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As fun as Play-By-Posts on Paizo are to play in, sometimes they're even more fun to watch. Some people tell some absolutely wonderful stories on here. Here are a few of my favorites.
Aubrey's Eberron Campaign: This is one of the longest-running games on the forums, if not the longest at this point, predating the new Campaigns format, the [dice][/dice] option, and even Pathfinder itself. And for good reason—it's an awesome player-driven campaign featuring some impressive displays of GM and player creativity. This pulpy intrigue/noir/adventure stars a bunch of classic snarky heroes who get dropped into a tangled knot of factions and start a-snipping. It's a combination of drama and tragedy, comedy, and good old-fashioned cinematic battle, and the player engagement is spectacular.
The Cleansing of Nexorus: A new-ie, but a goodie, this game stars a bunch of monsters enslaved by a human-supremacist nation. The characters are memorable, the prose is compelling, and there's a kobold in it! This game was basically made to appeal to me. As a warning, the game is currently on indefinite hiatus, but it's still a great read, and I hold out hope that it will one day return.
I'll post more when they occur to me. But what are your recommendations?
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I'm a lurker, and my favorite game that I'm currently following from the shadows is Cap'n Voodoo's Freebooter PBP. The campaign's a mishmash of Freeport, the Shackles, old DUNGEON adventures, and more with many a tweak and twist to keep the players on their toes. The lads are ornery but lovable (in a piratey sort o' way) and the gang's puns are particularly delicious (in a three-raccoons-in-the-trash sort of way).
I wonder if somebody have lurked a campaing I've played.
I have a few (some of them i DM, yeah i'll be that guy, as the PCs are really well portrayed) ill link later when I have some time.
I will second Aubrey's Eberron Campaign, I PM'ed him a few years back to try and get it i enjoyed it so much!
I first lurked in a few games before I decided to GM one. I saw a handful of awesome GMs who I used as a template for my posting, and I saw lots of bad GMs who I learned lessons from on what not to do.
This may be lame to toot my own horn, but my first (and only, so far) PBP that I GM'd turned out to be a surprising lot of fun to run and an absolute joy to go back and reread. The places my players led me turned into some really colorful backdrops that I use in my home games as a result.
My players were awesome. I presented to them a meta-plot but with WIDE OPEN possibilities about how to see it end, and their decisions helped guide me on a GM journey that I would've never thought possible.
Disclaimer - we lost momentum and had to end a few months ago but the game was going strong for about 2 years+. Also my PBP greenhorns show in my GM post formatting for the first few weeks, but I learned a lot from this game and I got much better and phrasing, dialogue queues, and PBP format.
OK, finally back.
Current PbP Games:
Again I second Aubrey's Eberron thread great choice.
But will there be pie? GM Hmm's Tengus and Tomes an all Tengu PbP with previous installments of otehr adventures!
Chronicles of the Silver Rose Company Another long running PbP that pre-dates Pathfinder rules.
Suicide Squad Pathfinder Villain style. Adult content!
Rappan Athuk set in Nirmathas, Golarion. Because Baldwin the Merciful is amazing, we'll see him again later on the list.
Medieval Europe PbP campaign Homebrew Pathfinder campaign with over 3k posts.
DM Immortal's Blood Red Roses: A Skull & Shackles Campaign . I believe this one is more than halfway through the AP.
Samnell's Ziggurat of Worms & Samnell's Writhing Coast - Samnell running two Age of Worms Campaigns both set in the Forgotten Realms, one in the North and one in the Shining South.
Any GM Rednal game (of which I believe there are 13).
There are many more but these are the ones I spot and dip into now and then.
Closed Threads:
The Pact Stone Pyramid The game was run by Michael Kortes, the author himself! It was a wild ride.
Baldwin the Merciful's - CoT Campaign Maybe the ONLY AP actually completed on the boards run as a PbP.
Heathy's Isle of Dread Thread Cool game but the DM got too busy with RL to continue.
Storyteller Shadow Threads:
Of course I love all of the games I run and you ahould of course lurk on them all! Gun to my head, here's what I would follow of the 21 I run.
Dark Ages Vampire - Bloodlines A non-canon V20 Dark Ages game set in Venice in 1309. I have 13 separate players running 13 separate plots that intersect at various points in the game.
Vampires of Golarion - The Quest for Eternal Night a Second Darkness AP Very new but the RP is fantastic and Vampires invading the Darklands to obtain magic to create another Second Darkness themselves, what's not to like?
