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Things All Ongoing Worlds Members Should Know

The Ongoing Worlds community is about as open as you get. Anybody who can access the internet and understands English can join. There are no rules nor protocols listed anywhere except in the game information sections and descriptions of some of the games on the site, and those vary per game. Yet...

Our most popular blog articles of 2017

It’s always interesting to look back and see which of our blog posts attracted eager readers.. Here’s the most popular from 2017: (more…)...

Our most popular articles of 2016

2016 has ended! Here's a look back at our most popular articles of the last year: Most popular articles posted in 2016 How will the Simming & Online Role Playing Universe End? Forget the Brexit! What about the Squexit? Top 10 Splits in RP History 12 tips for writing Star Trek...

The most popular blog articles of last year

It's always interesting to look back and see which of our blog posts attracted eager readers.. Here's the most popular from the last year: (more…)...

Taking 5

When we need to reach a certain word count set by the mod, it can be difficult. But not everything needs to be said or even thought. Sometimes, bringing in our five senses gives two characters something to do or talk about. (more…)...

2015 Simming Fall Festival

[caption id="attachment_129986" align="alignright" width="300"] 2015 Simming Fall Festivalimage by Jalana Rajel[/caption] FallFest V is here. See you there.                   (more…)...

Some of our best tips for PBEM game owners

If you created a roleplaying game on OngoingWorlds or anywhere else, you know that it's not an easy task to fill the game with players and manage a storyline that keeps everyone happy, and also develop a community. Here's some tips that you might find useful: Rules & how your game should...

Tib’s Corner – Interview with 1An0maly1, Tech in Games #YeahHesBack

[caption id="attachment_129286" align="alignright" width="300"] Yeah. Been a while since you've seen one of these, hasn't it? WELL IT'S BACK[/caption] One of the biggest parts of a roleplaying game is the tech you bring into it. Technology is the big part of the story. Now you may think tech just...

Heroes & Villains – Incompetence

This was originally posted by Steven Savage on his blog, but has allowed me to republish it here as I think it’s useful for roleplayers! This is part of Steven’s Way With Worlds series of articles.   So last time I covered the risk of creating Omnicompetent characters – those good-at-everything...

Heroes & Villains – Self-serving self-sacrifice

This was originally posted by Steven Savage on his blog, but has allowed me to republish it here as I think it’s useful for roleplayers! This is part of Steven’s Way With Worlds series of articles.  Sacrifice is a part of literature and part of our lives. The act of giving something up for...