Building NPCs

There is a model of diagramming the world of a game that I call the Starbust - it’s basically elements that could be put together to build a relationship map, but the individual bits can be a lot easier to present rather than doing up a map all at once. At it’s simplest, it’s an [...]

Turning A Simple Sentence Into A Paragraph

Turning a small thought into a full-blown post can often be a difficult process. I stumbled into Joe Davis’ demonstration of exactly that process today, so I’m publishing it under the “Asides” category for everyone to enjoy.
Joe Davis presents “Telescopic Text” - an interactive demonstration of expanding upon content, word by word.

Roleplaying Tips by Johnn Four

I really want to take a moment to give a shout-out to Johnn Four of Roleplaying Tips, which has over four-hundred guides and articles about roleplaying.

If you’re a regular feedreader, I recommend subscribing to the Roleplaying Tips feed. He’s got some great posts, like his guide to How to host the perfect game and [...]

Roleplaying Tips on RolePlayGateway

Over the past couple years, several authors have posted some great roleplaying guides on one of the websites I run, RolePlayGateway. These topics range from the Starter’s Guide to Forum Roleplay to more advanced topics like Storytelling and Roleplay: Lead Characters - but there is certainly a large range of content available for roleplayers [...]

Role Play Academy revamp!

Hey, just to let everyone know - we’re coming back real soon!  Bear with us while we undergo some serious changes over the next few days.  Please subscribe to our feed to be updated with the latest posts in real time!