Genre: Unsure - I often prefer fantasy, but also enjoy scifi and alternate-Earths and don't wish to limit myself.
Difficulty: Intermediate - I'm fully literate and enjoy the English language, but I prefer posting between 200-500 words in a sitting.
Type(s) of Creature(s): Human or humanoid focus preferred. I don't generally prefer all-animal RPs.
Preferred Rating: Any
Preferred Number of Members/Activity: Good to moderate activity is preferred. I would rather not get lost in a huge crowd, but less than ten or twenty members and it begins to feel like a ghost town when I want to play.
Preferred Time where RPG is set in:

Other Notes:

Even more than the RP itself, I'm looking for a friendly, active community within the forum. I'm currently the co-admin of an RP I love to pieces and remain active there, but would like another place to immerse myself on the internet. If you have a chatty general discussion board, major props! I would like to form connections with my fellow roleplayers, and not just in-character. The most rewarding aspect of my current RP community is the bond shared by members, whatever drama or squibbles might be present. Over a dozen of us have converged on a city before just to meet and hang out for several days! Fun stuff. I certainly wouldn't expect that level of... for lack of a better word, inter-member 'devotion' from another RP, but it's an example of what I mean by community.

I'm not quite sure what I'm looking for setting-wise, which will probably make this post aggravating to some admin who stumble across it. I apologize in advance? *grin* I've been involved in various genres for over a decade and I'm no beginner to roleplaying.

RPs set in specific genres (like HP, etc.) are welcome, though I'll only be interested in those I'm familiar with. Since I have multiple and sometimes obscure interests, there's no way for me to figure that out until you post an ad for your RP. Entirely original settings are also very welcome.

I tend not to prefer the vampire/werewolf dynamic. It's fun to me in the way that popcorn and potato chips are fun, but I would rather eat the junk food than manufacture it. ^_^

My emoticon use isn't usually excessive, but it is there. I use them OOC (never IC) and if they're a pet peeve of yours then I might annoy you. Just as a heads up. I don't use chatspeak or anything like that, though.

A billion and one obscure world rules to learn, while seriously awesome in their own right, might be more than I'm looking for at the moment. Conversely, if there's no setting information then I'll probably be floundering like a confused fish out of water.

Friendly, active admin are a huuuuuuge plus. Inactive admin always inevitably results in an inactive board, at least in my experience.

If this post in any way aggravates you then please don't reply. I'm probably not the member for you. Feel free to PM me, though, and tell me why! I'm always curious.

I'd like to add something that I saw and really liked on another "Requesting RPG" application. I thought that it was creative and something I would really enjoy requesting.

Instead of / in addition to posting the generic sales pitch for your RPG, please talk to me a little bit about your community. What does it feel like to be an admin or member there? What do you really enjoy? What downsides do you notice? And if you don't notice any then you're either made of sparkly rainbows in your worldview or you're concealing the truth, because there are always downsides. I'd love to know what I'm getting into from a different perspective.

What do you usually find new members have the most trouble with? The easiest time with? What do you enjoy seeing in a new member, and what does your site need in general from new members?

Perhaps you would be interested in Marked? We are a modern fantasy/gifted roleplay that is set around, but not limited to, a boarding school. We've got gifted humans, regular humans, or two broad categories of fantasy races that you can play. Within those fantasy races, you can even create your own custom species if you wish to go that route.

We are an active community that has been going on for 8 months strong now. I don't intend to have Marked vanish anytime soon. We all love it way too much! XD As for a word count, Marked does not have one. However, a majority of our members do post anywhere from 400-800 words per post, with several going above and beyond.

Come and check us out. You might like what you see!

Edit: And I see you want more of a description on our community now. Well, we have had our ups and downs in terms of activity. We are currently pulling ourselves out of that slow period caused by finals and the beginning of summer and the like. We have probably around 20 active members at the moment; some are around more often than others. A few are away for the summer and should be returning in a month or so. The best thing I have to say about our community is that we are essentially drama-free. We have been active for over 8 months now and have had very few issues with the community.

