Oct
21
You might notice that some people have quite a few awards on their profile. Some of these are the normal, black trophy-looking awards, and some are the green ones with a shiny medal on (see the image below).
Oct
19
This article was written for us by John Garcia who writes Jaxx in the roleplaying game Blue Dwarf.
Oct
19
Time to announce the winner of the October Image Competition!
To enter the competition you had to submit a form to nominate your game here (there were actually loads of games with great images that missed out by not being nominated!). Read More
Oct
17
Hey roleplayer dudes. After last month’s image competition I wondered if we should also run a monthly (or twice-monthly) writing competition. – Hey that’s something we all enjoy right? Writing!
This idea was partly inspired by seeing writing prompts on Twitter (like #WritingDare), & especially the writing prompts my brother posts on his ScifiIdeas blog.
Your character encounters the most terrifying creature imaginable. It’s the creature of their nightmares. Where are they? What happens? How do they feel? Read More
Oct
16
I recently created a new discussion thread on RPG-D to see how many people have heard of open roleplaying, and how popular it is. There’s a description of open roleplaying here, and a great article here which makes a great case for it being awesome. Read More
Oct
10
Roleplaying is great. Characters, story, worldbuilding. Great!
But what also makes it great is roleplaying with friends. People we like and trust, and enjoy chatting with. This is why it’s often important to develop your community outside of the roleplay too. Read More
Oct
9
Hey dudes, we did this last month and I’m doing it again! Basically nominate your game using the form below and I’ll pick the game with the best image to win. You can see last month’s winner here.
I’ve extended the date another week because I should have already published this blog article by now. That gives you 10 days to enter. Closing date is October 18th, which gives you some time to use your Photoshop skills and upload a great game image! Read More
Oct
7
The basic anatomy of a horse for roleplayers. You need this in your life!
I know this is a bit of an edge case, but sometimes you might be writing about a character with an ailment which you don’t have much experience with. I noticed recently that the RPG-Directory forum has a reference section called ‘D-pedia which has the following guides:
Oct
3
I saw these tips in the newsletter RPT#624 by Johnn Four. Read More
Oct
2
Okay I admit I just wanted an excuse to use this cool graphic I made.
This article is a bit old now. Hero Membership is still a thing, and is the best way to support the website. But the details have changed, so here’s a link to a much more recent article:
