Jul
3
Nothing turns off new players to a game more than a poorly written post. A misplaced apostrophe could very well send someone in search of a new role playing home away from your sim and to the next. Read More
Jun
17
Ongoing Worlds Community Honor
It give me great pleasure to present the 10th Ongoing Worlds Community Honor to none other than David Ball for founding Ongoing Worlds and leading it over the last 4+ years. Indeed, David has not only created a wonderful website where independent sims, both themed and original, can thrive, but he’s also developed an online blog that has now become the intellectual center of the online role playing community. Simply put, no one is more deserving of a community honor than David. Congratulations! Read More
Jun
16
The Simming Prize
Image by Jack Carter
EDIT – The winner for this award has been announced here.
Please allow me to confirm the rumor… The 2013 Simming Prize is officially open for nominations! I recently had the opportunity to sit down with FSF Ignatius, the Prize’s administrator, and he filled me in on the details. All simmers and online role players are permitted to submit their favorites from among the community through June 27, 2014 at the following link:
https://tinyurl.com/SimmingPrize
The winners will be announced at the end of July.
Jun
14
My last article was for TV shows that I thought would make good RPGs or PBP games. This time, it’s shows that ,
if it was up to me and you tried to make these into a RPG or PBP game, i would kick you hard in the soft bits, travel back in time and watch myself kick you in the soft bits… then kick you again. Read More
Jun
5
The protagonists of a dozen different video games. Astoundingly all but one of them have zombies of one form or another. Read More
Jun
5
This article was written by Crimsyn from the USS Portland in Obsidian Fleet.
Meta-gaming is good
There, I said it.
I say this a lot, whether I’m playing tabletop games or play-by-post RPGs. And when I do, I’m invariably met with blank stares. After all, since Gygax first met the d20, it’s been common knowledge in the role-playing community that meta-gaming is one of the greatest sins that a player can commit. Read More
May
24
Don’t want to use the app? Open a chat window by clicking here
Hey guys, you might know already that there’s a group chat on OngoingWorlds, it’s right there in the top right corner.
The chat we use is one called ChatWing, which we chose because it has loads of different customisable options.
Did you also know that ChatWing has a mobile app that you can use? It’s completely free and really easy to connect to the OngoingWorlds chat, even if you’re out and about, or having a lazy day on the sofa. Just download and install the app through the Google Play store (search for “ChatWing”), then when installed, search for our chat which is simply called “OngoingWorlds” and you’ll be able to chat the same as if you’ve clicked the icon through the website. Read More
May
9
My name’s Silent Hunter; I’m the soon to be former General Coordinator of Phoenix Roleplaying and am planning a new project to run after my retirement from the position of heading the Squiddie-winning club. Read More
May
3
What do roleplay and chat boxes have in common? They both involve words!
Okay, that wasn’t very funny – so today, it’s your turn. Instead of writing many words ourselves, we want you to write some!
Bonus points if it’s especially hysterical out of context. Read More
Apr
15
There’s been a few milestones reached recently, if you follow our Facebook page you’ll have seen that the game Nova Lux is 200 days old, and I posted a graphic Tib made to mark the occasion. On the same post, Luke mentioned that his Darwin game is celebrating 100 days. Of course this is a mere blink in the lifespan of our longest running game Blue Dwarf, which was 14 years old this month!
Here’s an article written for us by Ralazie, talking about another anniversary, and what that means.
Hello all! Zie here! Recently my very first Role-Playing game, The Monster Wars celebrated it’s first birthday. Not only did this game have its first anniversary on this site, but I did too. That’s right! I’ve been here for a full year now, and in the process, joined more games then I really should, but enough about me! Read More
