Role by Post vs Myth-Weavers — A Modern Play-by-Post Alternative

Myth-Weavers is one of the best-known names in online tabletop gaming. It is especially loved for its character sheets and its play-by-post forums, and it has served the community for years. If you want a classic forum board plus a widely used sheet tool, it does that well.

Role by Post approaches play-by-post from the other direction: a chat-first campaign app built for asynchronous play on a phone. Here is how the two compare.

The format

Both support asynchronous, written play. Myth-Weavers keeps the familiar forum thread structure, where a game is organized into posts and replies on a board. That structure is powerful for archiving long games and for browsing a game's history.

Role by Post presents the same play as a single timeline: one flowing story per campaign, with scene breaks, quoted replies, and reactions that stay attached to their post. The goal is a conversation that reads back like fiction, on a small screen.

Character sheets

This is where Myth-Weavers is strongest — its sheet builder is a big part of why people use it. Role by Post is not a sheet platform. It keeps per-channel character names, avatars, and character notes, and lets each player pin a character sheet URL so their sheet stays one tap away. If a built-in interactive sheet is essential to your game, Myth-Weavers has the deeper tool; if you already keep sheets elsewhere, a pinned link may be all you need.

Game tools and alerts

Role by Post builds the table's tools into the conversation:

• A native dice roller — tap notation to roll, open an ability check with the modifier pre-filled, and roll pools or success dice.
• NPCs with names and portraits in the timeline.
• A persistent status bar for initiative, active players, and notes.
• Safety tools — lines and veils plus an anonymous X-card — inside each channel.
• Unread counts and per-channel push notifications, including a "your turn" option.
• Full-text search and a Markdown export of the campaign.

Mobile and feel

Role by Post is mobile-first and installable, so it behaves like a native app on a phone. Myth-Weavers is a traditional web application, which is fine on desktop but denser on mobile.

The short version

The bottom line

If a built-in character sheet is the center of your game, Myth-Weavers remains a strong choice. If you want a modern, chat-like, mobile-first place to play asynchronously — with dice, NPCs, safety tools, and turn alerts built in — Role by Post is designed for exactly that. It is free and ready in minutes. Start with what play-by-post is.