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The year is 2009 and Rochester Academy is opening its doors for the
first time. Its handpicked students are arriving from across the globe,
looking forward to, or perhaps even dreading the grand education their
parents have been promised. But is it just coincidence that every student
at this school is Marked?

They are humans with power and a long forgotten history, known only
by the tell-tale marks imprinted on their skin. The Marked had once
protected the world against other-wordly threats, Demons and Monsters
that are now believed to be nothing but childish stories and old myths.
But the Marked are rising once again, and some say the creatures of
darkness will soon follow.

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AND THEY WERE MARKED
The Plot | The Rules | Face Claims | Register

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Hmm I'm not sure if you'll like this genre but hey, I'll give it a shot :) We're a friendly community and all staff is active. We're a medium size so you should have no problem fitting right in :D The only thing is, I'm not sure if you'll like to RP in this genre, but trust me, its really fun! There's usually something for everyone in this RP.

EDIT: Oh and to answer your questions...

What does it feel like to be an admin or member there?
As an admin and member, its very laid back and chill. As in, thats how the atmosphere is like. People are just really sweet (I love my members so much lol). Everyone wants to help out, and we have just a fun time in the cbox.

What do you really enjoy?
Well besides the RPs (and I do like the rps and the plotting), I just like the fact that people are just generally really helpful and just extremely mature and polite. The members just like to have fun, and thats what the site is all about. Not to stress people out outside of work and school lol.

What downsides do you notice?
I think the challenge of the rp itself catches many people off guard. I mean, it is a challenge. Because challenges are fun :p And another aspect of our site is to improve writing (since most of our canons are literature based). We're not snobby about it, and I think that sometimes the genre itself may make us come across that way. I also think sometimes conversations about some of the canons in the cbox can make people feel somewhat lost. But people have their fandoms and like to talk about it, hopefully guests understand.

What do you usually find new members have the most trouble with?
Again, the idea of reinventing a character. But I find once people start on the application and get into the groove of it, then they can have just a ton of fun and really get creative.

The easiest time with?
Making threads flow I think. We have a lot of actually COMPLETED threads. I personally don't see that a lot in other rps im in. To actually get a flow going, most times working past muselessness to get a thread completed.

What do you enjoy seeing in a new member, and what does your site need in general from new members?
Just a will to have fun and dive in. Ask for help when you need it because everyone really is willing to help. Just in general, being active and being CREATIVE, most importantly :D

Check us out :D

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Hi Jennalyn,

I am not sure if you'd be willing to check out a new game. I have run an RP story for about 5 years, but was aching for something new. I just completed creating the board 'Tangled Paths'. It's an original small town paranormal RPG. It's set in the current time period in a place called Tideworn, Massachusetts.

The paranormals(vamps/werewolves/ half-demons and others) know this town as Tangled Paths (a supernatural portal area) and there is a long history in this town that many of the locals don't know about or choose to ignore.

Tideworn's big draw is it's living-history museum: Tideworn Village is a living museum that depicts life in the 17th century. It's where a lot of the locals make a living since none of the big chain stores or other large businesses ever wanted to take a chance on the town.

It's got too long a history of missing persons cases. Of course the UFO geeks think it's based on extraterrestrials. They converge on the town trying to prove their theories or get abducted. The half-demons do like to mess with their minds at times.

The info on our world is brief and concise, so you'd not have to worry about reading through endless topics about it. We are living a lot open for play and creativity.

I understand the want for community. I like that as well. However, right now we are in our infancy (just opened yesterday). We've got a total member count of 3, counting me.

Anyway, if you'd like to give it shot, click on my sig and have a look. Leave a msg in cbox if I am not around or PM me here.

Good luck in your search.

Heya! First off, you should stop worrying about TL;DR, and whether emoticons offend people. ;) You seem awesome and friendly and enthusiastic to find a nice community, and that's exactly what I love to see in a searching for post.

