Saturday, August 5, 2017
I've recently been thinking about doing some solo roleplaying again after a hiatus of several years (and then only a brief stint with Mythic). I'm going to use Mythic GM Emulator and 5e to generate an adventure based in my homebrew campaign setting. I want to break my log down into two running sections - one with the generation of the mechanics, processes and game-related outputs followed by a separate short fictional piece outlining the story as influenced by the outcomes of the first section. I'm looking for advice on a suitable public space to achieve this - any suggestions?
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Blogs work pretty well and are more likely to show up on search engines, which is good for the exposure of solo roleplaying and is helpful to newbies looking for examples of play.
ReplyDeleteIDK, google docs or a free blog service (wordpress or others)
ReplyDeleteSorry excuse my ignorance but what would be recommended as a good blog hosting site and what is IDK?
ReplyDeleteI use Jekyll and keep a blog. I interleave my mechanics (in gray) with my fiction (in black).
ReplyDeleteI've considered doing a two column approach, like a translated book of poetry, with the mechanics to one side as they come up but it wouldn't work with my style.
A forum post would work, too, but it might be too noisy.
IDK is internet slang for I don't know.
ReplyDeleteI think blogger.com or Wordpress.com are the most popular blog platforms.blogger.com - Blogger.com - Create a unique and beautiful blog. It’s easy and free.
blogger.com - Blogger.com - Create a unique and beautiful blog. It’s easy and free. looks straightforward and as you may have guessed I need something simple! Many thanks
ReplyDeleteI see a lot of people using Blogger and WordPress. I believe both of them have free services that let you set up a dedicated gaming blog to host your content. I personally use Obsidian Portal, which is sort of like a blog plus a wiki... all structured for hosting tabletop campaigns.
ReplyDeleteThe two-column thing is a bit tricky. I did one or two play reports on blogger creating slides containing the mechanical stuff which I could impose as floating images along the narrative text where I wanted. That was very slow and tedious and didn't always anchor my slides correctly.
ReplyDeletedon't forget tumblr, if you're looking for simple.
ReplyDeleteI'll take a look at Obsidian Portal too. I've heard good things about it. I'm going to ask my son about tumblr #gettingold
ReplyDeleteSimon Collins I had a Blogger blog set up from way back when, hadn't touched it in years, so I just recently blew away the old content and started over. Personally, I'm not impressed, but it's slightly better than the Google Docs file I've been writing in, and as others have said, it's searchable by the big engines.
ReplyDeleteI'm working on setting up a free Wordpress blog right now as a test; I'm not sure how much better it is than Blogger at this time, so it's not much help to you. The nice thing is that both are free, so you can test it out before deciding to make a life choice revolving around a blogging service (or custom building your own content management system [CMS]).
As a reader of actual plays, I find that integrating the mechanics into the story being built by your game play is interesting and educational; I'm not sure I'd like to read a story post, then a mechanics post, and then try to mentally merge the two in order to piece together how everything was done in-game. Most of the examples I see are merged in some way: take a look at some examples from Ubiquitous Rat, Solo RPG Voyages, The Bwogosphere, and others from our own group of players.
I particularly liked Along Amongst Many's approach, very readable: aloneamongstmany.blogspot.com - The Adventures of Glendal Lorg, Solo Hero (1.1)
I use wordpress, it's quite good.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Dan Davis a report with mechanics mixed with narrative is more interesting
Yep. I like that Alone amongst Many blog too. In an ideal world as previous posters mentioned side by side would be really cool.
ReplyDeleteI second the freebie blogging sites mentioned. WordPress (the software behind the free blogging platform) is perhaps the most ubiquitous on the internet. I'm not sure if the free WordPress blogs allow it, but if you ever decide to expand out into a hosted site of your own, the options for adding unique features like you describe are virtually limitless using their plugin functionality.
ReplyDeleteIn addition to using different colors/fonts to delineate narrative/prose from technical details, I've seen use of "spoiler" text that obfuscates game mechanics entirely from the prose, but can still be toggled in/out of view.
I would be interested to see any neat examples of organizing and displaying Actual Plays on a forum or website, if anyone can point to some examples (or a list). I've some ideas of my own and have created a dice display (and randomizer) plugin for WordPress to use on my (new) family+solo gaming blog.
Alex Yari Well, there's another section for the FAQ! :D One of these days, honestly, I'm going to start outlining that thing...
ReplyDeleteThanks Dan Davis, for the examples, I didn't see your list before I posted.
ReplyDeleteI had a google document with the story and used comment boxes for the mechanics. I liked it, but I was personally focused more on the narrative.
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ReplyDeleteIf I were to do that, I'd probably go with a google doc spread sheet. One column for the story and another for the mechanics and let them run in parallel. I'd then just post the link here or where other fine gaming reports are shared.
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