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More people in the hobby the better AFAIC.",{"id":84,"by":85,"text":86},"26651226","citizenkeen","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…",[88,103,118],{"value":89,"source":76,"evidence":90},"Limited list of game systems and editions",[91,95,99],{"id":92,"by":93,"text":94},"26647780","webmaven","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…",{"id":96,"by":97,"text":98},"26650342","Emigre_","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. 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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.…",[178,185,189,193],{"value":179,"source":76,"evidence":180},"Obsidian Portal",[181],{"id":182,"by":183,"text":184},"26649590","tomkat0789","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:\u002F\u002Fwww.obsidianportal.com\u002F Some thoughts:…",{"value":186,"source":76,"evidence":187},"Demiplane",[188],{"id":84,"by":85,"text":86},{"value":190,"source":76,"evidence":191},"Start Playing",[192],{"id":174,"by":175,"text":176},{"value":194,"source":76,"evidence":195},"Fantasy Grounds",[196],{"id":197,"by":198,"text":199},"26650052","nickthemagicman","Does anyone know anything better than Fantasy Grounds for managing online pen and paper RPG games? 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