May
30
This is a post for GMs of games. GM is a term from tabletop roleplaying, in OngoingWorlds we normally use the term “owner”, or whomever created the game to start with. Anyway, if you created the game – you’re the GM – the one responsable for everyone else to enjoy it! Read More
May
29
One of the very first computer games I ever played was a text-adventure based on Monty Python’s Quest for the Holy Grail. It was basic, but hilarious.
In the adventure, you had to type “go north” to travel to a different area, and “Pick up key” etc to pick stuff up. It’s dead basic but because it was pure text, it allowed silly things to happen. Like an encounter with the Nights who say “ni”, who say “ni” to you so many times you shrivel up into a pile of bath salts. Read More
May
26
Hey dudes, I saw these on the Roleplay Pet Peeves blog on Tumblr, and thought it’d be interesting to share.
May
22
Some of the best characters are not be who they appear to be. I found these writing tips about characters, and character’s secret backgrounds by Karen Lazinger (see the original here). Read More
May
22
I let you know recently that I’ve been closing inactive games. Some of these games actually had pretty good ideas, and well planned worlds. So might have become inactive for many reasons, some never made it past a few posts, maybe some just didn’t attract ebnough members, and maybe some were just too complicated.
Here’s some that caught my eye as I closed them, and perhaps we can speculate in the comments about why they didn’t continue, the good news is that I have added new games, and now we can all use these Rise of Kingdoms Guides and Strategies to have some fun. Read More
May
20
Hey dudes, I’ve been archiving some old games today, so that the list of games only shows current, active games. The game owners of each game have been emailed to let them know. I’m deleting games that haven’t had a post in at least 3 months, but some of them are even older than that like the crossword puzzles, some not having posts for a year or even 2.
This isn’t a permanent delete, these games can be reactivated if you think the game is worth bringing back. Tbh some of them sounded like they had good ideas for worlds to roleplay in, but perhaps didn’t get the attention they deserved when they were first started. To reactivate a game, email the moderators using this form.
May
19
I’ve written so many times before about the benefits of advertising your game. If you want people to join, you have to make yourself known. I’ve ever written a list just like this before, but it’s quite old now. So here’s some other websites & services where you can advertise for new members: Read More
May
16
Enjoy it or not, grizzly tense drama can be exciting, and you might want to create some exciting drama to put your character through. Here’s some ideas, feel free to add your own ideas in the comments at the bottom. Read More
May
14
This article can be so easily summed up by the title and the comic above that I don’t even need to write anything else. Nope. That’s it.
Send this link to someone you know if you think they need this advice!
May
14
Hey dudes, I mentioned this as an idea in our Facebook group last week & John’s already contributed. So that makes it an official thing! Let’s do this!
What you have to do – Draw/sketch/paint/Photoshop up a typical scene from your game’s world. Then either upload it to the Facebook group, send it to us on Twitter (@ongoingworlds), or upload to Imgur & post the link in the comments below.
