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Games Designed For, Or Especially Suitable For, Play-By-Post?

A topic by Aleks Samoylov created Mar 08, 2021 Views: 1,118 Replies: 2
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The title more or less says it all: I'd love to hear suggestions for explicitly Play-By-Post oriented games or games that you feel fit the Play-By-Post format exceptionally well. I'm currently very interested in said format for various reasons, so I'd also very much welcome discussion of ideas for or experiences with Play-By-Post mechanics, different variants of PbP (what makes forum play different from snail mail play, and etc.), and so on. 

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So I mod the r/pbp subreddit so I'm very interested in this topic.

My best answer is to link to the entries in the Play by Post Jam and the Correspondence Jam (70 games!) - both feature a bunch of cool games that were designed for asynchronous play. All of them by indie designers, I believe.

If you want a D&D version built for pbp, check out D20 Go - I've heard good things about it, though no personal experience. Of course, many ruleslite OSR games work well but they're not specifically designed for the medium.

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Thanks! Those jams should give me plenty to chew on for starters.