In light of the recent Discord scandal(s), I’m curious if any TTRPG communities currently using Discord are planning to leave it in favor of Matrix, as it seems to be one of the most popular choices for a Discord replacement. Would be great to see some vibrant roleplaying communities on Matrix!
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I’ve never used matrix but would be keen to join a ttrpg community. As for discord, I’m currently there for a couple DnD campaigns and I don’t see anyone making a shift, not even with the looming age check.
I’m in the process of getting a Matrix server set up for my ttrpg group, and homebrew world project. If there was interest from the wider ttrpg community I’d be happy to drop a link when it’s ready. I’m aiming for early March. I don’t think I’ll have call functionality on my server, though.
Of course, with the federated nature of Matrix, you can sign up to any server and still join our spaces/rooms!
iamthetot I’m in the middle of getting a forum going to keep track of my home PF2e game and organizey thoughts and ideas.
Maybe we should talk.
My ears are open!
Sounds interesting! What game system? Back when I still had a gaming group, I used Discord for voice chat. Matrix voice chat works well, but lacks push-to-talk functionality, though (which is an annoyance for me, personally).
My groups play Pathfinder 2e and Fabula Ultima at the moment. My worldbuilding project is system agnostic, but high fantasy. We have played dnd 5e, Blades in the Dark, Slugblaster, Call of Cthulhu (7th edition I think?), beta Daggerheart. We want to play release Daggerheart, Triangle Agency, and even more.
Regarding the push to talk, I’m not an expert but is that a limitation of the Matrix protocol or perhaps the client you were using to connect?
I’m a big fan of the Cypher System by Monte Cook, personally. However Call of Cthulhu (at least the mythos) is also near and dear to me. Truth be told, I haven’t had a gaming group for a while now, so I’m sure there are tons of great games out there that I haven’t even heard of.
As for voice chat and push-to-talk - it’s not a limitation of the Matrix protocol (as far as I know), but none of the Matrix clients have this feature. Trust me. I’ve looked. And looked. And looked. ;)
Out of the loop here. What are the recent scandals with Discord?
Digital ID (age verification) being enforced on Discord as a result of the shifting political landscape.
Fortunately, Real Life Fake Wizard made a great video explaining it all in-depth.
I did watch that video, indeed. A good idea indeed.
From my observations (in different niche than RPG games) RootApp is the often-chosen replacement. It’s another company, so you know, known devil etc
Fluxer, Matrix, TeamSpeek (I think), Nerimity (my recommendation), Stoat (not recommended), and some others are decent.
I’d imagining most are going to Stoat or Fluxer. Easier to use tbh
I can’t recommend Stoat due to its toxic community. They absolutely hate those of a certain philosophical belief system, which is actually because of German law (of which my producer supposedly violated, and wanted to know what it was).
Fluxer I’ll need my producer to look into.
Stoat just kinda sucks ass. Its been in the same state since the last time I used it sans the name change. I’ve been looking at XMPP but I don’t really like any of the UIs.
Nerimity, which I rarely use, is another good option people seem to be missing. My producer is active on there anyway.
