How do these RPG's work?

[Wayfarer]

Heh. Is that kind of like the whole Goplay thing?

Meh. Name your game, then. Some of them are more PbP-friendly than others, I suppose. d20 has the whole SRD thing going for it, and there are a couple of others like Tri-Stat and O.R.E. that have core rules available for free on the web. Personally I'm kind of enamoured of Paranoia and Exalted, but... Middle Earth, right.

Then, you know, there's the rest of the process that goes into playing any game. Work out the world details of when and where. Set up a general story. Get everybody acclimated to the system. Et cetera, et cetera, et cetera.

But, hey, if there's real interest then I'm game. Just as soon as I figure out what's kosher for the RPG forum...