Play-by-Post Forums

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Looking for more information about forums dedicated to Play-by-Post (PbP) gaming? This is the place to find details about specific PbP forums. Play-By-Post is the concept of playing a roleplaying game by means of an online forum or message-board system. GMs and players meet up, communicate, and play online at a variety of play-by-post sites.

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Comparison of Sites by Site Characteristics

Pretty much every play-by-post site out there will claim to have a wonderful community, helpful staff, knowledgeable members, open-ness to all comers, and be "a great place to be." Luckily, the vast majority of these claims are true -- most play-by-post sites are filled with nice people. Unfortunately, this doesn't help outsiders and newcomers pick between the many options.

However, play-by-posts sites do differ in terms of what features and tools they offer to make the gaming experience easy. To help GMs and players pick the sites that suit their needs through a comparative look at what each of the Play-by-post sites have to offer, the tables below provide descriptions of the essential play-by-post characteristics of the major play-by-post sites.


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General Information

Site Active Games Active Members Date Created Individual Game Forums Automatic Forum Creation
d20 Universe 5 Unknown 2006/08/13 Yes No
Dndonlinegames 325 Unknown 2003/08/01 Yes No
Elliquiy (adult) 415 926 2005/04/26 Partial No
ENWorld 90 Unknown 2003/01/03 No No
GiantitP Forums 200 Unknown 2004/07/15 No No
Groovy Gamers 57 Unknown 2005/01/26 Yes No
Myth-Weavers 670 3525 2006/03/25 Yes Yes
Online-Roleplaying 47 215 2002/01/25 Yes No
Paizo Forums 19 Unknown 2007/03/07 No No
PbP HOUSE 30 140 2007/04/01 Yes No
PlaybyWeb 215 615 2000/04/15 Yes Yes
PlotHook 153 Unknown 2004/11/25 Yes No
RolePlay onLine 2,267 3,911 2000/08/25 Yes Yes
Rondak's Portal Unknown 473 1998/10/01 Yes No
WotC: Real Advs 92 Unknown 2004/04/17 No No
Roleplayer Guild 700 (Threads?) 300 2007/07/09 Yes No
Heroes Only 2 8 2004/06/18 Yes No
  • Active Games-- Number of games with activity in the last two weeks as of when TT went down. MW's as of April 8, 2009. Elliquiy's as of January 23rd, 2010
  • Active Members-- Number of members who have posted on the site within the last two weeks as of when TT went down. MW's as of April 8, 2009. Elliquiy's as of January 23rd, 2010
  • Date Created -- The date when the play by post portion of the site came into being.
  • Individual game forums-- Each game may have its own individual forum with multiple threads
  • Automatic Game forum creation-- "Yes" if players/GMs can make their own game-space, "No" if explicit permission or action from a moderator is required, or "no" if there are no individual game forums.
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Game Features

Site GM Screens Character & Thread Groups Private Threads Private Text Character Sheet Hosting Dice Rolling Tools
d20 Universe No No Yes No Yes Yes
Dndonlinegames No No Yes Yes Yes Yes
Elliquiy (adult) No No No No Partial Yes
ENWorld No No No No No No
GiantitP Forums No No No No No No
Groovy Gamers No No No No No No
Myth-Weavers Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes
Online-Roleplaying Partial No Yes No No Yes
Paizo Forums No No No No No No
PbP HOUSE No Yes No No Yes Yes
PlaybyWeb Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes
PlotHook No No No Yes Yes Yes
RolePlay onLine Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Rondak's Portal Partial No Yes No Yes Yes
WotC: Real Advs No No No No No No
Heroes Only No No No No Yes No
  • GM Screens-- A central control page for Game Masters with a notes section, private dice roller, and easy reference to player character sheets
  • Character & Thread Groups -- Characters can be placed in multiple groups and be given access to public threads based on their group membership.
  • Private threads -- Game Masters have control of who can see and who may post in whole threads
  • Private text -- Text in posts can be directed to individual players and be invisible to others
  • Character sheet hosting -- Storage and access to player-editable gaming system character sheets. See the Character Sheet Features table for further details.
  • Dice Rolling Tools -- Tools to roll virtual dice and add or subtract a number. See the Dice Rolling Tools table for further details and advanced feature comparison.
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Accessibility Options

Site RSS Alerts RSS Fulltext Email Updates Favorites Spoiler OOC Text
d20 Universe No No No No No
Dndonlinegames No No Yes Yes Yes
Elliquiy (adult) Yes No Yes Yes No
ENWorld Yes No Yes Yes Yes
GiantitP Forums Yes No Yes Yes Yes
Groovy Gamers No No Yes No No
Myth-Weavers Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Online-Roleplaying Yes No Yes Yes Yes
Paizo Forums Yes Yes No No Yes
PbP HOUSE Yes No Yes Yes Yes
PlaybyWeb Yes No Yes No Partial
PlotHook No No Yes Yes Yes
RolePlay onLine Yes No No Yes Yes
Rondak's Portal No No No No No
WotC: Real Advs Yes No Yes Yes Yes
Heroes Only No No Yes No No
  • RSS Alerts -- RSS Web feeds for selected threads that reveal when important threads have been updated.
  • RSS Fulltext -- RSS Web feeds for selected threads that not only indicate when an update has occurred, but can contain the full text contents of the update without requiring further link-following.
  • Email Updates -- Email updates that for selected threads that alert players to new posts in threads and often contain the contents of those posts.
  • Favorites -- Members can make an on-site list that provides notification when certain threads, forums, or games of their choosing update.
  • Spoiler OOC text -- Functionality for text that is revealed on hover over, selection, or upon clicking certain areas, and takes up space in the main body of the post, often used for out-of-character (OOC) comments.
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Other Features

