TABLE OF CONTENTS Spotlight-Sharing, Tone Balancing, and Welcoming All Players to the Table The best scenes don’t just entertain. They include. They invite. They give everyone…
Category: Community
So You Want to Make Fun for Others – Part 6: Dealing with Derailment, Drama, and Inertia
TABLE OF CONTENTS What to Do When the Scene Breaks (or Never Starts Moving) So your players are in the room. The NPCs are talking….
So You Want to Make Fun for Others – Part 5: Creating Memorable NPCs on the Fly
TABLE OF CONTENTS Fast, Flavorful Characters Who Don’t Steal the Spotlight NPCs (non-player characters) are the grease in the storytelling gears. They’re the quest-givers, the…
So You Want to Make Fun for Others – Part 4: Improvisation Without Meltdown
TABLE OF CONTENTS Staying Loose, Not Lost, When Players Go Off the Rails If you’ve run even one RP scene, you know the truth:Players never…
So You Want to Make Fun for Others – Part 3: Hooks, Stakes, and Player Buy-In
TABLE OF CONTENTS Getting Characters to Care (and Players to Show Up) So you’ve got a scene idea. You’ve got your toolkit. But now comes…
So You Want to Make Fun for Others – Part 2: The Scene Runner’s Toolbox
TABLE OF CONTENTS What You Need, What You Don’t, and What Secretly Matters Most Welcome back, storyteller! Last time, we talked about what it means to run…
So You Want to Make Fun for Others – Part 1: What It Means to Run RP
TABLE OF CONTENTS So, you’re thinking about running RP scenes – not just playing in them. That’s awesome. You’re stepping into the role of story facilitator, atmosphere…
[Across the Stars: An OtherSpace Odyssey] Episode 1: When the Stars Go Dark
Check it out on Patreon! Podcast: Across the StarsHost: Wes PlattRuntime: ~30 minutes Summary:The stars fell quiet. Now we speak first. In this premiere episode of Across the Stars,…
Return to the Stars: OtherSpace MUSH Relaunches in 2025
Looking for a fresh start in a classic sci-fi roleplaying game? The long-running OtherSpace MUSH, a multiplayer text-based sci-fi RPG that first launched in 1998, is making…
Join the Saga, Earn Achievements!
I’ve set up a new system on the OtherSpace MUSH site that allows players to make friends, join groups, and earn achievements by participating in…