2015 Resource List for Video Games Fandoms on Dreamwidth

[sarasa_cat]

In-progress list of DW communities that are of interest to people in video games fandoms. This list is not complete. If you want to suggest something I should add, please comment! A bunch of challenges have begun on June 1 or are beginning very soon. 

= Multi-fandom prompt & exchange communities =

- Participation open now/soon -

areyougame  - video game fic+art prompt challenges. Accepting prompts until June 15 for July 2015 round.
rarepairfest  - accepting nominations for rare pairs until June 15. Sign-ups June 17-28. Writing runs from July 1-Aug 25.
seasonofkink  - bingo challenge. 2015 season running from June 1 to September 30.
genprompt_bingo  - bingo challenge. Round 7 running from June 1 to August 31.
hc_bingo  - bingo challenge. Round 6 opens June 15th
trope_bingo  - bingo challenge. In amnesty/open period. New round opens July 1.
fic_promptly  - prompt meme (comment fic) community, large backlog of open prompts, ongoing challenge
fan_flashworks  - weekly thematic prompt for short fanworks, ongoing challenge.
15_minute_ficlets  - daily prompts for short comment fic

- Current participation date passed -
not_primetime  - multi-fandom secret exchange for medium-sized fandoms. Current challenge in progress (2015: Apr 5 - July 16)

= Video game specific communities =

- General communities for video game fandoms -

peopleofthedas  - Dragon Age fanwork and mod community, no schedule, accepts wide range of fanworks
finalfantasy  - Final Fantasy series fanworks and discussion community
kingdomhearts  - Kingdom Hearts fanworks and discussion community

- Prompt communities for specific video games -

ffviii_100  - drabble challenge community for FFVIII fandom

- Inactive / Quiet -

sidequest  - prompt meme (comment fic) community for all video game fandoms. (could be easily revived - just add&fill prompts).
ff_fortnightly  - sleeping Final Fantasy drabble community, three prompts per fortnight. 

= Other DW Communities of interest =

fandomcalendar - pan-fandom announcements community.
on_width - announcements for nifty and new fandom communities.
fandom_on_dw  - pan-fandom announcements on DW.
addme_fandom  - find people with similar fannish interests to yours
girlgamers  - discussion about games, table top and video games
gaming  - discussion about games of all kinds