Site PM System Image Hosting Community Chat Player Aliases
d20 Universe No No No No
Dndonlinegames Yes Yes No No
Elliquiy (adult) Yes Yes Yes No
ENWorld Yes Yes Yes No
GiantitP Forums Yes No No No
Groovy Gamers Yes Yes Yes No
Myth-Weavers Yes Yes Yes No
Online-Roleplaying Yes Yes Yes No
PbP HOUSE Yes Yes No No
Paizo Forums No No No Yes
PlaybyWeb In-Game Only Portraits Yes Yes
PlotHook Yes Yes Yes Yes
Roleplay Online Yes Portraits & Game Map Yes Yes
Rondak's Portal Yes Yes Yes Yes
WotC: Real Advs Yes Yes No No
Heroes Only Yes Yes No No
  • PM System -- A private message system refers to the ability of members to contact each other through some internal messaging service separate from public posting, often styled after email.
  • Image / file hosting -- Storage and hosting for game-related images and files submitted by players, often through post-attachments.
  • Community chat -- A public instant messaging "chat room" for the site's community.
  • Player aliases -- Players' postbit names can change to that of their characters when posting in particular game threads.
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Dice Rolling Tools

Site Basic Dice Rolling Advanced Dice Rolling In-Game Rolling Tamper-Proof Dice Rolling Game System Presets
d20 Universe Yes No Partial Unknown No
Dndonlinegames Yes No Yes Partial No
Elliquiy (adult) Yes Yes No Yes No
ENWorld No No No No No
GiantitP Forums Yes No Yes No No
Groovy Gamers No No No No No
Myth-Weavers Yes Yes Yes Yes D&D 3.5 only
Online-Roleplaying Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Paizo Forums No No No No No
PbP HOUSE Yes Yes Yes Yes Partial
PlaybyWeb Yes Partial Yes Yes Partial
PlotHook Yes Yes Yes Partial No
RolePlay onLine Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Rondak's Portal Yes Yes No Yes No
WotC: Real Advs No No No No No
Heroes Only No No No No No
  • Basic Dice Rolling-- Tools to roll virtual dice and add or subtract a number
  • Advanced Dice Rolling-- Features such as dropping or keeping the highest or lowest, multiple dice rolls at once, re-rolling certain numbers and below, multiplication and division of results, etc.
  • In-Game Dice Rolling-- Players can roll dice in the game thread posts, not in a separate program or page
  • Tamper-Proof Dice Rolling-- Players can't alter or fabricate the results of a dice roll.
  • Game System Presets -- Dice that automatically use the appropriate dice-rolling rules for a given game system without the user having to specify those rules for each roll.
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Character Sheet Features

Site Sheet Hosting Restricted Visibility User Editable Viewable from Posts System-Scripted Sheets Other Sheets
d20Universe Yes No No No D&D 3.5 Unknown
Dndonlinegames Yes No No Yes D&D 3.5 Unknown
Elliquiy (adult) Partial No No No No Integrated Wiki
ENWorld No No No No No No
GiantitP Forums No No No No No No
Groovy Gamers No No No No No No
Myth-Weavers Yes Yes Yes Partial Alternity, Anime, Call of Cthulhu, D&D 3.5e, D&D 4e, D20 Modern, Fate, GURPS 4, Iron Heroes, Mutants & Masterminds, Naruto, World of Darkness, Paranoia, RuneQuest, Savage Worlds, Serenity, Shadowrun, Star Wars D20, Star Wars Saga, Stargate SG-1, Starship Troopers Unknown
Online-Roleplaying No No No No No No
Paizo Forums No No No No No No
PbP HOUSE Yes No Yes Partial Yes Yes


PlaybyWeb Yes Yes Yes Partial No Yes
PlotHook Yes Yes Yes Yes D&D 3.5, d20 Modern, Serenity Unknown
RolePlay onLine Yes Yes Yes (GM's Discretion) Yes No Freeform Rich Text
Rondak's Portal Yes Yes No No Partial Yes
WotC: Real Advs No No No No No No
Heroes Only Yes No Yes No No Yes
  • Sheet Hosting -- Site offers storage and access to player-editable game system character sheets.
  • Restricted Visibility -- Character sheets are visible by default to only the player and the appropriate game's Game Master. Other options might be available on the site.
  • User Editable -- The player can manipulate their own character sheet. Other options might be available on the site.
  • Viewable from Posts - Members can review their character sheets directly from threads.
  • System-Scripted Sheets -- Sheets designed and scripted specifically for certain game systems.
  • Other (Supported Character) Sheets -- (Non-scripted) character sheets supported by the system.
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