The Shining Hosts - Way of the Wicked Gameplay If nothing else, pop in on pages 27-29 and read the Wizard Alice played by Woran teaching Grumblejack played by Doomed Hero how to read using children's story books. Absolutely hilarious.
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My current favorite is The Last King Of Ireland
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OK, finally back.
Closed Threads:
Baldwin the Merciful's - CoT Campaign Maybe the ONLY AP actually completed on the boards run as a PbP.
Brief digression: EndlessForms finished both Shattered Star (which I played in) and Rise of the Runelords (which I didn't). We got through SS in a little over three years; it would have been quicker, but two of the players disappeared very close to the end.
Brief digression: EndlessForms finished both Shattered Star (which I played in) and Rise of the Runelords (which I didn't). We got through SS in a little over three years; it would have been quicker, but two of the players disappeared very close to the end.OK, finally back.
Closed Threads:
Baldwin the Merciful's - CoT Campaign Maybe the ONLY AP actually completed on the boards run as a PbP.
Thanks! I'll have to check those out!
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More completed PbP APs here.
Of those, GM Euan's Curse of the Crimson Throne is really good as is GM Chris' Shackled City.
Enjoy whatever you read.
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I know none of us like to blow our own horns, but my group about 3 months or so away from completing Carrion Crown on these boards. I may be wrong, but I think that it may be the first CC game to do so after over 12k posts and 4 years.
We've only had 1 player drop out (within the first couple of months) so it's been an amazing effort for everyone to stay committed and engaged.
I've made a note to read through those other completed games, I've read Baldwin's CoT but wasn't aware of the others.
I know none of us like to blow our own horns, but my group about 3 months or so away from completing Carrion Crown on these boards. I may be wrong, but I think that it may be the first CC game to do so after over 12k posts and 4 years.
We've only had 1 player drop out (within the first couple of months) so it's been an amazing effort for everyone to stay committed and engaged.
I've made a note to read through those other completed games, I've read Baldwin's CoT but wasn't aware of the others.
Awesome Congrats!
I am a PC in it right now but in the very beginning. It seems to start a bit slow, does it pick up pretty well after that?
More completed PbP APs here.
Of those, GM Euan's Curse of the Crimson Throne is really good as is GM Chris' Shackled City.
Enjoy whatever you read.
Thanks for the links.
It is pretty amazing though that there are only a handful competed on the boards considering how many PbP's are Recruited.
I know none of us like to blow our own horns, but my group about 3 months or so away from completing Carrion Crown on these boards. I may be wrong, but I think that it may be the first CC game to do so after over 12k posts and 4 years.
We've only had 1 player drop out (within the first couple of months) so it's been an amazing effort for everyone to stay committed and engaged.
I've made a note to read through those other completed games, I've read Baldwin's CoT but wasn't aware of the others.
Awesome Congrats!
I am a PC in it right now but in the very beginning. It seems to start a bit slow, does it pick up pretty well after that?
I preface this by saying that I love Carrion Crown, it's probably my favourite AP.
However, there is rightful criticism levelled at the path in that it can, if the GM isn't careful, end up as a series of seemingly unrelated vignettes like monster-of-the-week episodes of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
But... if the GM puts in a little effort to foreshadow and tie the volumes together, the storyline and NPCs are great and there are some of the coolest locations and events that I have seen in an AP to date.
So stick with it, and I hope you end up enjoying it as much as I do!
I know none of us like to blow our own horns, but my group about 3 months or so away from completing Carrion Crown on these boards. I may be wrong, but I think that it may be the first CC game to do so after over 12k posts and 4 years.
We've only had 1 player drop out (within the first couple of months) so it's been an amazing effort for everyone to stay committed and engaged.
I've made a note to read through those other completed games, I've read Baldwin's CoT but wasn't aware of the others.
Awesome Congrats!
I am a PC in it right now but in the very beginning. It seems to start a bit slow, does it pick up pretty well after that?
I preface this by saying that I love Carrion Crown, it's probably my favourite AP.
However, there is rightful criticism levelled at the path in that it can, if the GM isn't careful, end up as a series of seemingly unrelated vignettes like monster-of-the-week episodes of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
But... if the GM puts in a little effort to foreshadow and tie the volumes together, the storyline and NPCs are great and there are some of the coolest locations and events that I have seen in an AP to date.
So stick with it, and I hope you end up enjoying it as much as I do!
Thanks for the review without the spoilers :-)
Part of the problem for me is that I am playing a character that is quiet so whereas I would push harder on certain things my PC would not.
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More completed PbP APs here.
Of those, GM Euan's Curse of the Crimson Throne is really good as is GM Chris' Shackled City.
Enjoy whatever you read.
