Making a game public.

What does this mean?

If a game is public, where do we go to view it if we're not a player in the game?
Can non-players contribute to specific forums within the game?

Is there a certain condition by which the poll function will work?

A public game means that the forums are readable by everyone. However, right now the functionality to access that game's forum isn't working. If you know the link to that game's forums (ie https://gamersplane.com/forums/NNNN/) you can access them. If you are interested in reading along, send the GM a message with your request for the URL.

Only those who are participating in the game can post to that game's forums. Non-participants can only read.

A bit ago, we got to the point where we had so many games, the public games system was bogging the site down to a halt. I had to turn the list of public forums off. I can add a filter to the games search to find games with public forums?