So one of my tabletop campaigns has ended recently. It was pretty fun, but that also opens up my roleplaying schedule and figured I'd try something I haven't done in a long time: play by post.
It's simple. Anyone who wishes to join simply makes a character for whatever system we all want to play and posts in response to whatever's happening. I've done PBP (play by post,) games in the past, and I have to say that it has its own advantages and disadvantages. For one: if people are busy with work, the more casual style suits it considering you don't have to dedicate like 4 hours to a session. It allows people to think, and learn the rules better since you don't have to sit there and wait for everyone to flip through the rule books if they aren't as rule-savvy as someone else might be.
I've got a couple of ideas thematically for campaigns and a couple mechanical systems that might work out as well:
Chronicles of Darkness: I'd be rehashing an old idea I came up with where the party would start off as regular human beings only to be transformed into the supernatural with whatever splat (vampire, mage, werewolf, ect, ect) they are interested in. The idea is that the group starts off as human that are part of something like a ghost hunting group/supernatural chasers, or perhaps archeologists or paleontologists and begin to run into the supernatural. From there your character would be turned. For example if I wanted to make a vampire, then eventually I'd r