Star Army

Star ArmyⓇ is a landmark of forum roleplaying. Opened in 2002, Star Army is like an internet clubhouse for people who love roleplaying, art, and worldbuilding. Anyone 18 or older may join for free. New members are welcome! Use the "Register" button below.

Note: This is a play-by-post RPG site. If you're looking for the tabletop miniatures wargame "5150: Star Army" instead, see Two Hour Wargames.

  • If you were supposed to get an email from the forum but didn't (e.g. to verify your account for registration), email Wes at [email protected] or talk to me on Discord for help. Sometimes the server hits our limit of emails we can send per hour.
  • Get in our Discord chat! Discord.gg/stararmy
  • 📅 October and November 2024 are YE 46.8 in the RP.

Announcements

News and updates about the site and the Star Army Community (OOC)

Wiki Updates - July 2016

I've made some important changes to the wiki:
  • CCG namespace removed - all character creation guides will be in the normal guide namespace
  • Wiki Front Page - currently being revamped. All the lists of links are being moved into the sidebar by category
  • Category pages are in in the root namespace.
  • A new Guide page has been added that lists all of SARP's "how to" guides including character creation ones.
  • Templates for wiki pages are now all in the templates: namespace.
  • Main...
 

Stock Images

I used to use Dollar Photo Club, a stock photo site where everything was $1, to get stock art for use on Star Army. I've used stock art to help make things like these:

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About a year ago, Dollar Photo Club was unfortunately purchased from...
 

Community Meeting July 14 + Site Updates

The next sitewide community meeting will be on Friday, July 14, 2017 at 9pm EST/6 PM Pacific. It will be held in the main (general) chatroom.

Agenda/Topics:
  • GM Meet & Greet: New plot showcase and player recruitment
  • Kuvexian enemy faction progress update & content creation volunteering
  • What articles need an update the most?
Recent site updates:
  • Added dokuwiki plugin that allows export of wiki pages to text. It can be used by adding &do=export_text to a page URL...
 

Moving/Renaming Wiki Pages

On our wiki, registered users can now rename/move pages without breaking backlinks. Previously, moving a page required asking me to use a tool in my admin control panel, or manually deleting and re-adding a page and then fixing all the backlinks, so this should be a big help, especially for those of you who create articles and want to move things in and out of the wip: folder.

To move a page, use the paint roller icon on the right side of the wiki pages:

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Only move things into...
 

We Have Enough Factions (For Now)

In the last few years Star Army has experienced a flood of new factions, including several playable ones. This has introduced some issues for the site:
  • The number of active players has not increased to keep pace with the addition of new playable factions
  • New factions have been introduced which don't seem to relate to the other factions in the site
  • It's a lot of work to maintain and grow factions
  • A lot of recent conflicts between members are closely related to development of...
 
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