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Oct
20

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A guide to writing pregnant characters

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This guide to writing pregnant characters was written for us by Marian Andersen aka Nightscarling.

pregnant lady

In the course of writing cooperative stories or play by post role plays its not uncommon for characters to form personal and intimate relationships. Occasionally these relationships result in pregnancy.  The problem then comes up, how do you write for your now pregnant character when you personally have never been pregnant? Here you will get a best gynaecologist in melbourne, do visit. Read More

Oct
19

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11 essential things to think about when running a time travel plot

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This article was written for us by John Garcia who writes Jaxx in the roleplaying game Blue Dwarf.

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Oct
19

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Winner of the October image competition

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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

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2 week Halloween writing challenge – What’s your character afraid of?

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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.

Write about…

Weed monster

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

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Do people freak out too much about godmodding?

Category: Behind the scenes - running RPGs, Play-by-post discussion Tags: , , , 1 Comment

someone's godmodding

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
14

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If I toss you out an airlock, yes, you will die. Alternate Ideas for Dealing with Mary Sues and Godmodders

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This post was written by Andrew Facemire who runs the USS Excalibur RP. 

Highlander

Recently, like earlier this week, while reading some of the great work David has been doing with role playing here at OngoingWorlds, I was reminded of my own dealings with various godmoders and Mary Sues over the years. Read More

Oct
11

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The Trouble with Time Travel

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This article was written by Chris Kentlea, veteran of Blue Dwarf, and designer of kits and guides to help roleplayers at Ennead Games.

harold lloyd hanging around with the TARDIS

Time travel, forward and backwards, is a subject that can cause many problems for GMs and players alike. Read More

Oct
10

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Keeping your players in the loop & developing your community

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The guild cast

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

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October Image competition – Entry form

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october image competition

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

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Need to write characters with cancer, ADHD, epilepsy or are horses? RPG-D has you covered!

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horse

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:

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