@Jesse / Ironhelixx - Running a Special in PbP?

[Greycloak of Bowness]

Jesse,

Some of us GMs on Myth-Weavers have been talking for a few years about running a PbP Special over there and we're thinking we have critical mass enough and are talking of trying one starting mid-September. We have several GMs who have been part of Specials in the past and think it could work fine with how our thread structure works and believe we could handle the pacing issues.

I see that there was some kind of online Special that you coordinated in the past and I thought I'd ask some questions:

Was yours a VTT/R20 thing or was it PbP?

Do you have any thoughts/cautions for us before we start?

Could we have access somehow to any of the more recent Specials or
would we be limited to the 4? that are currently available?

Kris/Greycloak

[IronHelixx]

Howdy, GoB - That will actually be right in the middle of PbP Gameday 4, where we already have such things in the works - email me and we can discuss the details.

[Greycloak of Bowness]

Sweet. Email e-mailed.

[Greycloak of Bowness]

Is there a thread on PbP Gameday 4?

I was unable to find one and I'm usually half-decent at these things.

[IronHelixx]

There is no official thread - just scattered discussions in various other threads about the boards. The official announcement will come soon.

Greycloak of Bowness wrote:

Is there a thread on PbP Gameday 4?

I was unable to find one and I'm usually half-decent at these things.

[Greycloak of Bowness]

Thanks. I saw some of the scattered stuff and wanted to make sure I didn't accidentally spill some beans that I wasn't supposed to.

[Michael_Hopkins]

Beans? I like beans.....
*vibrates while waiting for Gameday 4 news*

[Greycloak of Bowness]

All the beans.

[Greycloak of Bowness]

Say Jesse,

Do we need to have a GM working as overseer only or can they run a table too? Being PbP, I can see one person acting in both roles.

I guess for that matter, could a GM's character play in another GM's table?

[IronHelixx]

A GM could operate as a table GM and the Overseer for PbP, but could not claim credit twice for the same event. PbP GM's cannot GM more than one table per special event.

Someone serving as overseer, GM, and player in the same PbP special would probably not be a best practice. We can discuss that further in the coordinators meeting before PbP GD4 though. :)

Greycloak of Bowness wrote:

Say Jesse,

Do we need to have a GM working as overseer only or can they run a table too? Being PbP, I can see one person acting in both roles.

I guess for that matter, could a GM's character play in another GM's table?

[Greycloak of Bowness]

Thanks.

[Belabras]

Just wanted to say this is going great so far!