Aug
3
Although technically nothing to do with OngoingWorlds, this might be of interest to you. By reading this blog I can assume that you:
Am I right? Well if that’s the case you’d be interested in submitting to Alien August, a competition ran by my brother on his blog at SciFiIdeas.com – and it’d be great to see someone from OngoingWorlds win! Read More
Aug
2
I don’t know how well known this is, but we have a semi-hidden-ish Facebook group for the most awesome OngoingWorlds members. This is a place where we can discuss things, our games, roleplaying in general, etc etc. Group posts are hidden to non-members so feel free writing anything in there without your prying parents or curious work collegues reading. Read More
Jul
31
Is your roleplaying game a science fiction adventure where you visit new planets on a regular basis? Find it difficult coming up with interesting planet names? Well fear not! Because here’s a few generators that’ll give you a list of cool names to choose from: Read More
Jul
27
I noticed that RPRepository posted a news article about godmodding – which remains a constant problem in roleplaying games. I’d say it’s probably the biggest problem – would you agree?
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Jul
24
Many roleplayers put a lot of thought and effort into their posts, something that it’s nice to reward. Here’s some ideas to reward your players, whether it’s as part of a competition you’re hosting, or just for the sake of being nice: Read More
Jul
21
The social aspect of play-by-post games can be a bit tricky. For as long as I’ve known, some roleplayers like to hide behind a character, and pretend to BE the character. I noticed this first a long time ago on a Star Trek game I was part of, where lots of the out-of-game chatter wasn’t necessarily out-of-character. People would still chat as if they were the characters. Read More
Jul
20
So you might have a Facebook page for your game on OngoingWorlds. If not, it’s a really good idea because:
Jul
16
Yup that’s right, only 3 weeks left. If you haven’t heard of Ambassador of Awesome, read the original article here. But basically you need to tell someone about OngoingWorlds to enter. The more people you tell, the more chances you have of winning.
So spread the love and be awesome!
Jul
12
StatCat is back! This time the clever moggy has found for us who are the users with the highest post ratings so far this year.
StatCat thought you’d ask this (isn’t he clever?) so he asked me to include this screenshot:
People can rate posts of games they’re a member of. You’ll see 5 stars at the bottom of each post, where you can click and give this post a rating. Users will be able to see which of their posts are rated on their dashboard, but all votes are anonymous. Read More
Jul
11
This article was written for us by Amy O’Reilley from Blue Dwarf.
We’ve all been there, we’ve all started a post with “Jeff walked along the corridor and…” then suddenly been struck with an attack of the ‘Oh God what nows?’ Or what happens when you are in the middle of a fight and you have absolutely no idea what to do with third technician Jeff Jefferson who only cleans out the chicken soup machines. Read More
