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I'm thinking of starting a hybrid campaign online, a live weekly session by video with a Discord forum for 24/7 sideplay. Has anyone tried anything like that? Any tips?

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[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

I have tried it, and it's fun while it lasts! I found it very hard to keep my players engaged with the asynchronous sideplay aspect of it.

The experience actually got me to try writing up a set of generic RPG rules that would facilitate asynchronous play better than traditional rules (do a thing, wait, GM tells you to roll, wait, you roll, wait, gm describes the outcome, wait, and finally you can continue). Sadly I didn't really get anywhere productive with them.

I think that if you have players who are into the concept, and keep interactions that require GM arbitration to a minimum, you could have some success with it.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

I got the idea from a server that was very focused on crafting, with online adventures to fuel it. It was fun.