A Forum Function Question

Talonrazor

Not sure where to put this so I'll make a thread. I think this question might come up and I didn't see it address in the Rules.

Can games be played here on the forum?

I've seen other forums entire games played via a thread. While this may not be very optimal for playing experience, some people do enjoy it. Plus, it's kinda neat to browse through several games right here to see what's being played. Usually, I've seen them make an [IC] thread and an [OOC] thread for each game. While I don't really give a shit either way, the Mods might want to address this issue. Is this place just for discussion, advertising, etc or will it include actually playing?

This is, of course, applying to the pen & paper RPs.

Scooter

Might want to re-read the rules thread.

But yes.

Talonrazor

Scooter wrote:

Might want to re-read the rules thread.

But yes.

I read that each game gets a thread but it wasn't a 100% clear if that was correlating to an actual gaming thread or merely discussion about the campaign.

But that's cool then.

Thanatos

Talonrazor wrote:

Scooter wrote:

Might want to re-read the rules thread.

But yes.

I read that each game gets a thread but it wasn't a 100% clear if that was correlating to an actual gaming thread or merely discussion about the campaign.

But that's cool then.

Yeah, for sure. If you can do it in one thread, have at. However, if it's going to take more than one thread at a time, get in touch with one of us.

Talonrazor

Thanatos wrote:

Talonrazor wrote:

Scooter wrote:

Might want to re-read the rules thread.

But yes.

I read that each game gets a thread but it wasn't a 100% clear if that was correlating to an actual gaming thread or merely discussion about the campaign.

But that's cool then.

Yeah, for sure. If you can do it in one thread, have at. However, if it's going to take more than one thread at a time, get in touch with one of us.

Awesome. So, ask for permission before doing an [IC] and [OOC].

Just as a note, it's almost impossible to do a full game with a single thread. The OOC chatter really loses both the feel and the flow of a game. I haven't seen it ever work very well. Simple opinion.

Captain K

Games played out through forum posts are a disaster anyway. Every time I've tried it it's fallen apart heinously.

You're on the internet--there are much better ways to run a game than through forum posts.

prawnstar69

Will the 40k/WHFB thread be moved here from G&T?

Captain K

prawnstar69 wrote:

Will the 40k/WHFB thread be moved here from G&T?

I'll do that right now, in fact.

Captain K

Actually, no I won't. Now that this forum is running, we can separate that thread into multiple threads: a WH40K thread and a WHFB thread. Plus, people can make additional threads on individual discussion topics related to either game.

Talonrazor

Captain K wrote:

Games played out through forum posts are a disaster anyway. Every time I've tried it it's fallen apart heinously.

You're on the internet--there are much better ways to run a game than through forum posts.

I've seen it work very well, but I agree there are better ways.

prawnstar69

Awesome.

Maybe I can get some people back into FUMBBL.com's Blood Bowl.

I'm guessing this is an appropriate place.

Athenor

Okay, question RE threads this place should have:

Can we do a few polls? Like preferred online company for selling, preferred dice company, and favorite snacks?

2) The rules say no personal projects. I know it's a fun hobby of kids with too much time on their hands to make their own games, however.. Is that okay, as long as it doesn't infringe copyright on the rules system or use copyrighted material as its base?

Edit: Oh, and there are a LOT of lesser games out there. Like my personal favorite, Fading Suns.. but mind jumps to Traveller, Hackmaster, Babylon 5 (roleplaying, cardgame, and both war games), and so on. Will each of these be getting their own threads, or are we going to consolidate?

Thanatos

Athenor wrote:

Okay, question RE threads this place should have:

Can we do a few polls? Like preferred online company for selling, preferred dice company, and favorite snacks?

2) The rules say no personal projects. I know it's a fun hobby of kids with too much time on their hands to make their own games, however.. Is that okay, as long as it doesn't infringe copyright on the rules system or use copyrighted material as its base?

Edit: Oh, and there are a LOT of lesser games out there. Like my personal favorite, Fading Suns.. but mind jumps to Traveller, Hackmaster, Babylon 5 (roleplaying, cardgame, and both war games), and so on. Will each of these be getting their own threads, or are we going to consolidate?

While I haven't talked to the other mods about this, the general trend of the forums is to deconstruct megathreads. So, for now, if you want to talk about a game, make a thread about it.

Given its popularity, the multiple threads for Magic: The Gathering is fine, IMO.

EvilBadman

Captain K wrote:

Games played out through forum posts are a disaster anyway. Every time I've tried it it's fallen apart heinously.

You're on the internet--there are much better ways to run a game than through forum posts.

Apparently, Traditional Games on SomethingAwful has been wrong for two and a half years then.

And I'm not just poking at you without reason, I want to run a play by post.

Athenor

Edit: Moved to the Monkey's Den.