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

Jan
13

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Two big things I’ve learned by being on OngoingWorlds

Category: OngoingWorlds guide, Roleplaying community, Writing tips Tags: , , 4 Comments

This article was submitted to us by OngoingWorlds member Phineaus: 

There are two big things that I have learned by being on the site.

The first is that while I may enjoy reading different genres of writing, writing in them is not as easy as I thought it would be. I have jumped into two games and learned quickly that my style of writing did not fit. I have been enjoying reading the post and following the games, but it is hard to jump in a meaning full way. Because my writing style feels like a flat tire.  Read More

Jun
8

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Some of our best tips for PBEM game owners

Category: Behind the scenes - running RPGs Tags: , Leave a Comment

hamster tipsIf 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 work

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Dec
25

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Tib’s Corner – Roleplaying Tips: Creating Posts and Good Post Ideas

Category: Behind the scenes - running RPGs, Inspiration for writing, OngoingWorlds guide, Writing tips Tags: , Leave a Comment

TIb's SniperHey guys! Tib here, thought I’d share a couple of tips and ideas that I use when I’m writing a post or trying to come up with a good Idea. So let’s begin! Shall we? Okay so one of the biggest things I think is a problem writing posts is getting bored and staying interested in the post. This is hard to beat sometimes, you just have that thought after awhile “UGH! THIS POST IS TAKING FOREVER! THANKS A LOT ALEX!” [No hard feelings buddy :)] and you just lose interest. I agree, it does get boring after a while. But there are ways to make it better! Read More

Dec
14

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Does Everybody Need A Character?

Category: OngoingWorlds guide, PBEM games, Writing tips Tags: , , , , , , 2 Comments

Army peeps

It’s not about the diversity. It’s because JIM DOESN’T KNOW WHEN TO STOP CREATING CHARACTERS!

The title may seem misleading, like “does every member need a character?” Well… yes they do, if not what’s the point of being in the game? But this is about something I’ve actually done before and I’m still a culprit for sometimes in game development. What I’m talking about is creating a character for everyone [not members] that seems to get involved in the story. Like creating one for a guy that will only be used once in a while or once, period. Doing this can lead to a giant list of characters you created that end up either forgotten or just deleted. Read More

Jan
3

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

Category: Character Development, OngoingWorlds guide, Play-by-post discussion, Writing tips Tags: , , , , 2 Comments

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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