HELP! Where to go after these forums close?

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#1

CCS

Sep 17, 2015 23:46:18		Obviously, as a veteran player/poster {i} have a good idea of where to go. But other, newer posters dont.

So: Please list alternative sites.

#2

ShadoWWW

Sep 18, 2015 0:00:38

I guess EnWorld is the best place.

#3

Imaculata

Sep 18, 2015 0:09:23

I'm heading to ENWorld, and it seems a lot of others are too.

#4

BajiNaji

Sep 18, 2015 1:49:50

Roll20 related sites are quite good.

#5

Zardnaar

Sep 18, 2015 2:26:19

 I'm already at ENworld and have been for a while. 

 

ENworld

http://www.enworld.org/forum/forum.php

 

Multiedition.

 

RPGnet. 

http://forum.rpg.net/

 

Mostly multiedition

 

Paizo

http://paizo.com/paizo/messageboards/community/gaming/4thEdition

 

Has a 4th ed and beyond section where the 5E stuff is. 

 

Dragonsfoot

http://www.dragonsfoot.org/forums/

 

Mostly TSR/OSR D&D AKA the older pre WoTC stuff.

 

 Thats most of the major RPG sites. 

#6

Mistwell

Sep 18, 2015 7:08:22

Also, a good place for RPG design discussion (though it has an OSR bent in general) is TheRPGSite.com

 

Giant In The Playground is also a good general RPG discussion forum with forums for 5e, 4e, 3e/PF, and OSR.

 

But yeah I think most of us are going to ENWorld.org.

 

 

#7

Rya.Reisender

Sep 18, 2015 9:40:05

Instead of just listing the most popular P&P forums, it would be nice if someone could say a few sentences what the strong points and the weak points of each of the forums are.

 

For example I'm mostly interesting in rules discussions. Others might interested in finding resources, etc.

#8

Brock_Landers

Sep 18, 2015 10:12:27

ShadoWWW wrote:
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Satyrn

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Brock_Landers

Sep 18, 2015 11:07:12

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Satyrn

Sep 18, 2015 11:16:50

I was actually using literally to mean actually.

 

I'm just a bad at guessing. I make a broad leaps in my assumptions. In this case, that you and Umbran were college roommates.

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Ath-kethin

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Brock_Landers

Sep 18, 2015 11:26:42

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#14

moonbeast

Sep 18, 2015 11:31:32

There's also Candlekeep?  Obviously for those D&Ders who are really into the Forgotten Realms. 

#15

Mistwell

Sep 18, 2015 13:18:33

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Brock_Landers

Sep 18, 2015 13:51:57

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Catodon

Sep 18, 2015 18:35:06

So here that Reddit is a thing. One I know nothing about. Is it worth a look? Anyone?

 

#18

RCanine

Sep 18, 2015 19:42:14

I was kinda suprised that nobody mentioned Reddit. There are a few D&D-related subreddits:

 

https://www.reddit.com/r/dndnext

https://www.reddit.com/r/dnd

https://www.reddit.com/r/AdventurersLeague/

 

I haven't spent a ton of time on them, but generally the culture there seems good.

#19

The_Jester

Sep 18, 2015 20:56:42

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Brock_Landers

Sep 19, 2015 0:49:16

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#21

MechaPilot

Sep 19, 2015 12:27:11

Brock_Landers wrote:
#22

Brock_Landers

Sep 19, 2015 12:55:23

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#23

Dougan_Axehammer

Sep 19, 2015 13:02:24

I'm a member of a Dungeons and Dragons community on Facebook, as well as a DnDNext group.

#24

Slit518

Sep 19, 2015 16:58:04

I haven't been here for very long, and it seems very weird that they would close this down.

I wonder if Warner Brothers is eventually going to get the IP for some of the WotC stuff and they are just preparing ahead of time.

I remember a while ago when Midway (video game company) was still around, I used to be a moderator on their forums, I was a member for years, we had a staple community.

Midway went bankrupt, IPs were sold off, Warner Brothers bought the rights to the Mortal Kombat IP and the new forums were called Netherrealm Studios.  It never felt the same, so I never joined.

#25

The_Jester

Sep 19, 2015 19:46:13

Brock_Landers wrote:
#26

Brock_Landers

Sep 19, 2015 21:54:50

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#27

EvilMonkeyMatt

Sep 19, 2015 22:23:09

Hi

 

As the owner, I'd like to add my own website to the list of possible websites that may be useful to people here looking for new communities. What I offer is a place where you can host your creations for free. By creations, I mean any content or resource you have created, and would like to host online so anyone can benefit from it. We cover all D&D editions, as well as Pathfinder RPG.

