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The Arcana Wiki - Distilling the Real World for Gaming
Juergen Hubert
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I've recently started a new project which I hope will interest most gamers - the Arcana Wiki. Basically, the general idea of this project is: "Like a combination of the Wikipedia and the TV Tropes Wiki, but with additional notes for gamers."
I've often browsed through random pages on the Wikipedia and the TV Tropes Wiki, and thought to myself: "This would make for an awesome adventure!" But unfortunately (though understandably), neither wiki permits the addition of adventure and campaign ideas to their entries. But the Arcana Wiki does - each entry is divided into a "General Information" section where factual information and sources are listed, and a "Game and Story Use" section where everyone is encouraged to add game ideas to the entry.
The wiki is still fairly young, but growing rapidly, and more volunteers sign up almost every day. I hope some of you will give it a chance, too!
I've often browsed through random pages on the Wikipedia and the TV Tropes Wiki, and thought to myself: "This would make for an awesome adventure!" But unfortunately (though understandably), neither wiki permits the addition of adventure and campaign ideas to their entries. But the Arcana Wiki does - each entry is divided into a "General Information" section where factual information and sources are listed, and a "Game and Story Use" section where everyone is encouraged to add game ideas to the entry.
The wiki is still fairly young, but growing rapidly, and more volunteers sign up almost every day. I hope some of you will give it a chance, too!
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Not exactly. The goal of this wiki is to use "real world" concepts, ideas, locations, myths and so forth, and then show how to use them within role-playing games. Here are a few of the more comprehensive examples:
Snoligoster - a mythical animal that allegedly exists in the swamps of Florida.
Tunguska Event - a strange disaster in the wilds of Siberia
Ferret Legging - a medieval British "extreme sport".
Technisches Hilfswerk - a German disaster relief agency
The Icelandic Phallological Museum - exactly what it sounds like.
Transhumanism - a philosophy that advocates "improvement" of humans beyond their natural limits.
Tree man 'who grew roots' may be cured - a news report about a man with a truly bizarre skin disease.
All these can have relevance to role-playing games - sometimes in ways you might not have thought of before - but all of them originated in the real world independently from gaming. And that's what I want to do with this wiki - show how the real world can inspire gaming.
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Indeed. I just did some research for a Dubai entry, and the possibilities are numerous. And I've been collecting interesting newspaper articles in the timeline like crazy.
But I think it has equal potential for fantasy games - see the Mythology section for examples.
Let's hope that the number of contributions increase in the same way...
If I were not on my wii, I would dump my entire Dg campaign on your site.us
Well, I do have plans for an Adventure Seeds section...
So far, four adventure seeds have been written for it:
Revenge of the Cargo Cult
The Hunt for the Dreamers
The Fires of the Deep
Lost Hippies of the Catacombs
Feel free to add your own ideas!
Some new highlights include:
and significantly more content in almost any category. Really, just use the Random Page function a few times to see a few examples.