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Just started this site, very recently looking for any advice or suggestions. My category is play by post, high fantasy, though there are steam-punk and post-apocalyptic scenarios. Not ready for a GW or a AQ yet, but with some solid active members any thing is possible.

url: http://the9worlds.freeforums.org/portal.php
Contact: Oskar Ortiz (ooc1992@gmail.com)

Thanks

By Maeve Thu, 02/07/2008 - 10:15am.

Thank you for your kind words on Tazlure. It sounded like you were/are a regular?

I took a look at your new site. Here are some tips that come to mind:

1) What is your game about? Are you a portal to several games or is this one game with a big setting with several areas? Provide clear information on your first page.

2) Where do people read about the setting, the rules etc? You can do this in a dedicated forum (if you are just starting), directly on your website (once you get to that mid stage) or in a wiki (when your information is starting to get expansive and needs to be interlinked to a higher degree).

3) Once I click on the forums I can't return to the home page with an easy link.

4) You use yellow on beige for some of the lettering. I find that hard to read.

5) Your current use of graphics suggests a druid/nature orientated game. I don't get the immediate association with Norse mythology, which I had to find in your forum.

6) I don't see a link to your Terms of Service on your first page. If you want to save yourself future hassle, write a TOS and clearly link it. Here you can read about how to do that:
http://www.dragonmusenetwork.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=65&Itemid=107

7) Here is a good guide for new games on game management:
http://www.dragonmusenetwork.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=63&Itemid=105

8) What you need above all to get the game/games going is traffic. Players give a game bounce and motivate you to expand your world. Right now though new players will be hesitant to enter because they see there are very few posts.

Hope this helps!

Maeve

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By OOC92 Mon, 02/11/2008 - 8:44am.

Thanks alot for the advice, got to work on clarifying the basic information for the website. Think it looks alot clearer.

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By OOC92 Wed, 02/13/2008 - 7:05pm.

The site is going through improving every day, I think. New members are joining and I am surprised at the demand for a free-form dungeon crawl.

Now one question...

Are we ready for the Wyrm? By all means let me know!

By OOC92 Wed, 04/30/2008 - 4:10pm.

Cannot believe we actually got to the top 100! Things are not too shabby after only 3 months!