So, about us. Well, our ad says most of the good stuff, but I'll reiterate some of it. We're friendly, we're fun, we have OOC boards with a variety of themes (but they're members only so you won't see any when you browse as a guest) and we welcome newbies with open arms, and bacon. Yes, you heard right. You'll see what I mean if you pop up in the Cbox. ;)

Anyway, we're urban fantasy, with a ton of races to chose form, and no 'wars' or 'this vs. that' stuff. Just supernaturals living and working alongside the humans, some 'out' and some still living in secret.

We're pretty laid back, we have monthly storyline's that are totally optional, and there's pretty much the possibility to have any kind of plot you want, from silly and light to sinister and dark. And the same goes for characters; from childlike fae to sadistic vampire, we've got them all, and everything in between.

So give us a look and maybe say hello on the cbox?



We're a modern day, original supernatural(genre)/Urban fantasy site, with a wide and diverse array of races to chose from. Witches, vampires, lycans of all sorts, Djinn, Fae, Elementals, Winged Humans, demons, and more. We have friendly staff who can always be found on the Cbox, and we're a friendly and welcoming community, without the usual cliques and bs you'll find on a lot of sites out there.

It's an active site, with around 30 members at the moment. We like to focus on character development and attention to detail, while still having fun and not limiting creativity.
We let people choose if they want to use a model, celeb, musician, or even have me create a 3d Poser model just for them. We allow both accounts per player, or accounts per character, linked to a 'main' account. We even have a writing challenges board,, IC Twitter, Im's, and email boards, sections for multiple rp's, Solo Rp's, even journals. We also have a gallery, member created playlists, pic request board,'tagging' system, IC and OOC Cboxes, Sub Accounts, Blogs, and facebook-style instant notifications for replies and pm's.
We're self hosted, but please don't let that scare you off; it's really no different from any other board host. We use BBcode and html, (there's even a quick trick to get Dohtml working), and we are very newbie friendly. We're used to 'self-host' virgins so we'll walk you through anything you need help with!

Our app's are short, basic questions like age, height, etc, with the focus being on the history, no official word count but a suggested goal of 200+, although a lot of us average anywhere from 500-1500 words, and more.
We're also very laid back, encouraging members to register and hang around getting to know people rather than demanding applications be posted the minute you join.

So please give us a look, and if you have any questions, please catch us on the cbox!

http://sdbd.hellishbeauty.com/

Hiya, Jennalyn, I have the board for you! Will to Live is an active, exciting RP based in a small town in Oregon. However, unlike many real life boards, we love and embrace weird characters. (As long as they're realistic, of course.) We've had all sorts of lovable characters running across the forums.

But ah, the community. We have an awesome community; I'm proud of my members. *wipes away a tear of happiness* It's a board for all RP levels, and I've been lucky to see many of the writers improve over the year we've been open. The cbox is a very popular place full of chatter and jokes of the most mature nature, and people get along very well. Because I value community, I encourage communication between members and I do not allow any OoC drama. Also, emoticons are totally acceptable for OoC purposes--we have tons of them in the cbox and on the board.

Do come and drop by the cbox. And if you ever want to RP, hit me up; I'm almost always willing to RP. :3



THE LINK! Will to Live

o_O I make emoticons. <_< I'm a little of the crazy emoticon fangirl myself. My current favorite is: Although I'm not sure if I have that one up on my site. I will have to double check to see which ones I have updated there. Yes it's a spork. >_> Don't judge me.

As for everything else I think we fit your criteria. We do have quite a bit of information but I think it's pretty well separated as far as what you need to read to create a character. I have even created a few videos to help immerse people in the setting with more to come.

I'm a bit of a chatty Cathy myself. You'll find if I have the time to chat and I see you (or your character) on I often pounce you in the cBox. You can ask any of my members. I'm pretty relaxed but I am very active.

I guess that's all I can really say. We'd love to have you so GOOD LUCK in your search for an RP.



