Introducing myself, and a newbie question
Hello.
I've been playing table-top RPGs since about 1983 or there abouts. Almost exclusively face to face until the Covid pandemic hit. I've played a lot of games - too many to list in one post, and probably too boring to read. The biggest constants have been D&D in all its varieties, BRP and its derivatives (e.g. Warhammer, Stormbringer, Mythras, etc.), and lately anything using the Year Zero Engine (e.g. Tales from the Loop, Aliens, Bladerunner, etc.).
From what I've read so far today, this place seems quite friendly and welcoming to new joiners.
Prior to the pandemic, I had run or played in a handful of online text based games. A couple of freeform things done on ye old bulletin boards in 1999 or 2000. Then an attempt or two at running a live game over computer text chat (AOL messenger, if I recall correctly).
I'm immunocompromised, and so can't do face to face gaming except with a select few long standing friends who are willing to test for covid first, and wear masks throughout a session. I get to game with them once or twice a year.
I've played a handful of live games over discord voice and video per year since 2020. They've gone mostly pretty well, but hard to find with my schedule.
I've tried to run and play a handful of text based games over discord as well - with little success seeing a scenario / adventure to completion, alas.
In looking for a place better suited to text based play by post, I ran across several recommendations for RolePlay onLine on Reddit, so thought I'd join and see if I could learn how to run successful play by post games here.
I searched for advise in the "Game Proposals, Input, and Advice" forum, but my search query skill isn't great (yet) for this forum, and couldn't find much.
So, my question: are there existing Play by Post advice threads that folks here would recommend I read? If so, can you point to them via link or suggest search queries I might use to surface those threads?
I guess a second question, as I continue to search for advice on successful Play by Post roleplaying, if I find an older thread, is it ok here to reply to an older thread? Is there a cutoff in terms of age of thread it'd be ok for me to reply to it?
Thanks in advance for any time you invest in answering my newbie questions.