WOLF is a collaborative roleplaying game, meaning we expect players to work together to tell compelling and creative stories. Maintaining good collaborative etiquette ensures all players feel their time and goals are respected and contributes to a positive, inclusive environment. Please keep the following recommendations in mind while writing here.

1. Treat your character as one part of a larger story, not the main protagonist. Consider which outcomes are satisfying not only for you, but everyone involved. You can have a larger impact on the story by giving narrative “gifts” to others instead of focusing only on your character.


2. Your character’s perspective belongs to them alone. Convey your character’s motivations through in-character actions rather than out-of-character justifications, and bear in mind that a character’s viewpoint is not reflective of real-world judgments.


3. Avoid making character decisions in the heat of the moment. These decisions can stem from negative emotions and have unwanted consequences. Instead, take time to cool down and think about the direction you want the story to go.


4. Your narrative decisions can negatively impact others. Bad or unexpected outcomes need to happen sometimes to make a good story, but this can negatively impact the stories of other characters. Negative events should have a narrative purpose for occurring and players should be conscientious of whom they may affect.


5. Embrace losing. Great character growth stems from failure and adversity. Letting your character lose can make for a more meaningful story.


6. Improvise. Go with the flow and allow your character to grow and adapt instead of tying yourself firmly to the outcomes you want.


7. Respect the post order. All involved players should agree before the post order is changed or removed in a thread.


8. Engage all thread partners. Avoid relegating other characters to background status or treating other characters like props in your character’s scene. Allow their players to determine their participation in a scenario.


9. Be inclusive. When discussing the outcome of a scenario, be sure to include everyone who may be affected by it.


10. Be generous about inactivity. Life can get busy and activity ebbs and flows. Be kind in your assumptions and avoid conflating infrequent posting with an unproductive or inattentive character. These judgments should be based on their personality, history, and stated goals instead.


11. Be mindful of different activity levels. Slow down and give others time to join ongoing threads before progressing the story, especially in significant plot threads.


12. Allow time for reactions in combat scenarios. Avoid taking multiple actions (e.g. arriving, attacking, or escaping) in the same post when entering combat scenarios. Limit each post to one or two actions to give your opponent time to react and contribute.


13. Avoid drawing conclusions about ongoing threads. To avoid breaking continuity for yourself and others, it is best practice to allow an ongoing thread to progress to its logical conclusion before making new threads that reference or make assumptions about it.


14. Practice good collaboration when adopting out puppies.
    • Both parents should be involved in discussing numbers, names, designs, and choosing players for their puppies. If there are more than two parents, then each player should be involved with the puppies descended from their character.
    • Directly and respectfully inform all puppy applicants of your decision when players are chosen.
    • Include the parents in your decision if you choose to give your puppy to another player. This allows all parties to have a voice when determining whether the new player is a good fit.


15. Accept “no” with grace. You may have to compromise with other players or accept outcomes you do not want. “No” is a complete sentence. Practice understanding and dignity when this happens; take what works for you and leave the rest.


16. Respect boundaries. If another player communicates a reasonable boundary to you, you must respect it. Example: I will not participate in threads with mature themes.