Fablepost
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Your table
can’t meet
tonight.

The GM works late, one player has a kid with a fever, another is away for work. And the campaign skips another week. With Fablepost you play anyway: one message at a time, whenever each of you can.

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Play-by-message RPG · In beta, free

Lorenzo Corriascreated Fablepost · on Waveful’s founding team

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A real game, in one minute.

The GM posts at 11:40 pm, Bram replies at 7:15 am, the die decides. These are the app’s real screens, in Italian for now: the app itself is also in English.

The campaign is there.
The evening to play it isn’t.

If at least two of these sound familiar, your campaign has been on hold for too long.

  • Finding a free evening for five takes a poll, and it falls through anyway.
  • The last session was a month ago and nobody remembers where you left off.
  • We tried WhatsApp, but the story gets lost between memes and voice notes.
  • On Discord a bot rolls the dice, the sheets live in one PDF and the rules in another.
  • The GM spends more time scheduling than telling the story.
  • Since we grew up, RPGs have turned into “whenever we can”.

The problem isn’t the game. It’s that you keep putting it off to an evening that never comes.

You don’t need a free evening.

You need a table that never closes.

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Tonight, from the couch.

A whole campaign in chat. The app is the referee.

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    Why it’s not just another WhatsApp group

    You’ve already tried with everyday chats. Here’s the difference, point by point.

    The usual way

    The campaign in the same old group

    1. The story gets lost among memes, voice notes and “who’s free Saturday?”.
    2. A bot rolls the dice, or everyone rolls at home.
    3. The sheets live in a PDF nobody opens.
    4. The GM has to remember everything by heart.
    5. If someone disappears for a week, the scene gets stuck.

    The Fablepost way

    A chat made for playing

    1. Two rooms: Game for the story, Meta for everything else.
    2. The server rolls the dice: nobody can cheat.
    3. Every character has their own sheet, one tap away.
    4. The GM sets the difficulty in secret, the app resolves the roll.
    5. The story waits: you pick up right where you left off.

    How to start

    Three steps, five minutes. Then the table is yours.

    1. 1

      You create the table

      Sign in with Google, name the campaign and pick a cover.

      You’re the GM, and you get a six-letter code.

    2. 2

      You send the code

      Paste it in your friends’ group chat: whoever enters it joins and makes a character.

      Everyone gets a sheet: Body, Mind, Spirit.

    3. 3

      Write when you can

      You open the scene, they reply. When a check is needed, the app rolls and tells you how it went.

      The campaign keeps going all week.

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    The doubt you have right now

    It’s normal. Here’s a straight answer.

    Four friends around a kitchen table playing an RPG, with the GM screen, miniatures, dice and sheets

    The most common doubt

    “RPGs are great out loud, around a table. Don’t you lose everything over messages?”

    You lose the rhythm of one evening, and gain the rest of the week. Over messages everyone has time to think through their move instead of blurting it out, and the quiet ones get as much room as everyone else.

    And it’s not meant to replace your game nights: when you can meet, play at the real table. Fablepost keeps the campaign alive in between.

    It doesn’t replace the table. It keeps it open.

    We play it every week with our own group: a campaign of over 170 messages.

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    Free, in beta, sign in with Google.

    Can’t meet tonight?
    Play anyway.

    Free, in beta. The table stays open as long as you like.

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    It takes ten seconds to get in.

    Frequently asked questions

    Quick answers to what people ask before trying.

    How much does it cost?
    Nothing. It’s in beta and free.
    Do I need to download anything?
    No: you play from the browser, on your phone or computer. If you like, add it to your Home Screen like an app: here’s how.
    How do I sign in?
    With your Google account, in ten seconds.
    How many people do I need?
    A GM and their players, up to ten per table.
    What rules does it use?
    Book of Wonders, made for play-by-message: three attributes (Body, Mind, Spirit) and four outcomes for every check.
    Do I need to know how to GM?
    The GM writes the scene and sets the difficulty. The app handles the dice and the rolls.
    Do I get a notification when it’s my turn?
    Not yet: notifications are the next thing coming. For now, keep a group chat to ping each other.
    What about my data?
    It’s only used to sign you in. You can delete your account anytime, from your profile.

    Got another question?

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    Add it to your Home Screen

    No store needed: in two taps Fablepost sits among your apps, with its own icon, and opens full screen.

    iPhone

    1. Open fablepost.expo.app in Safari.
    2. Tap the Share button at the bottom.
    3. Scroll and choose Add to Home Screen.
    4. Tap Add: Fablepost shows up among your apps.

    Android

    1. Open fablepost.expo.app in Chrome.
    2. Tap the three dots at the top right.
    3. Choose Install app, or Add to Home screen.
    4. Confirm: the icon shows up among your apps.

    Learn it in a minute.

    Five steps, from an empty table to the first roll.

    New campaign

    Create

    Invite code

    VELLM4

    4 players at the table

    Bram, the keeper

    • Body+3
    • Mind0
    • Spirit+1
    1. The lighthouse has been dark for three nights.
    2. I light the lantern.
    3. I go up first.
    4. The tide is rising.
    Hidden difficulty
    13
    FailureAt a costSuccessFull

    13 + 3 = 16 · Success