 

Some examples of user created content currently hosted at ADnD Downloads:

 

https://www.adnddownloads.com/en/resource/current-standard-character-sheet

https://www.adnddownloads.com/en/resource/bloodedge

https://www.adnddownloads.com/en/resource/trouble-at-troublewater

 

The website is my own personal project, but it's been online for over 15 years, and get a lot of visitors everyday. Some resources have been downloaded over 5000 times in the las 6 months, so I genuinely think it serves as a good way to promote your creations.

 

Please come visit, feel free to contact me if you have any question or suggestion. Thanks for reading!

 

https://www.adnddownloads.com

#28

The_Jester

Sep 19, 2015 22:35:37

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#29

Brock_Landers

Sep 19, 2015 23:26:15

The_Jester wrote:
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CCS

Brock_Landers wrote:
#31

Brock_Landers

Sep 20, 2015 0:51:29

CCS wrote:
#32

Bluenose

Sep 20, 2015 2:39:56

RPGnet was mentioned, but I'd note that the moderation there is pretty strict - much more so than EnWolrd, for example - and it's fair to say that D&D is not the main focus of the forums the way it is on some sites. Certainly better if you're interested in non-D&D games than anywhere else mentioned, though.

 

It's perhaps worth mentioning Google+. The comunities tend to be small, but it's a place where it's very easy to post large amounts of material, entiere unnoficial sourcebooks for instance, and get some discussion. 

#33

Mistwell

Sep 20, 2015 7:49:02

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Brock_Landers

Sep 20, 2015 7:59:36

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Rhenny

Sep 20, 2015 13:21:48

For me, I don't see any other alternative than ENWorld (at least for a main site to contribute within).  It has an established 5e dedicated part of the forum, and Morrus, et. al do cover the RPG industry at large as well. There are forums there for older D&D, Pathfinder and other game systems. They have a very good resource sharing system, user reviews, etc.  Unfortunately, I can't figure out how to create my own blog space on ENWorld.  I'm not that computer savey.  That's one reason why I made my blog here at WoTC - it was really easy to create.

 

 

#36

Mistwell

Sep 20, 2015 16:30:50

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Rya.Reisender

Sep 20, 2015 23:49:50

Catodon wrote:
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Grazel

Sep 21, 2015 3:23:35

Rya.Reisender wrote:
#39

Mistwell

Sep 21, 2015 21:48:57

Rya.Reisender wrote:
#40

Mistwell

Sep 21, 2015 22:02:30

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Rya.Reisender

Sep 22, 2015 1:27:28

The subforums are more for custom content, though. Or for older editions. If you just want to talk about 5E in general or ask questions about the rules, there's only the main forum and then you have hundreds of thread showing from other forums and in between sometimes a thread on the topic you're actually interested in, that isn't good.

 

I mean having a forum that shows the content of all other forums isn't bad, but there should be a D&D 5E Rules Discussion forum too.

#42

Mistwell

Sep 23, 2015 10:17:31

Rya.Reisender wrote:
#43

Grazel

Sep 23, 2015 17:35:29

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#44

Rya.Reisender

Sep 23, 2015 23:18:04

If there really is a 5E rules forum on EnWorld, mind giving a direct link to it?

 

 

Edit: On a sidenote I already started noticing the different mentality on EnWorld. The people there don't seem to be as strict about the rules as here, not sure if I will fit in there. I was already confronted with sentenced like "rules lawyers are the worst people". Ack!

#45

Mecheon

Sep 24, 2015 5:25:17

Rules lawyers are the worst. The aim is to play for fun, and rules lawyers are not fun. The only time they are fun is against another rule lawyer

 

Anywho, I might make an appearance around ENWorld as their ongoing Warlord thread needs the blunt brick of "If you have a problem with Warlords why don't you have a problem with Bards" thrown into it

#46

Mistwell

Sep 24, 2015 10:19:59

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#47

Brock_Landers

Sep 24, 2015 11:41:15

Mistwell wrote:
#48

Mistwell

Sep 24, 2015 15:13:13

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#49

HappyTaco

Sep 26, 2015 6:52:53

I'll be jumping between Paizo's, ENWorld's, Roll20's, and Fantasy Grounds'  forums. Losing these forums is like the apocalypse stone getting removed from its ever warping castle. Will the multiverse survive without a centralized D&D forums? We'll have to wait and see.

#50

Orethalion

Sep 26, 2015 16:26:33

I have decided that I am going to go to EN World.  I'm Maxperson there, as I was here back in the day.

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CCS

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#52

Orethalion

Sep 27, 2015 16:59:30

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#53

FFSAA

Sep 28, 2015 8:17:33

https://www.reddit.com/r/dndnext/

 

Enjoy monster a day, new character options, well thought out discussion moderated by and customized for you rather than some Enworld yahoo who will ban you for life for not likeing Say Yes To The Dress.

#54

Brock_Landers

Sep 28, 2015 10:16:51

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#55

Mistwell

Sep 28, 2015 12:20:52

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#56

Brock_Landers

Sep 28, 2015 12:55:15

Mistwell wrote: