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Games that cater to all levels of role-playing may have specific sections for various difficulty levels. Play-by-post role-playing games take place in a text-based online medium. Chat rooms, message boards, and e-mail traditionally have been popular, although social media sites, such as Twitter, Facebook, and blogs are a viable option. Forums may provide features such as online dice rolling, maps, character profiling and game history.

Using a forum as opposed to a live-chat interface allows players to re-read what they have previously written at a later date, and to read posts made by players in other threads. Many online services provide free game hosting specifically for gamemasters, or provide general forum services that can be used for role-playing purposes such as Proboards or Invisionfree. As an asynchronous collaborative editing tool, forums lack safeguards to prevent two writers from posting simultaneously and contradicting each other.

House rules may require players to take turns sequentially in order to avoid such conflicts, or players may require posts to be edited or deleted to rectify the situation which may result in dispute and intervention from a moderator if one is available. Play-by-post role-playing is generally devoted to advancing a single overarching storyline that all board members participate in, rather than many different non-related stories proceeding in separate threads the latter being known as "multi-genre".

They vary in organization, but the primary formation includes a full set of rules governing role-playing, out-of-character conduct, combat between players, threads detailing a set storyline often contributed to by plot-advancing, staff-organized events, or player role-plays , character approval forums, and a full staff with admin s and moderators.

Larger boards set in a single setting are often organized by cutting up the setting into separate forums, each based on locations within the setting. Many message board based games. To keep story threads organized the message board is often organized into forums based on geographical location within the game setting. Play-by-email PBeM games employ collaborative storytelling that is similar to its message-board based counterpart, but utilizing e-mail as the medium.

Online Chat Rooms may be used in a similar fashion as forums for role-playing purposes. Unlike forums, posts are displayed to the screen in real-time and thus may increase the pace at which responses are written. Play-by chat games require users to be present for the duration of a scene which may last several hours. The game may be supplemented by external character profiles or may rely on users to provide information about their character upon request or upon entering a room.

Real-time interaction between characters in chat rooms are similar to those encountered in MUDs but lack automated features of MUDs such as combat resolution and item descriptions. Players in chat rooms are required to describe objects and events through manually written text. Play-by-internet PBI refers to fully automated games which take place using server-based software.

Play-by-internet games differ from other play-by-post games in that, for most computerized multiplayer games, the players have to be online at the same time, and players can make their moves independently of any other players in the game. The turn-time is usually fixed. A server updates the game after the turn-time has elapsed evaluating all the player's moves sent to the server.

The turn-time duration can be hours, days, weeks or even months. A play-by-wiki game is played using wiki software instead of a forum. Because players' previous posts are editable and the gamemaster takes responsibility as the overall editor of the story. As a result, plot holes can be avoided and writing skills may not be as important for each writer. Wiki space provides not only a means of communication, but also a permanent archive and a designated off-topic discussion area for each page.

Players can edit posts freely because records are automatically maintained and changes can be easily undone. Sites such as Wetpaint are commonly used for this.

The role-playing blog RPB is a game which is played out online using posts within a blog or weblog. Unlike message board role-playing, a role-playing blog is generally restricted to one gaming group, and the blog contains static files such as maps, archives, and character sheets specific for that group.

RPBs often incorporate mixed elements of message board role-playing, play-by-chat, as well as play-by-email styles, allowing players to mix and match the style of play that they prefer. Popular blog sites used to host these games are Tumblr, LiveJournal, insanejournal, deadjournal, journalfen, and scribbled. The style of role-playing on Tumblr often comes in the format of a 'main blog', the headquarters of the game, and multiple character blogs from which each player posts.

The main blog often advertises for players through the tags of Tumblr. The main blog is where applicants to the game apply by filling out an application on the main blog, and where other such administration of the game occurs.

The Roleplay game creator is often referred to as the "Admin" short for "Administrator" and players may be required to run major plots and game changes by the Admin before proceeding, making the Admin function in a way that a traditional GM might have.

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I would not give up on it immediately! While we count these petals to pluck them off a cosmos The stem is likely to blast but never does the fate. Bandore Topic Creator 1 month ago 3. Yeah it had been working up until today at least. I can see if someone at GameXchange knows anything about it I guess.

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