.

If there's interest, start a thread in one of the three channels of the Ongoing Games (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=13) subforum and provide people with a link to it.

If you want some examples, those forums have tons of threads showing how people have done it.

As for the actual game: the main differences between table top and play by post are the timing of the game (usually several posts a day throughout the week as opposed to a single large session), which means you'll need to check it fairly often, and the slow speed with which people can respond to each other. Provide a good bit of detail whenever something happens, to help people actually do something instead of having to ask questions and wait for a reply(which can take days sometimes).

If things seem slow, hop in and prompt it a little.

Lastly, try hard not to let the game die of neglect, but don't worry too much if it does. PbP games are worse than tamagotchis.

Valinor2
2008-04-09, 01:16 AM
Thank you for your help:smallsmile:

Khanderas
2008-04-09, 04:17 AM
Lastly, try hard not to let the game die of neglect, but don't worry too much if it does. PbP games are worse than tamagotchis.
True, you can beat tamagotchis until they behave. :smallbiggrin: