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Get in Contact
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For a long time our unlikely community has relied on
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.I Discord
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for communication. Times are always changing however and thus we
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have been looking for alternatives. By now, some actually prefer to communicate by Internet Relay Chat (IRC) over Discord and occasionally there's even some traffic on
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.I netnews .
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.PP
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These are old technologies for sure, but they do have their
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advantages, and we feel they're our safeguard from enshittification and
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other modern day hazards. Also there's the
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.I Fediverse
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offering plenty of options to connect.
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.PP
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So if you'd like to join us, but don't know how, here are some
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recipes to follow and some addresses to take note of.
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.H2
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Fediverse
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You'll find most of us on Mastodon. If you don't know whether that's
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a stoner rock band or what, checkout: \fChttps://joinmastodon.org\fP. My rpg related mastodon handle is \fC@wandererbill@tabletop.social\fP for example. It has been customary for
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.I Grenzland
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to give the handles of the contributors in the imprint (on page 39 in this case). So you might want to have a look at that to find the handles of other participants.
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.H2
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Internet Relay Chat
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Alex and Kyonshi have setup a tiny network of connected servers, which are
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augmented by the trusty bot
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.I Norn
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and have most channels bridged over to Discord.
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.PP
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To join the chat point your IRC client to either of \fCcampaignwiki.org\fP or \fCwilderland.ovh\fP
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port 6697. You can use \fIThunderbird\fP to connect, so chances are, you're already running the software you need for IRC. Alternatively you can check out \fChttps://thelounge.wilderland.ovh/\fP or ask Alex for an account on
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\fChttps://chat.campaignwiki.org\fP.
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.PP
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However you manage to connect to our IRC, here are some channels
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you might want to join:
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.BU
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#welcome - chit chat and hanging out, start here!
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.BU
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#next-games - here is where games are advertised
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#sabbel-kanal - another, older general purpose channel, bridged to the Grenzland Discord
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.BU
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#traveller - talk about that famous family of 2d6 sci-fi games. This channel is bridged to the #traveller on Discord.
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.PP
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Specific games may well have their own channels. It's probably best to ask around on #welcome if you're looking for a particular channel.
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.PP
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Also, with IRC being what it is, it's easy to set up a new channel in an ad-hoc fashion. Just join the new channel by typing
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\fC/join #my-new-channel\fP. It will be created if it didn't exist already. You may set the \fC/topic\fP and \fC/invite\fP others to your new channel.
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.H2
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Netnews
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.PP
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While IRC is fast but also volatile and usually non-persistent,
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there is also netnews for lengthy, thoughtful discussions. Netnews
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messages can persist a long time, often decades, depending how the servers are set up.
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.PP
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Our network is small however. You can have a look via the web
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interface on \fChttps://campaignwiki.org/news\fP.
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You'll find that there
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are a couple of groups from the larger \fIusenet\fP, but the important
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ones are \fCcampaignwiki.games\fP and \fCcampaignwiki.talk\fP.
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.PP
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Again, you can use
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.I Thunderbird
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to connect to our newsserver, and read and write to the groups. It's really just like group email. Do get in touch with one
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of us if you need help setting it up.
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Voice and Video Chat
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.PP
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Apart from
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.I Discord
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we've used
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.I Jitsi
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many times. The instances we use are:
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.BU
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\fChttps://meet.ffmuc.net/zurichmondays\fP and
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.BU
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\fChttps://meet.zrh.init7.net/MontagInZürich\fP
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.PP
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Recently we've been having good success with a software called
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Galène: \fChttps://galene.org/\fP - whoever is hosting a game
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will send you the URL and credentials to join.
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.PP
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So there you have it. There are many options to scratch that
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gaming itch online, without relying on big money services.
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We hope to see you join soon!
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.Au lkh
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