Hey there everyone,

There are several pieces of information that you should include in your post when LFP (Looking for Players) or LFG (Looking for Group). To make this easier for everyone, here are templates for you to use. This will help avoid people having to ask questions like, "which timezone?" or, "how often do you play?"

Please do not post your LFG/LFP in this thread - make a new thread in this forum, thank you - LFG posts added to this thread will be deleted.

Template when Looking for a Group (editing the answers accordingly):

Game: D&D 5e
Group preferred: Online / Face-to-face / either
Experience: New / a few years / veteran
Location/Timezone: (your physical location or timezone as appropriate)
Availability: (describe when you're available)
Preferred role: DM / Player
Game style: (Some information about what sort of game you are looking for e.g. casual, hardcore, roleplay, hack'n'slash).

Template when Looking for Players (editing the answers accordingly):

Game: D&D 5e
Group type: Online / Face-to-face
Experience: New / a few years / veteran
Location/Timezone: (your physical location or timezone as appropriate)
Schedule: (describe when the group plays and any flexibility in that)
Roles sought: DM / Player (include numbers of players you are looking for if more than one)
Game style: (Some information about what sort of game your group play e.g. casual, hardcore, roleplay, hack'n'slash).

Looking for Group posts

This is when you're looking for an existing group that you can join - make sure to set the Prefix field to include LFG and include the following in the title: Physical area or online Timezone

Examples of good titles for your post:

• Experienced (20 years) player LFG in Dallas area - weekend games.
• New player LFG online UK (GMT) weekday evenings.

Please also provide the following information in your post:

• Your level of experience (either with D&D or roleplay games in general).
• Whether you're looking for a face-to-face game only and, if so, the physical area you are able to travel to for games.
• Whether you're looking for an online game only and, if so, which timezone you're in and your availability (e.g. 18:00 - 23:30 weekdays except Monday).
• Any preferences you have for play - this can be as simple as, "I prefer casual games," or, "I love meaningful roleplay between characters" - this helps match you with a group with a similar style.
• Whether you prefer to play or DM.
• IF you are open to 'PAID' games, please include the 'Paid' prefix tag on the thread and include 'Open to Paid Games' in the title, so that these groups can find you.

Looking for Players (includes DMs)

This is for when you already have a group, or part of one organized and are looking for more people to round out the group or replace someone who has dropped out. Make sure to set the Prefix field to include LFP and include the following in the title: Physical area or online Timezone

Examples of good titles for your post:

• Established D&D group in Lochwood area of Dallas is LFP - games are alternating Saturdays midday until late.
• Online group in UK (GMT) play Thursday 7pm until 11pm using D&D Beyond and Roll20.

Please also provide the following information in your post:

• Whether you prefer experienced or newer players, or don't mind either.
• Whether this is a face-to-face game at a specific location (please don't give an exact address in a public post).
• Whether this is an online only game only and, if so, which timezone you're in, when is the game (e.g. 18:00 - 23:30 on Tuesdays) and any software/websites you expect group members to use.
• Any preferences you have for play - this can be as simple as, "We play a pretty casual game," or, "We love some serious roleplay between characters" - this helps match you with people with a similar style.
• Whether you are looking for players (indicate how many vacancies your group has) or a DM.
• If you're playing a specific module(s) or homebrew campaign.

Communities Looking for Players (This includes DM’s)

In the new age of growing communities, you may have a discord, forum or other group looking to set up games on a larger scale. These posts are still considered LFG if they are looking for new players and DM’s to grow their available games.

Examples of good titles for your post:

• UK Discord Community looking for new Players or DM’s. Details inside!
• West Marches Online Group, Forum based community looking for new members.

Please also provide as much of the following information in your post:

• A URL link or Discord invite to your community
• What kinds of games and systems your community focuses on.
• Any particular games you are looking for members for.
• Any particular rules your community adheres to, with a link to your rules page if possible.
• The usual time zone of your community and its primary language.

