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: Roleplaying over Skype...
: Addled GM November 07, 2011, 05:27:17 PM
     I'm considering moving the online game that I play over from google plus to skype. Before I use it to run a game I want to test drive it by playing in a game. I've googled it up and have yet to find a site that has has skype games.  Where can I find a skype game to learn the ropes of both playing and running a game? 
: Re: Roleplaying over Skype...
: Tadanori Oyama November 07, 2011, 06:09:34 PM
The NerdBound podcast does alot of Skype gaming. Check the forums over there and you'll probably be able to get into one within a month or so.
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: Addled GM November 07, 2011, 07:01:29 PM
A full month?   :o
Are there any faster ways to go about this?  There is no board for GMs looking specifically for Google Plus and skype games?
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: Tadanori Oyama November 07, 2011, 07:16:25 PM
Inside of a month, meaning less than a month. Generally a Skype game takes, at minimum, a week for people to check their schedules and determine an open day.

However, if your planning to GM than all you have to do is post a notice that you want to run a Skype game and see who takes the offer. You could do that right here even. Posting the offer on more than one forum will increase the response rate of course.
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: clockworkjoe November 07, 2011, 07:31:21 PM
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: SageNytell November 07, 2011, 08:54:39 PM
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: Re: Roleplaying over Skype...
: Salkovich November 08, 2011, 02:43:52 AM
     I'm considering moving the online game that I play over from google plus to skype. Before I use it to run a game I want to test drive it by playing in a game. I've googled it up and have yet to find a site that has has skype games.  Where can I find a skype game to learn the ropes of both playing and running a game?


If you just want to listen to a Skype game to see how they run, check out what we're doing over at drunkandugly.com (http://drunkandugly.com)

We're entirely a skype group. Plus we have tons of MaOCT and some Call of Cthulhu.

Plus, we're kinda cool. (Kinda.)
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: Addled GM November 08, 2011, 06:21:37 PM
I'm listening to the drunk and ugly podcast and I've got to say that it is pretty cool.  You have a good group there. Do you guys use video during your games or do you just do the games as a conference call?
: Re: Roleplaying over Skype...
: Salkovich November 08, 2011, 07:29:04 PM
I'm listening to the drunk and ugly podcast and I've got to say that it is pretty cool.  You have a good group there. Do you guys use video during your games or do you just do the games as a conference call?

We've done video a couple of times but with that many people, Skype has a tendency to crash hard.