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Re:Launch HN: StartPlaying.Games (YC W20) – Tabletop RPGs ru... by oriesdan on Monday October 19, 2020 @12:10PM (#24827720)
This is awesome! GM/DM are a rare resource, and as a forever-DM, I would love using such services to be actually able to play.

One thing I think would be a cool addition : play by post games.

I'm not a native speaker and I'm always more comfortable in written games rather than spoken ones, mainly because of the highly specialized vocabulary that I don't recognize immediately when spoken. Of course, this could be roleplayed (playing an outlander character), but I bet it would quickly grow old :)

I suppose any non-native speaker would feel that way too - and then, there's the timezone problem.

One thing I know from roll20 : localized games are not the answer. There is just not many enough players outside US to properly fit each timezone with enough diversity. That's also why PbP has been what worked best for me.

Anyway, I'm glad to see this happen, best of luck!

Re:Launch HN: StartPlaying.Games (YC W20) – Tabletop RPGs ru... by devonchulick on Monday October 19, 2020 @12:39PM (#24828026)
It's so funny, we see a lot of forever DMs using our service for this exact reason! OHHH, play by post could be so fun! Thanks for that suggestion. I'm sure we have some GM's who would enjoy that.
Re:Launch HN: StartPlaying.Games (YC W20) – Tabletop RPGs ru... by mdre on Tuesday October 20, 2020 @07:00AM (#24835959)
Your sentiment reminded me of a very niche game that I got once, but couldn't get people to actually play. You're supposed to just go about your day, observe the life around you and sorta daydream / imagine stuff on top of that and then write physical letters about it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Profundis_(role-playing_gam...