The year is 3195, society as we know it has long since vanished from the earth. If you could call it earth. The world is a sea of sand. We only survived because of Euphoria, ironically the same reason that world ended. While things seem to be fine they aren't.

The government controls us with what they call the Good Life Program. While it seems perfect it is anything but. They control us with the drug. They control everything. If you want to live your life your own way then you are a target.

Thankfully there is a group of people that fight against the government known as the Knights.

I don't know what else enters in your term "fantasy", but the game I am going to recommend you was classified sometimes, by the main administrator, as "fantasy", even if I (who am one of the moderators) doubt the exactity of the classification. Anyway, I am recommending it to you because... even if it isn't really fantasy (because we don't have mermaids or magic), it is different!

Of Saints and Sailors will be celebrating soon its second birthday, and it has recently opened a second chapter, with a new plot. We have called it 'The Crimson Tides' because many of our pirates have been stricken against and laid to rest. The shores are filled with their blood as the tides cover our shores with a tainted color. Skies have become black, nights have gone silent, but the Caribbean sun has a way of bringing about a new day. Ships have been sunk, pirates hung, but some still lurk in the shadows pondering revenge. Will you choose to aid them or continue to forsake them?

After months of planning and resurrecting an old alliance with the king of France and his ambassador, the mighty King of England, the result has struck the golden age of piracy.... Hard. The Prince of England was sent to destroy any and all who opposed the crown, and did so with brute force. Most, if not all, pirates have been killed or captured, leaving only a handful left scattered amongst the Caribbean cities living in secrecy as your common everyday citizens in order to escape treacherous hanging or beheading. It seems that happiness and safety has finally returned to the ports, and that piracy has reached it's end. But lurking deep within the shadows are those that have survived and now seek revenge. They patiently and silently wait as they search to rebuild their empire and recruit those that support their cause, wanting nothing more than true freedom.

As your character starts as a civilian in the epic adventure of Caribbean life, you will encounter pirates trying to persuade you to join them, a Navy that promises adventure and honor, and civilians that flourish and bask in serenity. Will you be swayed as friend or foe? Will you oppose the king, or will you fight for your beliefs? In these Crimson Tides, the blood runs thick upon it's shores, revenge is in the air, able to be seen like a misty fog rolling in on a dark cool night. Spirits of the fallen will forever remain until their souls can be revenged and freed. Which side will you take? War or peace?

The athmosphere is friendly and the newcomers are helped to get into the story.

Any question asked in the C-box will be answered... when people get online to see it, because we are a community from both American and European continents, so time zones might be an issue for having somebody online at the same time with you.

Emoticons are totally acceptable for OoC purposes - I use them too, both in the cbox and on the board.

We have many positions to be filled, many stories still left to be told, and only time is on our side in order to do so. We hope you love drama, action and romance, because that's what we have to offer here. Our board is what you make it, so don't hesitate to start today...

What does it feel like to be a staff member there? What do you really enjoy?

As a member, I enjoy the plot and the interactivity of story, as well as the friendliness of the other members and staff. As a moderator, I enjoy welcoming new members.

We are an all-original board, with all-original characters and a pool of around 20ish members, some withseveral characters. While we are historically-based, we do not strictly follow actual history (and this is why somebody had labelled it as "fantasy"). It is also not the traditional pirate site, and it follows no fandom. There is plenty of latitude allowed for plots and ideas, these being almost entirely character-driven.

We have a word count limit of 500 words, and the requirement of at least a weekly post in the threads.

What downsides do you notice?

The main downside is that during the revamping of the site, which led to opening the second chapter, we lost some members, and we are a bit fewer than we'd like to. Also, due to some daily life problems, some of the existing ones are posting not so often. So I would say that there are two groups on the board -one of quick posters and one of slow posters. But I guess this happens on any board.

What do you usually find new members have the most trouble with?

It depends. For some, the Age of Sail vocabulary/ setting is a problem, but we have pinned into the "Board Information" chapter an extensive resource list which is useful in documenting for any kind of thread. Some people use it, some people don't need it.