DM Running Multiple Games

If a DM is running multiple games, you should place all the games in a single thread. The first post in that thread should contain your general contact information, and then each reply will include the details about a specific game. If you need to update information for any of the games, please edit the relevant post. Do not delete and repost! If a game is older and filled please edit the post to indicate that new information.

Paid Opportunities

If you are posting about a game that requires payment, make sure to set the Prefix field to include Paid and include the following in the title: Paid game.  You may ONLY reply to LFG posts that indicate an openness to a paid game with your game/sessions.  All other unsolicited advertising will be considered spam.  Any unsolicited Private Messaging about paid games will also be considered spam.

Please take caution when sending money to others online. D&D Beyond is not responsible for monetary transactions outside of direct purchases on our site.

DMs: If you need help finding players open to paid games, use the filter at the bottom of the LFG forum to find players who've used the "Paid" tag.

Bumping

As listed on the Site Rules & Guidelines page, thread authors may reply to their thread once per week or if they have made a significant update.  All scheduling, availability, and session information does not qualify as significant updates. Examples include:

• Still looking for players for this game!
• 2 spots open for this Saturday!
• Game now moved from 3pm CDT to 2pm CDT!
• Game is getting intense/party just reached level 4 - come check us out!

Please save thread replies for interested players to ask questions, new games you may be running, or game/platform/DM changes that may be taking effect.

As an alternative or replacement for 'Bumping', try these Significant Updates:

It would be recommended to reply to your thread with an ongoing story narrative from the running campaign arc, challenges/obstacles, etc.  Find a method to engage the community on the progression of your game(s) and allow users to better decide if they would be entertained/enjoy your style.  This provides more depth to your thread than the bullets above and still allows you to refresh your post.  Visibility to your sessions will remain and you are providing more valuable content to the thread.

In the event of a new game, you can sample your narratives and 'scene setting' - give potential players a taste of your DMing.  Detail the applications, tools, media used to assist your story.  You're selling your DMing as a service or investment of time - dive into what it is players are purchasing as meaningful updates for your thread

Quote from Necmo >>

Instead of making multiple threads, what is the rule for bumping your own threads? Specifically if you are LFG.

Quote from Archangel26 >>

Also, you need to remind posters to put their location on the thread title!

It's already there in the sticky post:

This is when you're looking for an existing group that you can join - make sure to set the Prefix field to LFG and include the following in the title: Physical area or online Timezone

I can only make so much of the post bold and red before it's just a mess and nothing stands out. :) 

I'm based in the UK - I think I got that example by looking through the various posts people had made looking for what I considered to be the best ones. :)

Quote from ToddTheSquid >>

Question: If a LFG post isn't answered in, say, a week, and gets buried by the other posts, is it acceptable to bump it saying "I am still looking for a group." Or similar despite nothing having changed? Or should a new thread be made? Or do we just have nothing we can do? Because that seems slightly unfair if we can't do anything.

Hi there ToddTheSquid,

the forum rules & guidelines on bumping threads still apply in this subforum.

If it is considered that LFG posts that are newer or "at the top" of the subforum are more likely to receive attention, then allowing bumping would just encourage behaviour where people are frequently bumping their LFG post to the front of the queue, because they can. This has the consequence of causing other LFG posts to be "buried" as you refer to it.

As such, to maintain fairness to all users who are looking for a game, the "no bumping" rule is in effect on the LFG/LFP subforum.

It's ok - if in doubt, just reach out to a moderator. :)

Bumping posts has always been against the rules & guidelines of the D&D Beyond forums. The only reason to bump a thread is to increase visibility by ensuring it's nearer the top of the subforum it's on - this is unfair to other users as it artificially ages other threads and creates an environment where all users need to bump their threads to compete.

It's up tp you!

I recommend including as much information as you think people might want in your post, so they don't have to ask questions.

If you're planning on running a game using Discord and Roll20, then absolutely mention those, rather than just say "online"

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