Building a Comprehensive List of RPG Advertising Websites?

I notice there isn't a comprehensive listing for places to find and/or advertise advertise RPGs. The closest thing I've been able to find is this article "10 Places To Advertise Your PBEM Roleplaying Game" from OngoingWorlds.com. It hasn't been updated since 2014 and many of the listed websites are no longer active.

Would anyone be interested in helping compile an up-to-date list of advertising websites for roleplaying games? I have a list of blogs, mailing lists, websites, etc. that I use to find new RPGs which might be a good starting point. I think it'd be very handy to have a complete list for lurkers such as myself.

 

Here is what I have. I'd love to hear from others if I'm missing anything.

List

Play-By-Email (PBEM)

• Greg Lindahl's PBM List: This is the oldest-known website to advertise RPGs. I've been following PBEM games listed here for many years and is by far my favorite resource.

• PBEM2.com: This website replaced the now-defunct PBEM.com (1996-2005) which was the go-to website for many RPGers during the early days of the internet. It's not as active as the original website but has a very easy submission system. The only hitch is that you need to keep re-posting ads every seven days.

Groups.io

• RPG Player Sanctuary: This is the biggest and longest-running mailing list for all types of RPG games. Its a private forum but you can join via e-mail instead of making an account. (Update: The group was originally hosted at Yahoo! Groups from 2002 to 2019)
• The Universal RPG Recruiting Network

Yahoo! Groups

• RPG Player Sanctuary: This is the biggest and longest-running mailing list for all types of RPG games. Its a private forum but you can join via e-mail instead of making a Yahoo account. (Update: The group moved to Groups.io in Nov. 2019)

• RPG Finder: This is a similar list I follow. Although its smaller and not as active as RPG Player Sanctuary it's open to the general public.

These are mostly inactive but the public groups often have archives that can be viewed without a subscription.

Active:​

• Roleplayers Anonymous (2000-)
• RPG Advertisements (2003-)
• RPG Announcement (1999-)
• RPG Classified Ads (2002-)
• RPG Networks (2018-)
  
• RPG-Plug (2001-)
• RPG Want Ads (2005-)

Inactive​

• Great RPGs (2004-2016)
• RPG Science Fiction/Fantasy Casting (2001-2015)

Google Groups

• RPG & Storytelling/PBEM Adverts

Forum/Play-By-Post

Directory websites

• Adoxography 2.0
• All Kinds of Everything
• AnimangAds: Animanga-only
  
• Caution to the Wind
• Cosmos
  
• ForumRoleplay.com
• Portkeys & FlooNetworks
  
• Rockin' Roleplay
  
• Roleplay Ads
• Roleplay Ads!
• Roleplay Advertising
  
• RPG-Directory.com
• RPGfix.com
• RPGinitiative.com
• RPG-Resources.com
• RP Yellow Pages
• Shadowplay
• Tainted Wingz
• A Thousand Fireflies

Resource websites

Active:​

• DD Resources
• Gangnam Style
• Graphics Games
• Hey Moon Resources
• Pixel Perfect
• Sourced
  
• The Code Box
• weCode

Inactive:​

• Below The Sun (2015-2018)
  
• Fall of an Empire (2016-2018)
• The Great Divide (2016-2017)
• Template HQ (2014-2015)

Tumblr blogs

Active:​

• Ad Spot
  
• All Things Roleplay
• Daily Jcink
  
• Jcink Adverts
• Jcink Galore
  
• Jcink Network
• Jcink Tinder
• RP Adverts
  
• RPG Adverts
• Roleplay Classifieds
  
• Roleplay Source
• Roleplayers of Discord: Discord-only
  
• Rpings

Inactive:​

• Captain's Ads (2016-2018)
• Forum Roleplay (2018)
  
• Its Everything RP (2014-2017)
• Panda Directory (2017)
• Roleplay Directory (2017-2018)
  
• RPG-Central (2014-2015)

Online Directories

• Electro Listings
• ForumRegister.com
  
• GoTop100.com
  • Roleplay Lovers
    
  • Top 100 RPG Sites
  • Top 100 Best RPG Sites
  • Top 100 Fantasy RPG Sites
  • Top 100 Historical RPG Sites
    
