I'm thinking about starting my "career" as a GM on these boards, ADVICE PLEASE!


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Kinda exactly what the title says. I'm thinking about starting to GM on the boards, I figure the best way to do this would of course run an AP. I think PbP is a great way to get my feet wet so to speak as a GM. PbP go a fair bit slower which gives me plenty of time to read and react, I have a LOT of free time as I am unfortunately a medically retired veteran and while I play in a lot of games I still have a lot of free time.

Anyone got any advice? I'm happy to have suggestions of APs to run, general advice, or really anything anyone has to offer or say.


Welcome! Best of luck to you, and on behalf of your potential players, thank you! More GMs are always appreciated.

That said, some advice. First, the forum you posted in is for discussion of existing PbP campaigns, not discussion of PbP in general. For that you want the General Discussion subforum. Don't worry about deleting this post and reposting there; I've flagged this as being in the wrong forum, and sometime tomorrow the mods should move it.

Second, in all honesty don't start with an AP. At best you're looking at over a year of gaming, and you may decide that the limitations of PbP don't make up for its advantages. I would suggest starting with a module instead to get your feet wet, see how you like it, work out the bugs in your GMing style in a more limited venue. Then if that works out move on to an AP.

I'm sure some of the other experienced GMs will be along shortly to offer more advice. Again, good luck, and thanks!

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