OngoingWorlds blog

Mar
11

Way With Worlds: Views, Lenses, and Your True Main Character

Category: Behind the scenes - running RPGs, Inspiration for writing, Writing tips Tags: Way with worlds, world building 2 Comments

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. -David

Fantasy World

Writing your world up is one thing. You can take notes, document everything, draw up timelines, and so forth. That’s a matter of technique, imagination and, frankly, your ability to write everything down. Getting yourself to use all those notes? That’s another challenge. Read More

Mar
8

By Charles Star

What is Open Role Playing?

Category: Behind the scenes - running RPGs, Character Development, Play-by-post discussion, Roleplay Systems, Roleplaying community Tags: Charles Star, Dick Sprague, history of roleplaying, Independence Fleet, open role playing, USS Chuck Norris, USS Sunfire, Utopia Fleet 28 Comments

Captain Dick Sprague, Commanding Officer of the USS Chuck Norris

That’s a question I get a lot when people read or hear about my game, the USS Chuck Norris, as it’s quite different from most other sims out there. But before I answer that question, I should first explain what the Chuck Norris is to set up the proper context.

The USS Chuck Norris is a play-by-email sim, but we use the NOVA system from Anodyne Productions that came out a few years ago. Play-by-post seems to be the most popular term today for this type of game. We launched on January 2nd, 2012, and are a member of Independence Fleet. There are currently 16 active players on the Chuck Norris, and many have been with us for more than a year. Although, we also have quite a few players that have been simming for less than six months.

With that out of the way, I’ll finally answer the question! Read More

Mar
7

By Charles Star

Announcing the 2014 Squiddie Award Winners!

Category: Awards, Competition, Events Tags: Alex Solvay, Kepler Station, Phoenix roleplaying, Squiddies 19 Comments

Ongoing Worlds Medal for Superior Online Roleplaying

With the Oscars now conveniently out of the way, it’s time to present our top award for the entire simming and online role playing community: the Ongoing Worlds Medal for Superior Online Roleplaying, or more affectionally known as the Squiddies. For anyone who hasn’t yet read about the award, we present three respective citations annually for Excellence in Role Playing, Facilitating the Community Experience, and Originality and Innovation.

We received 32 nominations this year, and unfortunately, we are only able to present Squiddies to three: one club, one game, and one person. What a challenge as all of the nominees are deserving in their own right. So without any further ado, here are the winners of the 2014 Ongoing Worlds Medal for Superior Online Roleplaying: Read More

Mar
4

By Steven Savage

Way With Worlds: Culture And Civilization

Category: Behind the scenes - running RPGs, Inspiration for writing, Writing tips Tags: Way with worlds, world building 2 Comments

Civilisation

Thanks to heavy worldbuilding you’ve got your setting, and in that setting you’ve got intelligent life (probably). Now that you’ve got sentient species in your universe,it’s time to work on their Culture and probably Civilization. Read More

Mar
2

By Sean Mooney

Ongoing Inspiration #OngoingInspiration

Category: Behind the scenes - running RPGs, Inspiration for writing, Roleplay-related projects, Roleplaying community, Writing tips Tags: characters, Community, discussion, inspiration, interview, Roleplaying focus, world building, writing Leave a Comment

I want you think back, think way back if it’s that far. Go back to the time you joined Ongoing Worlds. Was it like stepping out of the safety of the car onto the school grounds for your first day? Was it like walking into a new job? Or was it like finding your new home, somewhere with great people, somewhere to make new memories, somewhere you would not forget. Read More

Mar
2

By Sean Mooney

Official Ongoing Worlds TF2 Server Coming Soon!

Category: Competition, Uncategorized Tags: advertising, Community, Competition, team fortress, Tib's corner Leave a Comment

Hey guys! Tib here. I was a little busy today preparing something new for us OW members. Today, the official Ongoing Worlds Private Team Fortress 2 server took it’s baby steps today! Now the server is “made” but it is not finished. The features of the server include the default TF2 game modes such as Control Points, Attack/Defend, Payload, and Capture the Flag. A circulation of the popular TF2 maps such as Dustbowl, Steel, Hoodoo, Thunder Mountain, and DeGroot Keep. Read More

Feb
28

By Mike Mooney

February Off-Site Game Summary

Category: Roleplaying community, Story summaries 4 Comments

The Game Summaries started as a periodic article where the GM’s of Ongoing Worlds could show the world their games and what they and their members had been working on for the past while. Now, I’m rolling out the very first off-site summary! This is a collection of games from across the web, from space stations to jet fighters, from Dr. Who and steampunk airships!

Feb
28

By David Ball

Meta gaming – Your character isn’t a mindreader

Category: Behind the scenes - running RPGs, Writing tips Tags: godmodding, metagaming 5 Comments

Get out of my head

If you’ve not heard of meta-gaming before, it’s a term that exists in all types of roleplaying, especially play-by-post and tabletop D&D type games. Essentially you, the player might know some details that your character might not.

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Feb
22

By Rich LeValley

Maintaining A Community Through Podcasting

Category: Roleplaying community Tags: podcasts, Star Trek Borderlands 8 Comments

I’ve been playing in RPG games through Star Trek: Borderlands for 6 years now. I’ve thoroughly enjoyed the opportunities for creativity that has presented, the friends that I have made, and the ways in which we can continue to build our shared role playing world.

ST:B has been active since 1993, and as far as I know, one of the key features to our sharing has been podcasting. Read More

Feb
22

By Mike Mooney

February Game Summary

Category: OngoingWorlds site news Tags: game summary, summary Leave a Comment

It’s that time again, the monthly game summary! A lot has happened since the yearly summary was run, fights, flights, loves gained and lost, and of course the strange plot twist that takes the game in a totally new direction. There’s also the addition of the off-site summary (which runs on the 27th). Without further ado, the February Summary!

A Thousand Years Fatherless in Griffinfall

It has been only a few days since Elilajar set up home in Everwinter following his betrothal to the Lady Miriam Aoann, but already the hectic happenings seem to have followed his fiance back from Snowshore. The fearful assassin Jake Shikaku has finally plucked up the courage to return to the wrath of the mourning royal family, and his entrance is graced with the fact that he manages to heal the young orphan boy that had been found on the evening of Lord Shyron’s welcoming banquet. Yet Miriam still remembers the happenings in amidst the smoke of war, and Jake harbours dangerously unknown news from his own enemies… Read More