  • Top 100 Horror RPG Sites
  • Top 100 Original RPG Sites (Genius RPGs)
  • Top 100 Original RPG Sites (Imagination's Door RPGs)
  • Top 100 Superhero (Marvel) RPG Sites
• LinkLane.net
  
• List-Me.com
• Nerd Listings
• Net1000 Network
• Open Directory Project: Mirror of the DMOZ Directory (1998-2017). They have PBEM / Play-By-Post listings but do not add new games.
• Smooth Sailing Listings
  
• Top RolePlay Sites

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Social Media

• Discord
  • Karen and Landyn Cafe
  • The Roleplayground

• LiveJournal
  • Fantasy RPGs
  • Potter Games: Harry Potter-only
  • Roleplay Ads
    
  • RPG Ads

• Reddit
  • Advanced Literate RP
  • Forum Roleplay
  • Play-By-Email
  • Play-By-Post
  • r/Roleplay
  • Roleplay Groups
  • Roleplaying
  • r/RoleplayingForReddit
  • Written Roleplay
• Twitter
  • Forum Roleplay
  • RP Collective
  • RPG Fix
  • RPG Initiative

Other

• TaleWOW
• Wiki Fiction
• List of "wikifiction" games at Wikimedia.org: Focuses on collaborative fiction writing
• List of historical role-playing games at Wiki.rpg.net: Mostly forum/play-by-post RPGs.

These websites host RPGs on their own servers.

• Barbermonger: One-On-One RPGs only
• Gamers Plane
• Giant in the Playground
• Myth-Weavers.com
• OngoingWorlds.com
• RoleplayerGuild.com
• RPG.net
• RPGcrossing.com
• RPGgeek.com
• RP-Society.com
• RPOL.net

Sources

General

• Caution to the Wind's Advertising Directory: Non-Roleplay Forums
• ForumRoleplay.com: Resources / External Sites
• PBEM2.com: Resources
• RPGinitiative.com: Off-Site RPG Resources

Specific

• Blackmoor, Brandon. "FAQ: Play By Email (PBEM) Role-Playing Games." Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs), RPGlibrary.org, 27 Jul. 2004.
• Ball, David. "9 places to advertise your PBEM game." Ongoing Worlds Blog, OngoingWorlds.com, 12 Oct. 2010
• Ball, David. "10 places to advertise your PBEM game". Ongoing Worlds Blog, OngoingWorlds.com, 10 Dec. 2014

 

Wow! Thank you for all of these! It's difficult to find anything on Groups.io when it comes to advertising, so I have to seek outside of it. I've found several other PBEM/writing/roleplay groups there, but nothing for advertising yet.

 

Seconding the thanks, I appreciate the effort that went into this and y'all for sharing it. Kudos to you.

 

Wow this is a great thread. Thanks!

 

This Link is dead, it's supposed to redirect to The Roleplayground but somehow I cannot reach it?

 

By the way RPG Sanctuary moved over from Yahoo to Groups.io as well - https://groups.io/g/RPG-Player-Sanctuary

We've been chatting and catching up...

 

I've reached the character limit for updating this page but the main website is at https://theroleplayground.home.blog/ and the current invite link is https://discordapp.com/invite/evYTCCJ (as of August 2019).

 

This seriously just saved me ages of time. Thanks!

 

UPDATES FROM GROUPS.io -

https://groups.io/g/RPG-Player-Sanctuary

https://groups.io/g/theuniversalrpgrecruitingnetwork

 

This is awesome, kudos and thanks for doing this.

 

Thank you all so, so much for these resources!

 

Woah, I'm glad I stumbled on this! It'll be something to keep an eye on. I was going to add RP-Society, but I see that someone already did. These resources are going to go to good use, I'm sure!

 

Thank you for this list!

 

This has been super useful, thank you.

 

If you guys have any further suggestions for this thread, please add them! I need them!

We're only helping each other out! I know all Yahoo groups are busted now, so the other directories and advertising groups have gone groups.io or they have created their own forums.

I would like to offer to do the same - creating a groups.io advertising and affiliate group, I will definitely update you on this over the next month!

 

The link in the post worked perfectly for me. Also, the one to the discord took me right there. Try again?