Online Gaming Best Practices

A discussion about the best practices for running online games, alongside some of my own opinions and preferences for which you, the fledgling online referee, should follow exactly. Special thanks to all the referees whom I solicited feedback from on this: Aggie Domopunk Gin Bradbury Havoc NBateman oldhawkeyes Weird Writer This guide wouldn't be nearly as complete without them! The ForeplayThis section is about the nuts and bolts behind the game, things like platform, sharing of text, and software. If it doesn't relate to the conduct of the game itself, it's probably not in here! Communication PlatformThe first decision is probably the most crucial one: Where (and by what method) are you going to speak to one another? For both voice and text-based games, Discord remains the top dog, precisely because of its healthy number of features and widespread use. People are already familiar with this (probably) and the various text channels allow easy segregation of information. If you're…