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FOBETEO Past: Starting a difficult (but important) conversation

Posted by Kim on December 4, 2015, 10:50 am

The following article was originally published during FOBETEO 2012, but it still has a great deal of wisdom to offer us about how to speak up if you need to do some friendship maintenance.

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The Festival of Being Excellent To Each Other

Posted by Kim on December 3, 2015, 9:30 am

It might be cold outside, but your heart is about to be filled with warm fuzzies! It's that special time of year when the RP Repository celebrates the Festival of Being Excellent To Each Other. During this festival, we pause and reflect on what it is that makes RP not just meaningful, but possible.

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Meet Moa, the adventuring merchant

Posted by Kim on November 29, 2015, 6:40 pm

Many of our members have reported spotting a bird-like traveler carrying an impossibly large backpack, wandering the back roads of the RP Repository in the last week. Speculation as to who she might be has run wild. This evening, she finally revealed herself.

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MadRatBird's RP adventure

Posted by Kim on November 21, 2015, 12:44 pm

It's no secret that I've had to rely on creativity growing up to keep myself content and happy. Ever since I could hold a pencil, I was drawing. As soon as I learned to write words, I wrote stories. This continued up until I was about 13, when I began to text-roleplay on Furcadia.

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For collectors

Posted by Kim on November 19, 2015, 5:23 pm

Since the advent of RPR inventories, some of you have become avid item collectors. But perhaps there's one rare item that continues to elude you? Never fear!

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November's office hours highlights

Posted by Kim on November 14, 2015, 2:10 pm

This month was packed with thoughtful, interesting and adorable questions. Here are the answers for those of you who couldn't make it to office hours, but still thirst for knowledge!

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Organize your characters

Posted by Kim on November 12, 2015, 3:24 pm

Characters can now be organized into categories!

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November's office hours

Posted by Kim on November 8, 2015, 11:30 am

If you want to track me down and speak with me in real time about any RPR-related questions, concerns, ideas, or whatever else, you'll be guaranteed some "face time" next weekend.

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In honor of NaNoWriMo: Is online RP a writing craft?

Posted by Kim on November 7, 2015, 10:24 am

In celebration of NaNoWriMo, I thought it was a perfect time to revisit this classic article. Back in January 2013, we asked our players is online RP a writing craft? What follows is a brief summary of what we discovered together.

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Thank you for a wonderful Halloween event!

Posted by Kim on November 1, 2015, 11:50 am

Thank you everyone for an incredible halloween event! I thoroughly enjoyed RPing with you, and getting the opportunity to play with people and characters I never would have before. I would love your feedback to help make trick or treat the forums ever more successful!

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