Roleplayful
Consumer and social
tabletop rpg matchmaking
SHOW HN2021
133points
68comments
#389of 2,533 in 2021
Top 16%of 2021 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
6 positive, 13 neutral or asking, 6 mixed, 5 critical, out of 30 comments about the project. Thread score +0.01.
Idea: 3 for, 2 againstExecution: 1 for, 2 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Useful concept for finding in-person and remote RPG groups
From 3 comments
This is great! I was looking around for an in-person D&D game a couple months ago, and wishing that there were a site like this.
Taikonerd on HNThis is awesome and I applaud you for working to bring this to life. More people in the hobby the better AFAIC.
ammanley on HNThis is really cool! I'm glad more people are breaking in to this space. The founder of D&D Beyond is currently working on Demiplane.com, which has similar aims. PlayRole.com is…
citizenkeen on HN
Objections
Limited list of game systems and editions
From 3 comments
Looks good, and useful! Two notes: - The list of systems is kind of limited, for example I was looking for Fate. - When looking for an in-person group, it should be possible to…
webmaven on HNGreat idea, although it won’t be that useful for many people, I think, until it supports a wider variety of systems and editions. The current selection is quite small. I also…
Emigre_ on HNMy thought is at the minimum you should be able to say "X RPG, any edition" and "X RPG, these editions only" - my thought is a lot of people would play AD&D 3rd and 5th editions…
spiralx on HN
Search by location is limited to US cities and a fixed 20 mile radius
From 3 comments
That's a cool idea, though why limit it to US cities? Wouldn't cost much to just allow creating/searching in the whole world. Could also be nice to have "language" selection, so…
Galanwe on HNI'd really like a map. Here in the Bay Area, for instance, I could pretty reasonably get to games in San Francisco, Daly City, South San Francisco, San Bruno, Millbrae, Colma,…
floren on HNI like it! Looks great and seems to work great too (tho I didn't register so can't comment on all the things). I would like to suggest a few things: It automatically detects your…
twh270 on HN
Empty search results when few campaigns exist
From 1 comment
I am getting empty list of search results when looking for remote campaigns with D&D 5e, D&D 4e, D&D 3.5e, Pathfinder, Pathfinder 2e. Is this expected behavior (because there…
zomglings on HN
Requests
Add more game systems and editions
From 3 comments
Great idea, although it won’t be that useful for many people, I think, until it supports a wider variety of systems and editions. The current selection is quite small. I also…
Emigre_ on HNThanks! Runequest would be nice
Emigre_ on HNMy thought is at the minimum you should be able to say "X RPG, any edition" and "X RPG, these editions only" - my thought is a lot of people would play AD&D 3rd and 5th editions…
spiralx on HN
Map view and adjustable search radius
From 2 comments
I'd really like a map. Here in the Bay Area, for instance, I could pretty reasonably get to games in San Francisco, Daly City, South San Francisco, San Bruno, Millbrae, Colma,…
floren on HNI like it! Looks great and seems to work great too (tho I didn't register so can't comment on all the things). I would like to suggest a few things: It automatically detects your…
twh270 on HN
Non-US locations and language selection
From 1 comment
That's a cool idea, though why limit it to US cities? Wouldn't cost much to just allow creating/searching in the whole world. Could also be nice to have "language" selection, so…
Galanwe on HN
User-created tags and content moderation
From 2 comments
I had the following pain points, which may mean I run the wrong sort of game for you. I run a Vampire:The Masquerade Larp that pre covid generally played monthly in San…
lsiebert on HNI like it! Looks great and seems to work great too (tho I didn't register so can't comment on all the things). I would like to suggest a few things: It automatically detects your…
twh270 on HN
Support for board and card games
From 2 comments
Awesome project! Why limit it to just role-playing games? I know that RPG players have to struggle quite a bit to find other players, but as a board-game player, I'd like to see…
CollinEMac on HNOh yes, if you're going to expand on this, it would be great to include basically the range of games you typically see played at a local game store. This would span card games,…
navbaker on HN
Questions
Will remote play support a specific platform field
From 1 comment
Great site! Is the assumption that “remote” play occur on TableTop Simulator? (Or some other cool thing I don’t know about?) Perhaps you could add a field to identify which…
elliekelly on HN
Will there be a rating or review system for players
From 1 comment
Very cool. I played D&D when I was a teenager but never actually did a campaign, instead we sort of made characters then joked around and rolled some dice with no coherent story.…
wincy on HN
Alternatives named
Obsidian Portal
From 1 comment
Just made a little page for my campaign! Thanks for this! This reminds me of Obsidian Portal that a DM I briefly followed used: https://www.obsidianportal.com/ Some thoughts:…
tomkat0789 on HN
Demiplane
From 1 comment
This is really cool! I'm glad more people are breaking in to this space. The founder of D&D Beyond is currently working on Demiplane.com, which has similar aims. PlayRole.com is…
citizenkeen on HN
Start Playing
From 1 comment
Very cool. I played D&D when I was a teenager but never actually did a campaign, instead we sort of made characters then joked around and rolled some dice with no coherent story.…
wincy on HN
Fantasy Grounds
From 1 comment
Does anyone know anything better than Fantasy Grounds for managing online pen and paper RPG games? It's a very clunky and unpleasant UI from my experience with it.
nickthemagicman on HN