As lemmy grows what games are you hoping for webs of?
I don't quite know the term for the subs yet coming from reddit. But in reddit words what videogame subreddits are you excited to be created over time?
Okay great responses! Try creating a larger cluster of them first like valve games or ttrpgs and go out and make them! Go ahead and link them in the responses!
r/truegaming, which is going read-only in protest if the reddit changes, and is considering moving to lemmy. The focus of that subreddit was more long-form discussion of gameplay design and mechanics, as opposed to news/reviews/memes.
In terms of videogames I know id love something like r/jrpg and or r/Megaman. Especially as I continue to plug away at the Megaman Battlenetwork collection.
In terms of tabletop games Ive been kimd of a Basic Roleplaying kick lately. ( Runequest \ Call of Cthulhu \ Nephillim ). Maybe a community for all d100 tabletop rpgs? Like Mythras and M-Space too.
A general TTRPG community would be great I think. A disadvantage of smaller communities can be a Lack of in-depth discussion on a single topic; but conversely a user is far more likely to be exposed to systems they may have otherwise never heard of.
If Lemmy is going to thrive, very specific communities are going to have to take a back seat to more general ones. This can be a good thing :)
Yeah, I'm in for that. I used to be only about Pathfinder 1e. But now I've exposed myself to 1e, starfinder, 2e, blades in the dark, Delta green, lancer, traveler, 40k death watch, and probably a few more I'm forgetting. Branching out to ask these other systems has made me a more flexible gm, and only served to expand the tools in my toolbox
Yes I agree with this. Mixing many subreddits together initially will mean people will see each others' posts. Also it's interesting to see this approach on beehaw compared to the plethora of empty communities that's already on lemmy.ml which allows their creation.
One thing I've really enjoyed were the Fnaf and Undertale/Deltarune subs for the theories and speculation there. I think either of those are too specific for an individual community but in the future I'd love to see the discussion on a 'game theory' type of community. I love seeing people analyse game lore and find all the hidden secrets in them.
Might look into making a general Retro Gaming instance! Don't have a clue how to make that yet, but I would love to have a place to share game collections, experiences, and general love for older games and systems
Update: since I'm on the beehaw instance it looks like I can't create communities as far as I'm aware...
These generalist communities are definitely the way to go for the time being. I think that if someone has a retroconsole or emulation setup, then the patientgamers community would appreciate it because we're just, simply, lacking content right now. Like, Beehaw's gaming community, meant for literally everything gaming, is currently the largest and even that has a lack of threads.
If the place grows, then that's when we splinter things off.
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