Founded by Levi Kornelsen, the GameCraft forum is an interesting community. Describing his vision for the site, Levi says: “Tabletop RPGs are basically this giant pile of stuff people do, which they have all these different views of. They talk about the views a lot. We’re here to talk about the stuff they do.”
It’s an interesting focus, and GameCraft has a thoughtful, welcoming atmosphere — one example being a post for new members reminding them that they’re already experts at talking about how they play. I admire Levi’s approach, from mission statement to structure and overall feel.
The Toolkit forum seems to include the most threads for GMs, with topics like what constitutes traditional GM prep and starting a campaign. Although it’s still a fairly small community, there’s quite a bit to see.
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Looks good. I’ve mentioned a few times that too many people talk about gaming more than they actually game.
Game on…
It’s a good focus — and I like that Levi has made it very easy to discern. If you poke around in the Front Porch section, you can tell right away that it’s not just another generalist RPG forum.
I’ve only peeked over there before– I got sucked into reading a very meta thread about what rights threads starters should have, and tuned out.
Glad to hear it’s another worthwhile forum, though I doubt I’ll pick it up seriously, I’ll keep an eye out for links to the best.
OK, just spent most of the day browsing… Wow, we gamers really like to make up the rules, don’t we? Process over outcome, that kind of thing… Whew! Whatever happend to “just roll the damned dice!”?
In response to Telas saying “Wow, we gamers really like to make up the rules, don’t we?”
My friend Alec, wiseman that he is, says that “Gaming is the one hobby where no-one is satisfied with just doing it, we all want to make it happen as well.” Definitely true. Most of us move from GMing to making houserules, and a fair majority of people try to make their own supplements. Especially with the advent of pdf publishing and the internet tubes, producing content is easier than ever.
I think the out-of-game stuff is part of what makes gaming difficult to explain to non-gamers — there’s no easy analog with board or card games, for one thing.
Talking about it — alongside doing it, of course — is one of my favorite things about this hobby. Which I suppose is probably pretty obvious, given where we are. 😉