Thanks for the links.
It is pretty amazing though that there are only a handful competed on the boards considering how many PbP's are Recruited.
Honestly, PbP isn't a good venue for something as long as the typical AP. It's a tricky balancing act if you want to get through it in good order: on the one hand, you don't want to have too many players, because as the number of players increases the pace tends to slow down to accommodate hearing from all of them. OTOH, too few players leaves you more vulnerable to folding when someone has an attack of Real Life and has to stop. For many of us, though, it's the only game in town. So we keep trying, and perhaps the horse will sing.
Honestly, PbP isn't a good venue for something as long as the typical AP. It's a tricky balancing act if you want to get through it in good order: on the one hand, you don't want to have too many players, because as the number of players increases the pace tends to slow down to accommodate hearing from all of them. OTOH, too few players leaves you more vulnerable to folding when someone has an attack of Real Life and has to stop. For many of us, though, it's the only game in town. So we keep trying, and perhaps the horse will sing.More completed PbP APs here.
Of those, GM Euan's Curse of the Crimson Throne is really good as is GM Chris' Shackled City.
Enjoy whatever you read.
Thanks for the links.
It is pretty amazing though that there are only a handful competed on the boards considering how many PbP's are Recruited.
Fair enough. This very thing that you state is why I started running games here on the boards. I got sick of games I was in folding.
Now I balance play and DMing duties here though I am more heavy on the DMing side.
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Honestly, PbP isn't a good venue for something as long as the typical AP. It's a tricky balancing act if you want to get through it in good order: on the one hand, you don't want to have too many players, because as the number of players increases the pace tends to slow down to accommodate hearing from all of them. OTOH, too few players leaves you more vulnerable to folding when someone has an attack of Real Life and has to stop. For many of us, though, it's the only game in town. So we keep trying, and perhaps the horse will sing.More completed PbP APs here.
Of those, GM Euan's Curse of the Crimson Throne is really good as is GM Chris' Shackled City.
Enjoy whatever you read.
Thanks for the links.
It is pretty amazing though that there are only a handful competed on the boards considering how many PbP's are Recruited.
Fair enough. This very thing that you state is why I started running games here on the boards. I got sick of games I was in folding.
Now I balance play and DMing duties here though I am more heavy on the DMing side.
Me too. I don't run nearly as many games as Storyteller (I don't know how you do it!) but my mantra is always "Don't start something that I don't intend to finish." In my recruitment threads I outline quite heavily that I am running an AP with the intention to finish - I'm sure most GM's do that - but I like to spell out the commitment I expect from the get go.
Of course life comes first, but at least if people know I want them to post twice a day for the next 3 years they can make a reasonable determination as to whether it's a game they want to be part of.
I haven't run a game that has folded to date (touch wood) and my Reign of Winter group is coherent and has just begun Book 4 and 2.5 RL years so I have high hopes for that too.
John makes an excellent point though, AP's can take a long tie to run at the table so you need a variety of factors in your favour to take one through to completion in pbp.
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Honestly, PbP isn't a good venue for something as long as the typical AP.
Only if you're in a hurry to finish. Me, I like the length. It lets us really build up a narrative.
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Honestly, PbP isn't a good venue for something as long as the typical AP.Only if you're in a hurry to finish. Me, I like the length. It lets us really build up a narrative.
Agreed. I start with prologue and have heavy RP in all of my APs.
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Agreed. I start with prologue and have heavy RP in all of my APs.Honestly, PbP isn't a good venue for something as long as the typical AP.Only if you're in a hurry to finish. Me, I like the length. It lets us really build up a narrative.
The wrinkles for me are tied to the longevity issue, and to some extent that my preferred play style runs to storytelling over pure RP. When you're on your sixth or seventh try at RotR, frex, even with a different party there's a certain desire to get to the parts you haven't played yet before yet another GM vanishes or burns out, or before too many of the players do likewise.
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The wrinkles for me are tied to the longevity issue, and to some extent that my preferred play style runs to storytelling over pure RP. When you're on your sixth or seventh try at RotR, frex, even with a different party there's a certain desire to get to the parts you haven't played yet before yet another GM vanishes or burns out, or before too many of the players do likewise.Agreed. I start with prologue and have heavy RP in all of my APs.Honestly, PbP isn't a good venue for something as long as the typical AP.Only if you're in a hurry to finish. Me, I like the length. It lets us really build up a narrative.
Fair enough, I am certain there is a frustration level that many times around, hell, I get frustrated when the camapaign dies once much less two or more times.
