Communicating Game Information Out-Of-Game

**Sevatas** · February 15th, 2018, 22:42

Roll20 has automatically gives each game its own forum in which to keep players up-to-date about the next game session or what happened. What does everyone using Fantasy Grounds usually do?

**Zacchaeus** · February 15th, 2018, 22:46

I use WhatsApp to send text messages. The only thing that we ever need to communicate is who is available on the usual game day to see whether the game is on or not.

**GunnarGreybeard** · February 15th, 2018, 23:27

I have and do use the Game Calendar (not ideal but it allows game scheduling in there), the Groups feature in these forums and also Discord.

**JohnD** · February 16th, 2018, 00:55

Go into Groups and set up your own forum. Also, I use email - have a distribution list for every campaign. Additionally, use the chat available in your campaign page assuming you have one.

**TMO** · February 16th, 2018, 05:37

In the campaign I DM, we started with the Groups on this forum. You can see how we structured things here:

https://www.fantasygrounds.com/forum...php?groupid=41

This worked reasonably well but for various reasons we decided to move to Slack.

In games that I am a player in, Discord tends to be used (Slack and Discord are very similar). There are channels for OOC communication as well as between session communication among characters (which also includes game summaries so there is an ongoing narrative of the campaign).

The Discord server I play on is called The Asylum and it's a place where several DMs and players come. Each campaign can get their own channels for their needs. There is an open invitation for people to join and visit:

https://discord.gg/qFHA75p

**Wookiee420** · February 16th, 2018, 06:39

I have my own discord chat server (free) we run all our voice chat through there, and I have a chat room for every game (OOC), i also have a chatroom for out-of-session-rp for every game that we play (In Character)

**Teufelhunde87** · February 16th, 2018, 10:50

I usually have a thread set up in these forums or in my Guild forums, depending on the make-up of my group. Works well!

**Trenloe** · February 16th, 2018, 16:38

I use a few different methods - depending on the stage of the campaign and the group of players.

FG Game Calendar - handy when first starting up the group as it automatically converts session times based off the user's time zone profile settings. Disadvantage - any info posted does not automatically send a notification to players/GM. People need to manually check themselves.

Obsidian Portal - good if you need to store/share campaign information offline between sessions. Sends out email notification for next events. Allows players to add logs/journals, etc..

Facebook Group - can have discussions, setup events, etc.. Good if your players use Facebook.

**mlesnews** · February 16th, 2018, 16:45

Originally Posted by Trenloe

I use a few different methods - depending on the stage of the campaign and the group of players.

FG Game Calendar - handy when first starting up the group as it automatically converts session times based off the user's time zone profile settings. Disadvantage - any info posted does not automatically send a notification to players/GM. People need to manually check themselves.

Obsidian Portal - good if you need to store/share campaign information offline between sessions. Sends out email notification for next events. Allows players to add logs/journals, etc..

Facebook Group - can have discussions, setup events, etc.. Good if your players use Facebook.

I've had mixed results with Facebook, even though I use a closed group. I'm not sure why I guess some players prefer their anonymity. It's really easy to share resources whether its posts to links, uploaded files and documents, schedule events, or just say hello on messenger.

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