RobRX Posted December 14, 2013 Share Posted December 14, 2013 While I've GMed before, GMing M&M (beyond a one shot or premade adventure) is new for me and so is PbP gaming. Would anyone be kind enough (and interrested) in perhaps co-GMing something with me so I can get the hang of it all? Link to comment
Raveled Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 What sort of duties would you be expecting of the co-GM? Link to comment
RobRX Posted December 15, 2013 Author Share Posted December 15, 2013 (edited) What sort of duties would you be expecting of the co-GM? Maybe advice me and, hopefully, help me correct any mistakes? And offering some veteran input on what makes a good thread as well as the do and don't. It really depend on what I might run. Edited December 15, 2013 by RobRX Link to comment
Supercape Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 1. Learn the OOC conventions for combat we have here. 2. Work in collaboration with players (its not your story or module, you create it together). 3. Dont force players down your vision of the story, have the story follow the players 4. Dont over-plan. You need very little planning at all in a PbM game when you have time to ponder, adapt, and wing it. 5. Dont sweat it (many threads fail, its not automatically the GMs fault) Above all, enjoy it. EDIT: And also, dont take advice to seriously. There is no right way to play RPGs, people have different agendas and different styles, find your own, find people who overlap with yours, and be polite to people who want something different out of their RPG! Link to comment
RobRX Posted December 15, 2013 Author Share Posted December 15, 2013 1. Learn the OOC conventions for combat we have here. 2. Work in collaboration with players (its not your story or module, you create it together). 3. Dont force players down your vision of the story, have the story follow the players 4. Dont over-plan. You need very little planning at all in a PbM game when you have time to ponder, adapt, and wing it. 5. Dont sweat it (many threads fail, its not automatically the GMs fault) Above all, enjoy it. EDIT: And also, dont take advice to seriously. There is no right way to play RPGs, people have different agendas and different styles, find your own, find people who overlap with yours, and be polite to people who want something different out of their RPG! I see, thanks for the advice. Perhaps I'm still too much stuck in my IRC and tabletop mentality, I hadn't even considered that PbP gives me more time to think things out. Link to comment
Supercape Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 Well as Oscar Wilde said, the only thing to do with advice is to pass it on, it is of no use to oneself! I'm sure tons of people here will be happy to help, but at the end of the day, its learning what works for you! (Although having said that, yes, PbM does differ from tabletop. For instance, on the down side you cant pick up non-verbal cues from each other, On the upside, it is extremely suited to "winging it"/improv as you have plenty of time to consider what happens) Link to comment
RobRX Posted December 15, 2013 Author Share Posted December 15, 2013 Well as Oscar Wilde said, the only thing to do with advice is to pass it on, it is of no use to oneself! I'm sure tons of people here will be happy to help, but at the end of the day, its learning what works for you! (Although having said that, yes, PbM does differ from tabletop. For instance, on the down side you cant pick up non-verbal cues from each other, On the upside, it is extremely suited to "winging it"/improv as you have plenty of time to consider what happens) I am more used to IRC games, which are like this but with a faster pace. The other issue that makes me worried to start a thread is that I have five years to catch up to; I wouldn't be able to know what I am allowed to use, what I am not and what's changed from the old Freedom City books. Link to comment
Supercape Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 We are thinking about a condensed catch up sheet, consider your point a reminder! Arichamus has a neat list of current active heroes that is worth peeking at. If you are using any cannon NPCs here, you need to run it past the refteam in a global pm. Equally, if you are doing anything with any long term consequences, the same applies. That being said, most threads do not need to be run past the refteam, they use custom NPCs either built based on archetypes or created on the fly here, and don't have major implications for the campaign I hope that answers your question? as always, chat is a great resource! Link to comment
RobRX Posted December 15, 2013 Author Share Posted December 15, 2013 Yeah I didn't originally intend for this thread to turn into that sort of discussion but thanks anyway. Link to comment
Avenger Assembled Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 I'd be happy to help you with a thread, Rob. Link to comment
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