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Forum Roleplay offers a wealth of roleplaying guides for forum roleplayers — from the fresh-faced newcomer to the seasoned RP administrator. The roleplay guides cover everything from finding your first RPG to adding moderators and administrators to your current RPG.

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As of 2018, Forum Roleplay offers over seventy different roleplaying game resources — ranging from roleplaying guides to roleplaying code templates. Whether you need pixel icons or a detailed guide to roleplaying game etiquette, Forum Roleplay can help you improve your play-by-post roleplaying skill.

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Bad roleplay might not be malicious, but it is harmful to the roleplaying experience. If you're a newcomer, read up on the bad RP guides to make sure you're sticking to widely accepted text-based RPG etiquette. If you're an admin, use Forum Roleplay's Bad RP guides on your own site to promote good roleplay.

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RPG Post Template Generator

HTML templates are an awesome part of forum-based roleplaying. While creatively writing, you can experiment with code. Plus -- they're an excellent way to personalize your character and posts. The Post Template Generator can help you get up and running fast -- and the rest of Forum Roleplay's code resources can keep you going!

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How to Advertise Your RPG

If you're an RPG administrator, you know promoting your RPG is a necessary part of keeping it active and attracting new members. The RPG advertising guide can teach you some best practices -- and some bad practices to avoid. Plus, Forum Roleplay offers several areas where you can advertise or list your RPG!

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RPG Family Tree Templates

Long-running roleplaying games can build in-depth family trees with hundreds of members! Visual guides to a family can help your roleplayers understand complex relations and see just how many connections they can forge by joining your character's family.

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Naturally, Forum Roleplay provides a list of forum and text-based RPG games! Browse the on-site list for the perfect new game. Or — if you’re an RPG administrator — register an account to share your RPG. Enjoy unlimited bumping — keep your RPG on the top of the list!

Myriad Paths

March 19, 2023

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Myriad Paths is a roleplay inspired by Xianxia novels and Chinese folklore. In a world where humans, demons, spirits, and beasts can cultivate the energies of Heaven and Earth, what will be your path to Immortality?

Highlights include:
• An expansive world to explore
• A wordcount-based progression system designed for flexibility and freedom
• An **optional** combat system designed for use with the above
• Hunting and gathering for use in a flexible crafting system
• LGBTQIA+ Friendly

Elysia

March 14, 2023 Animal, Wolf, Werewolf, Shifter RPGs

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Elysia is a literate warrior cats site set in Vancouver Island following two Clans, CloverClan and GroveClan as they battle against the elements, and each other.

After the mysterious disappearance of three scouts, CloverClan comes to realize that they aren’t the only cats in Elysia. Their mutual hatred is spurred, as CloverClan concludes that GroveClan is keeping their warriors hostage, while GroveClan is unaware of the scouting patrol’s existence. While the two Clans remain distracted, cats are vanishing from patrols, dens, and even the nursery. They both have a common enemy, in the most unlikely of places.

[Recruiting] Unknown Stars RPG

March 10, 2023 Futuristic and Sci-Fi RPGs

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Hello, I am the Leader of the CAS Roleplay group and community on discord, we have a Space RP hosted on our Discord.

Stellaris-like mix of civilization building and geopolitics in a space pbp RP with a custom map and freedom to create your own leader, race, history, and spot on the map.

So, if you are interested in participating and giving the RP a shot, please do join!

There are other channels not related to the RP you will see, so please do keep that in mind if you do join as not to be confused. A server mod will help you sort out where to go for the RP if needed.

The overview doc and the world map shall be provided in the links below as well as a link to our discord if you wish to join.
Galaxy RP Map, each star represents a star system of a potential player or NPC: https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/972976280750419998/991157153534582814/unknown.png

RP Details: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Nm5s5UEHTrg8zCmtg4FXtkr37l_qBjY-ovlnA3Z03_I/edit?usp=sharing

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