There was a certain class of games, particularly for (Old|New) World of Darkness before they renamed it to CofD, that were really popular. Basically you would fill out your sheet as a starting character, then go before a Storyteller/GM that was like a DMV bureaucrat, who would verify that you made legal choices and would sometimes argue with you about if you need Firearms 3.Then you'd be let in to the actual game. You'd have semi-freeform "scenes" with other PCs who did the same process, and occasionally, the ST/GM would show up and do a "scene" where the chips are really on the table, you can make real moves. You'd do XP requests and get standard XP quantities based on activity, basically attendance.But then they kinda just disappeared in the late 2000s/early 2010s, right before the rename to CofD. I think there were games of similar structure for other RPGs, but (o|n)WoD was the big one.What happened, man? Why did they fall out of style?
>>96588881To private discord groups that you weren't invited to.
Tiktok and twitter destroyed new people ability to use forums. I think the city of angels in particular has a discord. They're usually very shitty compared to the actual forum content.
These are actually still extremely popular, they've just largely moved onto discord servers and off public forums. A lot of modern ttrpg communities mistakenly use the term "west marches" to describe their campaign setup, when what they're actually doing is this.
>>96588881MUSH/MUX zoomzoom
>>96589023Where can you find them?
>>96588881Those were called "LARPs" and they were full of obnoxious theater kids. I should know: a hardcore Camarilla LARPer ran Vampire for my group of friends, and about a dozen other people who also showed up, for years and it was a fucking mess.
