Nov
10
I created a discussion on RPG-D a few weeks ago (also mentioned in this article), about open roleplaying. Elena from Before The Mast wrote a great comment which I want to show here because I think it does a great job of explaining the benefits of open roleplaying. Read More
Nov
9
Coming up with a new character name can be hard. Sometimes you want it to be memorable, sometimes you want the name itself to reflect the personality of the character in its meaning. Or sometimes you just need a name quick because it’s for an NPC you’ll never mention ever again. Read More
Nov
8
Hey roleplayers & writers, normally on this blog we post articles by several people with tips on how to write and roleplay, but it occured to me there’s loooooads more topics that we’re not covering. Read More
Nov
7
If you’re a RPer you likely make characters all the time. It’s fun to make an alien character, or a non-Human fantasy character. But Humans can also be pretty special. Read More
Nov
5
It’s always good when a character has some unique personality traits. Here’s a big long list of personality traits grouped into positive, negative and neutral. Just… because… you never know when it might come in useful! Read More
Nov
3
2013 FallFest Logo
Image by James Drysdale
I know, I know. We’re super late this year. Normally we have this post out in August or September. Unfortunately, I’ve had some major changes in real life that have taken just about all of my of my online time away. Without going into detail, we’re here and we’re ready to sponsor another great Simming Fall Festival. And we need your help!
FallFest is a one-day online convention held annually in IRC chatrooms for anything and everything simming and online role playing. The first FallFest was held in 2011. It was intended to be a mini-SciWorld more friendly to European timezones. Read More
Nov
2
Johnny recently won the Halloween writing challenge, and in the comments of the announcement set a challenge to everyone else to write a thanksgiving story. The following was written by Johnny:
Johnny, winner of the Halloween writing competition
Thanksgiving Day is a national holiday celebrated primarily in the United States and Canada as a day of giving thanks for the blessing of the harvest and of the preceding year. Several other places around the world observe similar celebrations.
In the English tradition, days of thanksgiving and special thanksgiving religious services became important during the English Reformation in the reign of Henry VIII. That was in 1536. Read More
Nov
2
We all put effort into creating our characters. Some of them are unique, some are not. We might think about what their personality is like, and what traits they have. There’s some ideas listed in the article here, which lists believable traits. But “believeable” isn’t always unique. Read More
Nov
2
Flashback Week is a week-long writing event where writers and roleplayers are encouraged to think about something that happened in their characters past.
Flashback week is now over and the competition results have been announced here.
Nov
1
A few weeks ago I set a writing challenge to write a scary short story for Halloween. Entrants were asked to submit on the comments on the original article, so you can see all entries here.
