Hello

[NerdBird]

Hello all,

I am joining this list because I am involved in role-playing games. Currently I am moderating a (free) play-by-web game that is of the genre space-fantasy-opera. Think Traveler mixed with Lovecraft and a big heap of Charles Stross.

I used to be a professional programmer, but I quit work to be the full-time caregiver for my ill wife. So on-line activities are most of my social life. :)

If anybody wants to see the game, the forum (actually software I designed myself specifically for on-line asynchronous role-playing) is at http://enerd.ws/gt/ (use name and password "guest").

My tastes in fiction run from old and new science fiction and fantasy to mysteries to the occasional fantasy disguising a trashy romance. ;)

Have a nice day.

[Mulsiphix]

Welcome to the community. I hope your interest here is more than a shameless plug for your website lol. Just out of curiosity, what kind of online software do you use to conduct your play by web games? Is it PBP, PBE, or a full client like Klooge?

[NerdBird]

Sorry for the shameless plug, but the software is interesting. I would guess it's an asynchronous play-by-post. It includes discussion forums, messaging, and a participant-centered glossary (if you're character doesn't know that X is really Y, that gloss doesn't appear in the glossary for you).

It was written by myself, for myself, back when I worked for a computer-based education unit at Penn State. It was an attempt to write something like this on sound educational grounds, but I never fully finished it. It needs a newsletter-based output so that people can see what others have done when they've finished their segments.

I don't like to do synchronous gaming over the internet because I find it more interesting when players don't realize who are player characters and who aren't.

[Farcaster]

Nerd,

If you are looking for players for your online game, I'd also suggest you post (http://www.penandpapergames.com/forums/newthread.php?do=newthread&f=17) in the Campaign Invitations (http://www.penandpapergames.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=17) section with more details about your game, so someone browsing that section can find your PBP.