Prod

When a player has not been posting regularly, or has been replaced in other games on the site, it may be necessary to send them a Private Message that reminds them of the game they are in. Providing a link to the game is helpful but not required; mentioning the name of the game and which Game Forum it is located in can help players who lost track due to the number of games they are involved in, however. Prodding should only be done by the Game Moderator, since it involves communicating outside of the Game Thread.

Sometimes players legitimately fail to notice when a game re-enters the Day phase, for example, especially if they are a Vanilla Townie. It is important not to reveal too much information about a player when prodding them, but letting the other players in the game know you have done so can be courteous. Saying at Daybreak that you will be "prodding So-and-so because they didn't send in their Night Choice", for example, can be disastrous.

Another courtesy can be to offer players (particularly Scum) the option to respond via PM instead of posting something in-thread, in case it is part of a larger strategy that they are employing.