The big day is here! Lots of people have been emailing me to ask what’s going on with the site, and especially when they’re going to be able to cash in on the free games I’ve been talking about. The answer is…now!

(NOTE: This is a long post. If you’re just here for the password or the contest info, scroll to the bottom, where you’ll also find my contact info.)

If you look up at the top right you’ll see a banner linking you to The Gamer Dome Wiki, the community design project I’ve been hinting at for what seems like months now. I’ll let the wiki speak for itself:

Alone, we’re just voices on a forum, but together we can recreate the gaming world in our image!
–Propagandroid

What are we doing here?

You are here to share your knowledge, enthusiasm, imagination, and skills with the gaming community at large. I’m here to facilitate and direct the design challenges that lay ahead of us.

What is here anyway?

This wiki is a shared design space and homebrew archive for roleplaying games, board games, card games, and collectible card and miniature games. Most of the projects will be community-driven, and I’ll have final say over inclusion and rules disputes; however, regular contributors have the opportunity to become admins themselves, and private development space may become available!

Some of the possibilities I’m envisioning include:

• Roleplaying Games: Community-built campaign settings; community-driven rules subsystems; a central depository for homebrew rules for all editions of D&D, as well as other games as we get interest from the community.
• Board Games: Community-contributed rule variants; unofficial expansions (I’d love to host some complete Runebound sets using the templates found here); links to files around the Web for various games.
• Card Games: Community-created custom cards; links to online resources and manufacturers.
• Collectible Games: Community-created projects like new sets for defunct games, links to content (especially links to content for dead games that may be hard to find). The fan-created sets for Dreamblade Miniatures on the WotC forums are a perfect example of this.

This site is also a bit of an experiment in multi-platform communication and development for hobby gamers. Those of you who follow my blog know that I agree with The DM when he says that hobby gamers are behind the times when it comes to online communication. I say that doesn’t have to be so. I’ve set up forums here on this wiki, and I’m going to be discussing our ongoing projects often at The Gamer Dome blog. I hope you’ll join me there to participate.

Positivity and Constructive Enthusiasm Are the Rule
I’m not going to post a long list of rules and such, as I don’t like them. But there is one thing that I’ll enforce above all else: positive feedback and forward progress are the keys to our success. Flames, negativity, and the users who bring them will be subject to immediate disintegration.

Open Projects
I am opening three projects to start this site off.

Cinematic Sands - A timer-based cinematic resolution system for use in roleplaying games.

Scourwind Valley - A drop-in campaign setting (a campaign set?) for use with a low-level campaign arc, or with E6.

4e House Rules Central - A 4e D&D houserule repository.

Other projects can be opened by request, and I’ll be inviting some scattered projects across the Web to join forces with us here to create a massive community of creators.

Click here to join The Gamer Dome Wiki!

Whew, there you have it! I have no doubt that new projects are going to spring up rather quickly, especially when you tell all your online gaming friends (hint hint) about this great new community. I’ve already got one pro-hopeful game designer interested in iterating his designs on the site, and I hope to get more. The best projects and contributions will be featured here on the blog. If you’d like to be a featured designer on the wiki, email me and let’s talk.

We Need People!

• System wonks
• Storyline writers
• Game designers
• Wiki experts
• Hobby game lovers of all kinds

If you’re thinking that there’s nothing there for you at the wiki, think again! All skillsets will be useful as long as you’re dedicated to helping out projects.
I know what you’re thinking by now: what about those free games you keep talking about?

Community Game Design Spoils

Given the recent demise of The Spoils CCG, I figured I’d offer some of my own to kickstart the project. Of course, we all know that participation is its own reward.

I’m going to be rewarding members of the wiki regularly for both the quality and the quantity of their participation on the wiki, with the winners getting sweet gaming swag out of The Gamer Dome Swag Bag. What’s in the bag at any given time is always changing, but I’m sure that we’ll be able to find something in there for anyone that wins something.

The first giveaway starts immediately, and you must do three things to be eligible to win:

1. Subscribe to this site’s RSS Feed
2. Register at the Wiki
3. Make yourself known by posting in the Forums or contributing to one of the open projects.

I’m going to choose two winners, who will mud wrestle for the choice between a beautiful copy of the Talisman 2e board game and the d20 A Game of Thrones RPG, by Guardians of Order.

(If you want a leg up on the competition, get in early and invite people often. The site has a page where you can invite other people and make them your contacts. One of the prize-winners will be the person with the most contacts who have gone through the three steps above.)

Ok, I hope you’re as hyped as I am about getting in on the ground floor of the next big gaming revolution on the Web. The last piece of information you’ll need is the password to join the wiki:

Wiki password: gamerkings. Register here.

If you have any questions, please feel free to email me at thegamerdome@gmail.com, or post on the forums at the wiki.

See you on the other side!