For some, the fact that the application is rather long gives some trouble, but it also means that one knows better their character when starting to play.

The easiest time with?

I don't know... I guess they have the easiest time with making new friends on the board.

What do you enjoy seeing in a new member, and what does your site need in general from new members?

I enjoy seeing initiative to take part in setting plots, creativity and willingness to post a few times a week. And this is what the site would need too!

Wow. Wow! Variety was what I'd hoped for and variety is what all of you have offered me.

I'll begin reading through board information sometime either tonight or tomorrow, depending on how in-depth our 4th of July celebrations end up going. It will probably take me a good chunk of time to wade through a lot of what's been posted, even though I've briefly skimmed it already. But really, you guys took the time to "sit down and chat" with me, and I'm going to give each of your boards the attention it deserves before I consider whether or not it's a good "fit" for me.

Also, please don't hesitate to post more. This is by no means a cut-off! It's just flabbergasted gratitude.

I knew this community was the right place to post. You guys are awesome. :lol:

Hello Jennalyn!

You might like to consider Zoanthrope Investigations, which is about a police team who are trying to secretly protect “normal” human society from were-animals.

Genre: Crime/Horror/Modern Fantasy.

Difficulty: I’m not 100% sure how you’d class our difficulty rating. We’re definitely a quality over quantity board with members posting writing of varying lengths. I think we’d fit into your 200-500 word criteria comfortably enough, though we don’t have word counts. :)

Type(s) of Creature(s): Humans and shape-shifters of all sorts.

Preferred Rating: We have a loose PG-13 rating, but are open minded. Hardcore sexual or gory threads are clearly marked or password protected.

Preferred Number of Members/Activity: Excellent activity. Posts everyday. We’ve got a one IC post per character per week minimum to keep the member base active and fresh. Of course the vast majority of our members post much more than that! XD I think we’ve got around 40 role-players on the board. We have a Buddy System, where each new member gets paired up with an established member, who looks after them on the site in their first few weeks.

Preferred Time where RPG is set in: Present.

Other Notes:

We definitely fit this specification. :) We have a very active Cbox and general discussion board. I know of a few members who have met in the flesh in the same way as you described.

We don’t have any vampires. :p

We love emoticons and don’t use chat speak. ;)

I’m hoping that we don’t have too many world rules. XD

We’re all active and friendly. :) You’re welcome to PM me here for my MSN address if you’re interested. I would post it in this thread, but I don’t think I’m allowed…?

That's an interesting bunch of questions!

What does it feel like to be an admin or member there?
- It's wonderful to act as an admin on this board, particularly one which has been around since September 2008. We have our good points and definitely our flaws, but it's a fun challenge to think of ways to improve on them.

What do you really enjoy?
- The community are friendly, always happy to chat and really seem to show an interest in me as a person.
- The good quality writing and site wide plots.

What downsides do you notice?
- While we’re a very active board, players can take their time responding to threads, generally because a lot of work and thought goes into their posts and/or they get busy in reality.
- We possibly have a few out of character rules which may appear scary. At the request of our members, we’ve recently tightened up on character approval. We have a thread with guidelines suggesting members avoid certain clichés in their profiles, e.g. their parents died when they were a baby. In addition, we have a cap on certain character types (tragic and victimised, sex addicts, serial killers, etc), which may appear discouraging, but we’re always happy to negotiate and suggest alternative solutions. :)

What do you usually find new members have the most trouble with?
- Some new members have very high expectations about our posting speeds. They tend to sit back and wait for somebody to respond to their one created thread, but unfortunately it doesn’t work that way. :/ They need to get proactive and join multiple threads.

The easiest time with?
- The ability to easily get involved with our site wide plots.
- Being welcomed by our community.

