There are plenty of times when people are wondering if they should take the plunge and run a game, or maybe they're forced to step up because no one else will. What I hope to accomplish here is a place where those in that position, and others, can ask questions and for advice on running games to help build their understanding and confidence. Afterall more people running games is always a good thing.

This isn't a place to ask rules specific questions. This is about running games. Whether you're new or you've been running games for 10 years there's no shame in asking for advice, personally it's been over 8 years since I ran my first game and I still value feedback and advice that people have to give me. If other experienced GMs and DMs would like to join me in this endeavour then I welcome your assistance and input too.

There's kind of that between the General Chat and the Game Proposals, Input, and Advice forums here.  But I'd certainly welcome any advice.  I struggle here quite a bit, especially with keeping a game moving along and dealing with abandoned characters.  While I find ftf much better in those respects, scheduling and getting players for the kind of games I'm interested in at all is far more difficult, if not impossible.  roll20 I've also tried is kind of halfway between ftf and pbp, with some of the issues of both.

So I keep coming back to try to get my role-playing outlet somehow.  :)

I am aware of those but this is more focused since on those there are such a broad range of topics covered. The other benefit is that this will allow more concentrated back and forth instead of people and topics getting lost in the shuffle.

We've already got a few people helping to get this off the ground so come and join in.

Inside a 'game' you also have more freedom to provide examples, without tripping over the site rules.

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