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News & articles about play-by-post games, for roleplayers & writers

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Mike’s Beginner’s Guide to Roleplaying: Making an Awesome Game

This is the first in a series of articles that will make up Mike’s Beginner’s Guide to Roleplaying

When we come to Ongoing Worlds as bright eyed new members one of the very first things we want to do is make an mike's guideawesome play by post roleplaying game of our favorite television/movie series, not to forget about the vr gambling games, a game that we love to play, you would like to play sbobet88 at royal99site.com, explore the realm of the goddess for the chance to win some fantastic free spins, a book that we’ve read gazillions of times, or even something original that we’ve had in our head for years and never did anything with, check it out here. So we rush to the Create a New Game tab and throw together a game, only for it to stagnate for months with little to no activity, leading to the abandonment of the game and eventually Ongoing Worlds altogether.
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Borderlands – The New Kids On The Block

Star Trek Borderlands logoThis article was written by Rich LeValley from Star Trek: Borderlands, a roleplaying group that’s been running since 1993.

Well, I’ve been familiar with David Ball, Award Winning Website creator, for some time. He has been a great supporter of my own game system Star Trek: Borderlands. It is with great gladness, then, that I have been given permission to bring Star Trek: Borderlands play to Ongoing Worlds in the form of the USS Marcus (see the game’s homepage here). Read More

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2013 Game Summary

Come one come all to see the 2013 game summary! It’s been a good year at Ongoing Worlds, and a lot has gone on in our many games, including casino games you can play online when you register w88 account which is a great site to play some casino games and gamble online. So whether you’re here to find a new game, or read wombat casino review, or see what’s been going on in the games of you fellow Ongoing Worldings, I invite you to read the summaries and check out the games themselves! I would suggest you to play casino games at https://clubvip777.com/poker/ and chance to earn more money. Read More

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Tib’s Corner – My Ongoing Worlds Experience #KeepCalmKeepOngoing

header_monster3Hey guys, Tib here. Well, Happy New Years! But first, was 2013 really a year? It felt like a month didn’t it? Anyway. The year is over and a new one is here! And even though I haven’t even been here a year yet this site has just helped me so much and has given me so much fun in the past few months. My experience here has been amazing, I’ve had ups and downs and I’ve been screwed by so many online groups before but not by you guys. So before I get into what this is really about, all kidding aside, I want to say thank you, to all of you. OW is one of the reasons I wake up in the morning, without you guys I just wouldn’t have had the experience I’ve had here. The games, the camaraderie I’ve had with the members, the blog position, and just the writing overall. In the 6 months and 10 days I’ve been here, you guys have made it just unforgettable and so remarkable, thank you. Anyway, now that I’m past the part that made me choke up a bit. I want to know about your OW experience, from the beginning to now. Submit in the form and let the entire roleplaying your experience you’ve had with this site. The deadline for submissions will be January 8th, 2014 with a possible extension if needed. Read More

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Reggie’s Writing Tips: # 31 – 40 (Dialogue)

writingThis article was written by Reggie from Cathedral: The Thieves GuildYou can read tips #1-10 here, and tips #11-20 here.

Ten tips for writing dialogue. The first two tips I found on the internet that I think is really helpful. Hope it helps! Read More

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OngoingWorlds wins excellence in innovation award

2013-12-20-12.20.55Yes that’s a photo of me with the award that OngoingWorlds has won this year, awarded to us by Obsidian Portal, who announced it at their panel at Gencon earlier this year.

Obviously the folk at Obsidian Portal recognise what a great website OngoingWorlds is, and I’m so very pleased that all the hard work I’ve put in has got an award. But tbh the best thing about OngoingWorlds are you the members who’ve put in so much effort into writing excellent stories in your roleplaying games! Read More

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The story of New Worlds Project: #8 – Rethinking roleplaying

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By Kim Smouter, Co-Founder of New Worlds Project. See part 1 of the story of New Worlds Project here.

One of the things which we’re experimenting within New Worlds Project is a concept we’re calling 360-degree creativity, and I see it as a real experiment that I can only hope will prove successful once we get underway. Read More

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Reggie’s Writing Tips: #21 – 30 (Plot Development)

This article was written by Reggie from Cathedral: The Thieves Guild. You can read all of Reggie’s writing tips here.

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Reggie’s character in Cathedral: The Thieves Guild is Sara Chase Blackwood

Ten more tips for you all. These focus on developing a better plot/story. After reading over these tips, you should be able to outline a plot in faster time. Next week I will share with you writing tips that will help you write dialogue practical to your own story’s needs. Read More

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2013 Game Summary Closes Soon!

The final game summary of 2013 closes soon! If you want your game in the summary go to the original post here and fill out the form.

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All-powerful characters are boring

I found this comic recently which expresses perfectly why all-powerful characters are boring: Read More