Isekai PBP
A downloadable game
Isekai PBP is an RPG for play by post via WhatsApp or other group chat media. It's designed to let you play an adventure in idle moments any time of day, while avoiding the "player fade" problems that often arise in PBP games.
It does so by setting one player as simultaneously GM/narrator and protagonist, drawn into the world of the adventure in the manner of the Narnia books or possibly that D&D cartoon from the 80s. The other players are essentially a panel of advisers in the manner of those kids on Knightmare. They need only provide at least one suggestion when the protagonist player asks for help, so it's not a huge problem if group members wax and wane in their participation.
This one-page game is based on the Push SRD, developed, authored, and edited by Cezar Capacle (https://capacle.itch.io/).
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Isekai PBP is an excellent concept, and it works well, even though I haven‘t found a way yet to share the fun of the Push mechanic with my PBP players. Some further thoughts on my blog: https://florik.bearblog.dev/takeaways-from-running-isekai-pbp/
Fantastic. Thank you for sharing this!
I run and play in some PbB games and I'm always looking for good ideas to make these games better. Thanks for posting!
I'm always on the lookout for RPG designed to tackle issues with PbP play format. I'll try to get a game of this going soon and put in my review then ^^