Welcome to Pokémon-by-Post, a forum dedicated solely to play-by-post games of Pokémon Tabletop United and other Pokémon forum RPGs! Grab your virtual dice, open your PDFs, and get ready to catch 'em all!

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Pokémon® is a trademark of Nintendo and does not sponsor, authorize or endorse Pokémon-by-Post or any tabletop systems used on this site. Pokémon Tabletop United was created by Doxy, castfromhp, zoofman, and KujiUn of the PTT forums. The various pieces of artwork seen on this website belong to people from all over the internet. If you see your work here and would like it removed, contact one of our team. Current artists: Elazulmax, Sawpkat, Arvalis, yuza, inuyaki, Sa-Dui, Arkeis, Heavy-Metal-Lover.

Seya

Hi there! I'm Seya, a 24 y.o. editor in Atlantic Canada. I enjoy writing, reading, webcomics, art, worldbuilding, and video games (I can talk for ages about SotC and Monster Hunter...). Although I'm relatively new to playing Pokémon Tabletop via forum, I've been putting together sites like this for a long time, and I'm really excited to work with you all to create an awesome environment for Pokémon roleplay. While my job here is primarily to keep the site running smoothly, I'm always happy to chat, offer advice, and deal with any problems you run across. Let me know if I can be of any help. Inbox is always open! Cheers! xx :)

Slytherclaw

Hello! I'm Sly, the East Coast mod representative! I'm a 22 year old tax accountant who is exactly as exciting as that sounds, I'm sure. PTU is my major hobby, I run several games (of which the Geode games are my pet project), and I read a disgusting amount of fanfiction. I've been a member of the community for about a year, consider myself more GM material than player material, and am dedicated to helping make your time here enjoyable! If there's ever anything you need, don't be afraid to send me an owl! (Or a PM, I guess, if that works better for you.)

DataNinja

Hey there! I’m DataNinja, the West Coast representative. I'm the most active Staff member on here, so if you need something, try giving me a poke first, and I'll see if I can help sort out your problem. Always happy to help!

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Pokémon Tabletop Updates

PTU May Playtest Packet

(1 May 2015): "For our first pack, we’re focusing on utility character options. Hopefully, this will give you both interesting insights into our dev process as we make changes over time and another focused avenue to give us feedback on what you’d like to see out of PTU."

PTU May Playtest

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PTU September Playtest Packet

(27 Sept 2015): "No theme to it this time, just miscellaneous changes to range from rejiggering old Classes to streamlining core mechanics to making balance adjustments."

PTU September Playtest

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PTU February Playtest Packet

(22 Feb 2016): "Most of our playtest packets deal with Classes or Items, so it's time we had one that dealt with the most important thing of all: Pokemon!"

PTU February Playtest

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Choomie:

Dec 29, 2023 22:53:21 GMT

Hello!

DataNinja:

Jun 8, 2021 6:44:41 GMT

People are out there, yes, but if you're looking for a game, sorry to say that things seem to be winding down overall. There's basically been... 3 games in the last 2 years, none of which got off the ground.

singysinger:

Jun 8, 2021 4:55:15 GMT

Hello anyone out there!

LoonyLadle:

Jul 31, 2020 17:55:59 GMT

Does anyone know where the latest Roll20 JSON Exporter for the Fancy Sheet is?

ryumancer:

May 22, 2020 23:59:17 GMT

UwUs into the void...

DJW:

May 14, 2020 2:56:43 GMT

It's very slow, yes. You'll probably finish working on your game before one pops up here, and if you create a recruitment for it you can expect to be swarmed with applicants.

questionabletree:

May 7, 2020 4:47:37 GMT *

New games seem to open up slowly here, but if new people are still welcome, I don't mind waiting around (or working on my own). It looks like there's some useful stuff to browse in the meantime.

ichibi:

Feb 24, 2020 7:31:23 GMT

Alola!

Joltz:

Dec 25, 2019 11:21:14 GMT

Happy Holidays Poke-EEE-MAN enthusiasts!

lordfhalkyn:

Dec 25, 2019 7:30:23 GMT

Merry Christmas, Pokemon Play by Post community!

DataNinja:

Dec 18, 2019 17:33:11 GMT

Welcome, welcome!

aviscantus:

Dec 18, 2019 14:53:25 GMT

Hi folks! New here and excited to try this place out!

ventix:

Dec 11, 2019 21:47:02 GMT

Joltz:

Dec 11, 2019 19:20:07 GMT

Anyone else here a Hunter x Hunter fan?

Raven:

Dec 3, 2019 1:40:48 GMT

Keep an eye on the recruitment area of this website. They're rare nowadays, but any new games that crop up will show up there. If it's a live game you want though, you're outta luck.

garnolf:

Dec 2, 2019 19:05:30 GMT

but how else do i find games then?

Raven:

Nov 28, 2019 6:17:00 GMT

Sounds to me like they weren't a group you'd want to be part of anyway.

garnolf:

Nov 27, 2019 22:17:34 GMT

i wanted to join a living server on roll20 to learn the system but they ignored my application for 2 weeks then blocked me

DataNinja:

Nov 24, 2019 19:37:47 GMT

Basically, GMs post recruitments in the appropriate section, and then players apply to the open games. Unfortunately, there has been a rather... small amount of games posted lately, but there's one currently recruiting right now.

garnolf:

Nov 24, 2019 13:08:10 GMT

How does this site work?