03-14-2017, 08:20 AM
My advice with this many players is to jointly give permission for the GM to narratively summarize some of this "housekeeping" stuff to speed things along, since PbP moves slowly enough as it is. A sort of "Everyone picks up their gear, buys what they want (detailed in the OOC thread), and you all arrive at the home of the disappeared man to look for clues. What do each of you do?" Etc. Unfortunately, with PbP, people will drift away if the game doesn't seem to be progressing . . .