Ongoing Worlds' Blog

Happy Valentines Day!

Onion — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 04:00:39 +0000

Did you notice anything about the monster on Valentines day? Maybe he’s in love, or maybe he’s ripped the still beating heart out of the chest of a mortal – damn, I should have made the heart more realistic and drip with animated blood! If you’re running a special valentines day story in your roleplaying [...]

Nominate the best for a Simming Prize!

chas — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 09:43:50 +0000

Know a game or an individual that stands out above the rest? A true gem that represents the best in online role-playing over the past year? Nominate them for a Simming Prize. Each year, up to five Simming Prizes are awarded to honor the best in our gaming community. Making a nomination is simple, just [...]

Advice For Future Roleplayers

Onion — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 12:30:35 +0000

I was browsing the very popular roleplaying forum RPG-Directory today and found an interesting thread asking for members to post valuable roleplaying advice for people who are new to roleplaying. The thread was started by member Shadowed Mirrors and was contributed to by more people than I could possibly list here, it’s best to see [...]

Big Ideas Week – Preview

Mark Ball — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 15:12:22 +0000

With their ‘Big Ideas Week’ just around the corner (beginning Feb 20th), the website SciFi Ideas have released a preview of their upcoming content. They’re hoping that it will inspire writers to share some of their ideas. Here’s a snippet of one of the many science fiction ideas that SciFi Ideas will be sharing during Big Ideas [...]

OngoingWorlds is the new Communique

Onion — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 20:45:47 +0000

This article is written by Tigra Tigress who claims she has been “roleplaying since the beginning” and wrote about her history in roleplaying on this blog here. Tigra will be joining this blog as a regular writer, as well as Chas Hammer, which will effectively merge the Simming League with OngoingWorlds. Tigra explains: Back in the [...]

Big Ideas Week on SciFi Ideas

Mark Ball — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 13:08:51 +0000

The website SciFi Ideas (www.scifiideas.com) is planning a special event this February. “Big Ideas Week” will celebrate the website’s 1-year anniversary by posting lots of new ideas and articles, and encouraging readers to take part. I caught up with the creator of SciFi Ideas, Mark Ball. Here’s what he had to say… What is SciFi Ideas? The [...]

Roleplaying story summaries from 2011

Onion — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 18:29:26 +0000

2011 was a great year for OngoingWorlds, we had over 200 new members join up, and 148 new games were created (almost double the amount of games created the year before!). Also the game Blue Dwarf was moved to OngoingWorlds from aYahoo Group, instantly making it the game with the most posts on the entire [...]

Simming History: In the Beginning

Onion — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 15:34:24 +0000

Tigra Tigress has been roleplaying online since the beginning, and has been very influential in the Star Trek communities. She claims she’s one of the longest running Play-by-Email people on the web, and is still simming! The article below was originally discussed in her chat seminar at last year’s SciWorld convention, which she’s continuing in [...]

Aeterna Roma: Roleplaying in the Roman era

Onion — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 08:12:31 +0000

There are many different worlds you can use as a setting for your roleplaying game (I’ve even listed a few ideas here), and here’s a game that’s set in the Roman era. Here’s an explanation of a forum-based roleplaying game Aeterna Roma by its co-founder, Gothy. Aeterna Roma is a play-by-post role-playing game set in an AU [...]

What’s your RP doing for Christmas?

Onion — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 20:59:15 +0000

I’m writing this on Christmas eve, eagerly awaiting a fantastic Christmas day tomorrow with my family. This month I’ve been wondering if December is a good time for roleplaying, as many people will be travelling to spend time with their parents over the holidays and might not have much time for roleplaying – but [...]