Where to Advertise Your Game: 2025 Edition

It’s been nearly four and half years since our last advertising update. While the billboard above might be the same, the landscape has certainly changed!

Check out our lists below to find the best places to advertise your play-by-post game.

Discord is King!

Not only is Discord a central hub for many of today’s simming and online role playing groups, but it’s also home to many recruiting specific servers:

• RPG Recruitment
• RPG Want Ads
• Ultimate Simming RPG & Cosplay Group
• The RP Collective
• RPG Community Hub
• RPG Sim Advertising
• Star Trek Recruitment
• Star Trek Lounge

Check out other Discord Servers too!

While they are not advertising specific, these do allow ads:

• SciWorld/FallFest
• Khitomer Conference
• Babel Conference
• The Simming Prize

And don’t forget to attend SciWorld, FallFest, Khitomer, and Babel while you’re at it!

Facebook Groups

Facebook has long been a fertile ground for advertising:

• Roleplayers Everywhere
• Role-Playing Games (RPG)
• RPG Roll Call
• PLAY BY EMAIL/POST & DISTANCE GAMING RPGS
• Ultimate Play-by-Post/Email/Chat Simming & Online Roleplayng & Cosplay
• STAR TREK PLAY BY EMAIL SIMS
• Star Trek: RPG Collective
• Star Trek Post-Quarantine

Other Social Media Sites

• Instagram
• Reddit
• X
• Threads
• BlueSky
• TikTok
• YouTube
• MySpace …. just kidding!

Other Other Sites

Here are other websites where you can participate and maybe even advertise your game. However, always use caution here and be sure to read and understand all of the site’s rules before advertising.

• Play by Email (PBeM) & Play by Mail (PBM) List Index
• RPA
• Roleplay Wiki
• RolePlay onLine!
• Role Player Guild
• RPG Crossing
• RPG Directory
• RPGnet Forums
• RP Nation
• RP Repository
• Top RP Sites

Awards!

What better way to get your name out there than to win an award?

• Tournament of Simulations (ToS)
  • How does ToS Work?
• Simming Prize
  • Nomination Form
• Khitomer Peace Awards
  • Nomination Form

Past Articles

How has recruiting changes since years past? Quite a bit!

• 9 places to advertise your PBEM game (October 2010)
• 5 ways to advertise your roleplaying game (December 2010)
• 10 places to advertise your PBEM roleplaying game (December 2014)
• 4 of the best places to advertise your PBEM game (May 2015)
• 7 Great Places to Advertise Your PBEM or Roleplaying Game (October 2020)

You can also check out these classics on recruiting:

• Games Lacking Members
• Field of dreams got it wrong. If you build it they won’t come, unless you tell them to
• Need new members? – Don’t Forget Your Friends
• Advertising an RPG
• How to advertise your game without ramming it down people’s throats
• Recruiting: The Lifeblood of Role Playing
• What’s more important, recruiting new players or keeping existing ones?
• Top Retention Tips
• PBEM definition: What is a Lurker?