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I've heard rumors that something like what I'm asking for may be in development, but rumors are rumors.
Okay, right now when people want to sign up for a play-by-post, they have a couple different methods.
You've got recruitment in the thread, link to a Google Doc, some are first-come-first-serve, others are lottery, some are curated. There are virtual Pathfinder lodges like Flaxseed Lodge where a whole bunch of GMs have gotten together to put all of their signups and announcements.
With people relying on Google Docs for signups, it becomes hard to search for scenarios. If you have a good Lodge thread to search though you can generally get around this by manually searching each of the signup sheets on a regular basis.
It would be nice to have a more robust recruitment system.
- Be able to assign a certain number of slots to your recruitment.
- Choose whether you're doing FCFS, lottery, curated, etc.
- Systems to handle the actual FCFS, lottery, curated, etc.
- Be able to tag your recruitment thread in various ways to note the type of game you're running.
- Be able to filter recruitment threads for the type you're looking for. PFS-only, AP, Non-Pathfinder, Homebrewed, level-range, etc.
- Turn off your recruitment listing after you've reached your goal or recruitment automatically unlists itself after 2 weeks.
- The Moon*
* Not really, but being as I'm asking for a huge multi-month coding project I figured I'd go for broke
Please define "lottery" and "curated" for those of us that do not understand the terms, thanks.
-- david
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Basically, some DM's have an open recruitment, usually on another site like Google Spreadsheets, and there isn't a limit to who can sign up. At a certain point they will then take all those name and roll a D20, taking the highest rolls as those getting in.
Personally, I find it annoying, as it makes it very difficult to assign or reserve characters.
Curated, (I've never heard it called this, usually by Application) is basically where, typically in a recruitment thread or through PMs, everyone that wants in submits their character and the DM picks those that they feel best fit the game or that they like more, by whatever criteria. Common given examples are "based on your backstory", or "not too broken/OP", or "based on what your build".
Thanks DM Beckett.
I had never heard of the "lottery" system. That sounds somewhat strange to me (pot calling the kettle black here!).
I use the "curated" method myself, but just never heard it called that.
-- david
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Yah, the lottery system is a bit weird, and I'd never seen it until I was forced to start looking at some of the "ongoing" recruitment threads as potential game recruitment started to dry up. :(
It makes it impossible to account for your characters, and it often leads to a lot of people dropping out once they have won, because no one knows if they are actually in or not and tend to go for games with more security instead, leading to a second or even a third Lottery roll to find players.
On the other hand, if it's a game you really want to get into, (I DM mostly, but there are a few I'd like to play rather than get DM credit for), you either have to hope for the best or decline other potential options while you wait.
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Hm, I really like the idea of tagging/filtering campaigns by various types/criteria. It's possible that adding in a flag for a GM to indicate that recruitment is over sounds like a good idea too. I've added some of these suggestions to our overall wishlist :)