The Campaign Builder's Guild

I have a four or five inch scar on the bottom of my left arm, near the elbow. I actually got it from a screw sticking out of a staircase, but I frequently tell people it's from a Vietcong bayonet, then launch into a practiced war story that gets more glorious with each retelling (presently, I was captured when the rest of my platoon was destroyed, sharpened a bamboo stick over months with my teeth, and took out the patrolling guards by going for the jugular. It continues, but by now people have tuned me out).

The reason I ask about hosting the game here instead of using an online dice roller or gaming app is because all the members of my group have really wacky ISP and firewall settings; it's almost impossible to port forward.

And thanks to all for the warm welcome! It's good to be here.

I guess this thread serves as a rudimentary default introduction. I am know across teh interwebz as Melvin. New to this site, by no means new to gaming (live or play-by-post). I was happy to find this site, as it not only provides a means to discuss a few campaigns I've thought of, but my campaign setting I've been working on for little over a year (I'm compiling it onto wikispaces, below in my sig. I've just started, so there's not much). I do, however, have a few questions about the site and its composition and policies. Namely:

What is your policy on hosting a game on the forum primarily for use of dice rolls (handling real time discussions with an instant messaging app), with people who may or may not necessarily become members?

A few of the subforums confuzzle me. Where, for example, do I garner support for a PbP game I'd like to start?

Which subforum do I post a campaign setting on? A campaign? Is there a distinction?

That's all for now, but I'm almost postitive I'll have more later.