I'm new to the forum (and to play-by-post in general) so I'm kind of curious, how many RPs do y'all participate in at the same time in general? It can be any format or any type, I'm just really really curious about it (if I had the time and statistical know-how I would love to make an in-depth survey... this thread will have to do haha)

Personally, I can only handle about 2 weekly TTRPG campaigns at the same time, but since PbP doesn't need you to fit a 4 hours time slot in your schedule, and you can kinda do it whenever you have free time, my guess is that people tend to have more going on at once. Or am I wrong? Enlighten me!

That largely depends on how much you like to write, how much you write for a given RP, how much time you spend chatting in the RP discord, etc.

Generally, people who write longer posts tend to post less frequently, especially if they have a busy schedule. There are also other factors. While I enjoy being in a few RPs at once, I have noticed that when I try to join too many my quality suffers.

There was a time when I was part of like eight or nine at one time. This was a couple years ago when I had more free time of course haha. Unlike BrokenPromise though my quality never suffers 😎 (its always bad)

Currently I'm in about four group RPs. It's easier if you go with one or two faster paced RPs if you can handle them and couple them with slower paced ones.

2-3 is most I can easily keep track of

I'm new to the forum (and to play-by-post in general) so I'm kind of curious, how many RPs do y'all participate in at the same time in general? It can be any format or any type, I'm just really really curious about it (if I had the time and statistical know-how I would love to make an in-depth survey... this thread will have to do haha)

Personally, I can only handle about 2 weekly TTRPG campaigns at the same time, but since PbP doesn't need you to fit a 4 hours time slot in your schedule, and you can kinda do it whenever you have free time, my guess is that people tend to have more going on at once. Or am I wrong? Enlighten me!

You're right; I myself have 5 or so RPs here, 2 of which I run.

I’m in 9 rn. They’re never active at the same time, and I have no life

I run 3.

Also trying to make this calculation now; I'm currently running one and participating in four others. So far that seems manageable, but the more correct answer seems to be that It Depends--on how quickly you write, how much you write, and how often your fellow participants are posting.

So far only the campaign I'm DMing has really even given me an opportunity to post more than once every few days, and I think that's mostly because I'm used to a more rapid-fire, in person style of DMing.

There are numerous factors that come into play as to how many RPs one can handle at once. It just depends on the person, their free time, their motivation, etc. One answer is not going to be the same for everyone.

I used to run/play in 15-20+ roleplays back when I was in high school/just graduated from high school. Now in my middle twenties I tend to keep it more at a mellower number than what I used to do.