I am loving this Rappan Athuk game The GM took it over from another who disappeared, and is running it as viciously as one would hope (a near TPK on a random encounter and gargoyles bursting from a character's pouch!). And the 'table banter' in the discussion thread is awesome; the players click really well and have great senses of humor.
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I've read somewhere that a bad day for your ego, is a good day for your soul.
The ego feeds pride and we all know what Marcellus Wallace says about pride!
Neat!
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Heathy's Isle of Dread Thread Cool game but the DM got too busy with RL to continue.
If you’re going to read Heath’s Isle of Dread campaign, you should start with Heathy’s Saltmarsh Campaign, then move onto Heathy’s Saltmarsh Campaign II before reading the Isle of Dread thread.
They’re all part of the same game – this was back in the days when if you made a thread that went on for more than a few thousand posts it started messing with the messageboards, so Gary made us re-start the games on new threads a couple of times.
Heathy's Isle of Dread Thread Cool game but the DM got too busy with RL to continue.
If you’re going to read Heath’s Isle of Dread campaign, you should start with Heathy’s Saltmarsh Campaign, then move onto Heathy’s Saltmarsh Campaign II before reading the Isle of Dread thread.
They’re all part of the same game – this was back in the days when if you made a thread that went on for more than a few thousand posts it started messing with the messageboards, so Gary made us re-start the games on new threads a couple of times.
Thanks for the heads up! :-)
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Two of my favorites, both sadly unfinished and no longer in play, are:
Z-Day (a zombie apocalypse, of course!)
Appalachee Jihad, a PF version of Gamma World
Heathy's epics were a good read, but they've already been mentioned.
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Thanks for the heads up! :-)
Heathy's Isle of Dread Thread Cool game but the DM got too busy with RL to continue.
If you’re going to read Heath’s Isle of Dread campaign, you should start with Heathy’s Saltmarsh Campaign, then move onto Heathy’s Saltmarsh Campaign II before reading the Isle of Dread thread.
They’re all part of the same game – this was back in the days when if you made a thread that went on for more than a few thousand posts it started messing with the messageboards, so Gary made us re-start the games on new threads a couple of times.
No worries. The game was even better (and more crazy) near the start.
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Two of my favorites, both sadly unfinished and no longer in play, are:
Z-Day (a zombie apocalypse, of course!)
Appalachee Jihad, a PF version of Gamma World
Heathy's epics were a good read, but they've already been mentioned.
Yay Z-Day!
My current favorite is The Last King Of Ireland
Thanks for props!
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Six Heads of Mayhem has an entertaining premise: each player runs a different head of a sapient hydra. I haven't read all of it, but it's got good characterization and humor.
Six Heads of Mayhem has an entertaining premise: each player runs a different head of a sapient hydra. I haven't read all of it, but it's got good characterization and humor.
I almost submitted to that one! Perhaps I should have ;-(
Six Heads of Mayhem has an entertaining premise: each player runs a different head of a sapient hydra. I haven't read all of it, but it's got good characterization and humor.I almost submitted to that one! Perhaps I should have ;-(
There's been some turnover, and we're currently only at four heads, whereas the campaign started with six. If you're interested, it wouldn't be a bad idea!
Unless I'm wrong and it is a bad idea; in which case, don't do it.
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Six Heads of Mayhem has an entertaining premise: each player runs a different head of a sapient hydra. I haven't read all of it, but it's got good characterization and humor.I almost submitted to that one! Perhaps I should have ;-(There's been some turnover, and we're currently only at four heads, whereas the campaign started with six. If you're interested, it wouldn't be a bad idea!
Unless I'm wrong and it is a bad idea; in which case, don't do it.
Thanks! I PMed the DM!
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I just saw this revived thread for the first time. Thanks Storyteller Shadow for noticing two of my games.
For any successful campaign it requires a commitment from all involved. Having a great group of players is critical. I try to bring each campaign/module to a satisfying conclusion. I believe that I've only had one game not conclude due to RL. All-in-all, I've had a wicked good time GM'ing for some incredible players on the Paizo board.
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*Lurks on the thread about lurking*
*Lurks on the thread about lurking*
Stop looking through me!
Don't make me start The Lurker's Lurking Thread thread.
I feel like starting my own adventure thread. Being a former journalist, I like to write stories. Tried running a campaign twice before, but ran into player personality issues and tardiness.
War for the Crown - Come for the Politics - stay for the Drama. :)
And we're only halfway through Chapter 2.
There's been some turnover, and we're currently only at four heads, whereas the campaign started with six. If you're interested, it wouldn't be a bad idea!
If you lost two, wouldn't this put you at eight heads?