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Jun
16

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2013 Simming Prize is now open for nominations

Category: Awards, Events, Roleplaying community Tags: , , , 3 Comments

The Simming Prize Image by Jack Carter

The Simming Prize
Image by Jack Carter

EDIT – The winner for this award has been announced here. 

Please allow me to confirm the rumor…  The 2013 Simming Prize is officially open for nominations!  I recently had the opportunity to sit down with FSF Ignatius, the Prize’s administrator, and he filled me in on the details.  All simmers and online role players are permitted to submit their favorites from among the community through June 27, 2014 at the following link:

https://tinyurl.com/SimmingPrize

The winners will be announced at the end of July.

What is the Simming Prize?

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Jun
14

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Bad TV shows for RPGS

Category: Roleplaying community Tags: 18 Comments

broken old tv

My last article was for TV shows that I thought would make good RPGs or PBP games. This time, it’s shows that ,
if it was up to me and you tried to make these into a RPG or PBP game, i would kick you hard in the soft bits, travel back in time and watch myself kick you in the soft bits… then kick you again. Read More

Jun
12

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Don’t set your world in stone

Category: Behind the scenes - running RPGs, Play-by-post discussion Tags: , 2 Comments

This article was written by Katie who runs Elenlond, a free-form fantasy RPG.

octopus city

When I first started play-by-post roleplaying, people just made things up as they went along. The websites where these threads took place had a roleplaying subsection with little else—there weren’t any pinned topics about races, countries, or social hierarchies. Read More

Jun
9

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StatCat: Top users by wordcount

Category: OngoingWorlds site news Tags: 11 Comments

statcat4It was in the comments in the last StatCat article that Locke from Blue Dwarf mentioned that we could find each user’s wordcount per month. Effectively finding out who’s written the most this month, and also, who’s written the most on OngoingWorlds so far. Ever. Read More

Jun
5

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Video Games that Would Make Great PbP Games

Category: Inspiration for writing, Play-by-post discussion, Roleplaying community Tags: , 2 Comments

The protagonists of a dozen different video games. Astoundingly all but one of them have zombies of one form or another. Read More

Jun
5

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Meta-gaming is Good

Category: Behind the scenes - running RPGs, Play-by-post discussion, Roleplaying community Tags: 3 Comments

sarcastic wonkaThis article was written by Crimsyn from the USS Portland in Obsidian Fleet.

Meta-gaming is good

There, I said it.

I say this a lot, whether I’m playing tabletop games or play-by-post RPGs. And when I do, I’m invariably met with blank stares. After all, since Gygax first met the d20, it’s been common knowledge in the role-playing community that meta-gaming is one of the greatest sins that a player can commit. Read More

Jun
1

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StatCat – Top users in May

Category: OngoingWorlds site news Tags: 8 Comments

Statcat

StatCat – Caution, may bite

StatCat has been rubbing up against my leg and leaving fur everywhere, telling me the top 10 users with the most posts throughout May. Read More

May
30

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Improvisation Challenge

Category: Behind the scenes - running RPGs, Writing tips Tags: , , 1 Comment

improv-o

Improv!

I just recently experienced something truly fun and thought provoking at the same time on Facebook. It started off with the phrase “He walked into the bar, he found a seat and ate from the bowl of stale pub pretzels as he waited for the bartender to come his way.” and ended up being a random story about a man named Major Major and a woman with blue hair and time traveling to rebuild something called the Consulate. It was truly comedic yet it also kind of opened my eyes to a true challenge for a writer. Improvisation.

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May
29

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Don’t keep your game a secret

Category: Behind the scenes - running RPGs Tags: , 1 Comment

keeping your rp a secret

I know advertising is horrible. I know it’s a ball-ache. I know it’s horrible being advertised AT. But it doesn’t have to be, it’s just about letting people know what they want to know. Read More

May
26

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10 TV shows that could make good roleplaying games

Category: Behind the scenes - running RPGs, Inspiration for writing Tags: 22 Comments

This article was written by Chris Kentlea from Ennead Games and a veteran player of Blue Dwarf. 

Warehouse 13 - A good world to roleplay in?

First let me start off by saying this is all personal opinion. If you disagree with my choices, agree or have more ideas to add, the please use the comment section.

As you will probably guess the shows I mention are amongst my favourite TV shows. Read More

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