Flexible Collaborative Writing
Of the potential banes to collaborative writing, one in particular is lack of flexibility. What I mean by that is a story, or even environment as a whole, that is not conducive to player involvement,...
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Building Mood Through Preconceptions
This guide is (lengthy) promotion of concise and functional writing. I find the majority of writers dichotomized into two groups, neither of which produces ideal works, in my subjective opinion. I...
View ArticleRolePlay 101: What is Roleplaying?
This is the first in a series of articles designed to cover the basics of Roleplaying, and we will be covering what roleplaying actually is. In its most basic form, roleplaying is just that: playing a...
View ArticleFleshing out a World Through Active Roleplaying
(This guide describes NPC Conversation Topics – threads where one-time or recurring NPCs come together to discuss their daily lives, and as a result will spawn quests for the PCs. The upside is that...
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Charsheets for Play-by-Post Roleplay
There are many types of character sheets, ranging from the D&D attribute/item/skill matrix, to the biography, to the psychological profile. The question that you as the player or game master have...
View ArticleRolePlay 101: The Importance of Words
So, it’s been some time since last I posted in the RolePlay 101 series. Far too long, I reckon. Well, previously we discussed what RolePlay is, but before we begin anything else, let us think on the...
View ArticleRoleplay 101 – Character Creation Part 1
Character creation is an essential part of any roleplaying game. For some people, the process comes naturally and making a good character takes little to no effort. For others, the process can prove...
View ArticleAll the World’s a Stage: Pros and cons of total-immersion roleplay
When you decide to roleplay, a whole new world of imagination opens up to you — soon you realize that all the World of Warcraft is a stage, and all the orcs and humans merely players. There are degrees...
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Good GM Practices – in Play-by-Post RolePlays
I’ve recently encountered an unexpected request in my Mentors Want Your Help To Help You topic on RolePlayGateway. The request was for more GMing, better GMing, and GMing advice. When most people who...
View ArticleIntellectual obesity
Reposted from blue collar space: A useful method for analyzing complex systems is to find pressures and follow what things flow naturally through the system under that pressure. I tried to do this with...
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