What do you enjoy seeing in a new member, and what does your site need in general from new members?
- New members who aren’t frightened of quickly getting involved in the community by chatting in the Cbox, posting in the general chat board or even swapping IM details.
- We enjoy seeing new members get involved with our site wide plots, as well as quickly getting involved in other threads.
- And we could always use more human police officers! ;)

Our advert:

Good luck with your search Jennalyn! :)

Hey there, Jennalyn! I've got two to toss at you. Both, in some way, suit your (very loose >.>) guidelines, though might not be precisely what you're looking for.

GENRE - Corus is a medieval fantasy roleplay, while Moonlit shoves real life and Sailor Moon into a nice little package; either element can be used in the actual playing.
DIFFICULTY - Corus asks for 350 words a post, Moonlit 250.
CREATURES - Corus is strictly humans-only, though one may elect to use one of three types of magic. Moonlit is primarily humans, with (expendable) monster-y characters available as well.
RATING - Both are PG-13 with higher content marked.
ACTIVITY - Corus has been running for over two years now, and as such has managed a community of forty or so active players, all of whom are incredibly friendly and who bring their own flare to roleplay. Moonlit is considerably newer (a month or so), and while not strictly bustling, has enough going on to ensure it won't drop off the face of the internet.

ON FANDOMS - Moonlit is Sailor Moon; unless you ignore most things and just have an oblivious human running around, there's not really any getting around that XD Corus, however, is a bit less cut and dry - while we are based on books (Tamora Pierce's Tortall universe), we have had members - even staff - who had never touched one of the things, and still managed to get on without trouble.


...If a post aggravates me, I really do think that's my issue, not yours XD

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Time after time, the Dark Kingdom has sought conquest, control. Time after time, these efforts have been thwarted by those of the moon, first during the Silver Millennium and again, much more recently, in 20th century Tokyo. Now in a new setting, a weakened, but never yielding, Queen Metallia seeks to reawaken those who have served her so loyally in the past, and to strike out in another attempt to grasp what has so long been desired. With the Sailor Senshi every bit as dormant as the denizens of the Dark Kingdom, time is in the essence—if quick enough, Metallia might just see her dreams come to pass before Sailor Moon can so much as contemplate her tiara.


It’s been just over a decade since Luna and Artemis last set paws to soil—and, if their new human forms are anything to go by, it will be some time more. Now awakened in London, England, the former felines know only two things: trouble is coming, and they must find and awaken the new senshi before whatever evil is coming becomes fully realized. Though the search is complicated by adjustments to their new lives—and lamenting the losses of those previous—failure for these mentors is not an option, not with life as we know it at stake.


Even with all the impending chaos approaching, the people of London are at their ease, leading their lives completely unaware of the looming danger. Only time can say how long this blissful ignorance can carry on, and only destiny will unveil the fates of each and every human walking upon the earth.

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...and then the university blew up. Well, part of it, anyways. After a magical explosion demolished a portion of Corus’ Royal University, historians and mages alike were delighted to find ruins from the old Thanic empire buried beneath the ground. Further investigation, however, requires digging into the city itself—an idea that the rest of the community is not particularly thrilled about. Between this and a rival gang causing trouble for the Rogue, it’s no wonder that many of the civilians are more on edge than usual.

Children have no place in power. While not technically a child, there are many in Barzun, particularly of the older generation, who feel that King Jeremías is not fit to rule, between his inexperience and the fact that he is systemically replacing the older officials with his closest friends. The king, however, is distracted by whatever troubles might be brewing within by pains from outside of his kingdom—after a rash of murders and attempted murders on international officials, Their Majesties are left scrambling to placate the foreign rulers.

Political stability is a thing of the past. Though the people of Carthak, under the guidance of Djimon Akhtar, were able to overthrow the Imperial Family, the priest’s death soon after left a whole that his son is now working to mend. Unfortunately, members of the nobility, alleged illegitimate sons of the former emperor, and some within the temple of the Hag itself are picking away at the threads, hoping to unravel the tapestry that Djimon so carefully wove, in order to get a piece of the action for themselves.