Roleplay Dynamics – Revealing Details

This guide, alternatively titled “How Much Should They Know?” is a discussion of the give and take of keeping information hidden from, or sharing it with, other players.

Whether you create or you participate in an RP, there may be certain facts, concepts, plot points, etc, all of which you know and plan to employ, but [...]

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 [...]

Make Your RP Successful: Part Two!

Make Your RP Successful! by drawing in the intimidated
This is part two in the series “Make Your RP Successful!,” not because I am actually exerting the copious effort of composing a series of loosely-related articles on role-playing, but because I figure this opening sentence seems energetic and reminiscent of those inspirational guides on improving life, [...]

Play-by-Post Combat and Forum-Based Dueling

Let me preface this by saying that this originated from a collaboration between Pseudosyne and me (Alias) on RPGForumsOnline.com in the form of a dueling class. We later worked this into a seminar to share our thoughts on dueling and to garner input from the RPGFO community. This finalized form builds on some concepts developed [...]

Roleplay Dynamics – Hooks and Entry Points

Hooks and Entry Points are a tool for RP creators to use to give players an easier time joining an RP.
Many times an RP author will have a spark of ingenuity, yielding a great character, an exotic setting, an exciting plot. An RP will be created, but, unfortunately, will flop. While there are many reasons [...]

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 [...]

How to prevent your roleplay from dying

So, you’re sitting there and wondering to yourself, “How did this to me, again?” That’s right, another role play has died at your fingertips. It was fun, exciting; it had an amazing story and a developing plot, right? Maybe to you, but it seems your players didn’t think so. If they did, they’d still be [...]

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 [...]