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Chat / Text Only Games?

Are there any games being played on here that are only text/chat based? The reason I'm asking is that I just don't have the freedom to play over voice/video. I need to keep things quiet at my end.
There are, but you have to look harder to find them. I wish there were a way to mark your game as chat/text only in the Looking for game search page so you could tick a box to bring up only those sorts of games. But, alas, no. It may be that there are so few like us, that it isn't seen as something worth the time and effort. I am running a text based game, but it is full at the present. Look through the LFG threads and you should eventually find something.
Jason W. said: There are, but you have to look harder to find them. I wish there were a way to mark your game as chat/text only in the Looking for game search page so you could tick a box to bring up only those sorts of games. But, alas, no. It may be that there are so few like us, that it isn't seen as something worth the time and effort. I am running a text based game, but it is full at the present. Look through the LFG threads and you should eventually find something. Just commenting to add that I also think that this would be a great search category, especially in reverse; some games are run with voice as a requirement, and some don't care if there's a mix of both. A search option for that would benefit anybody with a preference. I checked just now and didn't see a thread for it, so maybe someone ought to make one in the Suggestions and Ideas board ? I dunno if the Roll20 staff check it regularly, but it could be a thing. At any rate, in regards to the OP; they're not as common on this board specifically, but I see one every once in a while. If you play around in the LFG feature you might see someone that's added text-only to their game summaries. I found a couple by doing just that, maybe take a look through and see if any of them tickle you?
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I run text chat only games and when I list my games, I keyword them with "text" and put in the description that it is a text only game.
I'm in several text games also, and vastly prefer it to voice!
Hey, I frequently run text-based games. I am running a horror text-based one shot tomorrow night. If you are interested, just PM me.
You know, they have Roll20 alliance groups dedicated to one particular game (1st and 2nd edition AD&D, etc), where players of those particular games can meet to riff about the game and network with each other. Maybe we need to consider starting a Texters (Texties? Chatterbugs? lol- I don't know.) gamer alliance, for those of us that prefer to use that particular mode of play. It might make it easier to network with other players/GM's who have that as a priority.
<a href="https://app.roll20.net/lfg/listing/18465/knights-of-the-written-word-text-based-gamers-alliance" rel="nofollow">https://app.roll20.net/lfg/listing/18465/knights-of-the-written-word-text-based-gamers-alliance</a>. Here ya go! Maybe I'll run a one-shot next week or the one after to get it started. Any other DMs wanna help get the ball rolling? Another alliance I joined like this fizzled out since there were only one or two DMs for a hundred or so players.
Nice job taking the initiative there, Andrew! I've posted for an invite. Hopefully we'll gather a good network of folks that enjoy our style of play. :)
Thanks a lot everyone. I'm going to try and find a text based game to play in. Hopefully there is one open. I agree that it would be a nice search filter.
I'll be hosting a text based game soon. Still working on it though.
I prefer text based as well since I am a dog and can only bark..
It isnt so much playing a game as cooperatively writing a story, but you might be interested in this post.... <a href="https://app.roll20.net/forum/post/1347627/moving-t" rel="nofollow">https://app.roll20.net/forum/post/1347627/moving-t</a>...
Hey, I was considering making a post concerning this very thing! I'm also interested in text-only games.
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C27 said: Hey, I was considering making a post concerning this very thing! I'm also interested in text-only games. We have a few games listed in <a href="https://app.roll20.net/lfg/listing/18465/knights-of-the-written-word-text-based-gamers-alliance" rel="nofollow">https://app.roll20.net/lfg/listing/18465/knights-of-the-written-word-text-based-gamers-alliance</a> that are shaping up and looking for more players. One of them is a shared world setting with 3 gm's: <a href="https://app.roll20.net/lfg/listing/18956/forgotten-rhunes-text-chat-basic-fantasy-rpg" rel="nofollow">https://app.roll20.net/lfg/listing/18956/forgotten-rhunes-text-chat-basic-fantasy-rpg</a>
Pat S. said: C27 said: Hey, I was considering making a post concerning this very thing! I'm also interested in text-only games. We have a few games listed in <a href="https://app.roll20.net/lfg/listing/18465/knights-of-the-written-word-text-based-gamers-alliance" rel="nofollow">https://app.roll20.net/lfg/listing/18465/knights-of-the-written-word-text-based-gamers-alliance</a> that are shaping up and looking for more players. One of them is a shared world setting with 3 gm's: <a href="https://app.roll20.net/lfg/listing/18956/forgotten-rhunes-text-chat-basic-fantasy-rpg" rel="nofollow">https://app.roll20.net/lfg/listing/18956/forgotten-rhunes-text-chat-basic-fantasy-rpg</a> Thanks for the info.
Hello there. I'm just looking for cool players in general, but I myself prefer text-based storytelling at times. PM me if you want to hop into something! I have a gent that wants to do some CoC or horror.
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You can always join our group ( <a href="https://app.roll20.net/lfg/listing/18465/knights-of-the-written-word-text-based-gamers-alliance" rel="nofollow">https://app.roll20.net/lfg/listing/18465/knights-of-the-written-word-text-based-gamers-alliance</a> ) and post your recruitment there also. There has been people asking about CoC games there already
Bump for great justice
Bump to get more people to join.