Game of Tomes / Tourney of Tales MONTH 202X - TEMPLATE

Welcome to the Tourney of Tales!

The Tourney of Tales is a house based writing competition. We provide virtual write-ins with a competitive (but friendly!) spirit. Tourneys happen in April and July. They begin on the first of the month, and end on the last day of the month, in each participant's time zone.

Full rules and word counting instructions are posted on the Game of Tomes (GoT) homepage. Power Writer Rules for over 100K words in an event are detailed HERE and the image below gives the gist.

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Check out the list of Current Houses on our front page.

Here you can see the alliances made by the Minor Houses. (In other words the smaller minor houses teamed up with a Major House. It's beneficial for both the Minor and Major Houses.)

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Happenings

Special Streams

Events are hosted on our Twitch channel. (Here's a UTC Time converter, should you need help with the time conversions.)

Launch Parties

(Two to help cover our world-wide audience)

Mon Mar 31, 3:30 PM CDT / 8:30 PM UTC (replay available for 2 weeks after airing)

Tue Apr 1, 6 PM CDT / 11 PM UTC (replay available for 2 weeks after airing)

| We had 2 Launch Parties! Click for details.

Results Streams

(Urge your team & find out who's in the lead!)

Sat Apr 5, 3:30 PM CDT / 8:30 PM UTC (VOD link availble for 2 weeks)

Sat Apr 12, 3:30 PM CDT / 8:30 PM UTC

Sat Apr 19, 3:30 PM CDT / 8:30 PM UTC

Sat Apr 26, 3:30 PM CDT / 8:30 PM UTC

Final Results Sat May 10, 3:30 PM CDT / 8:30 PM UTC

Want to Spread the Word?

We have graphics and posters ready for you to print and share. Take them to your library, your work, where ever! (Folder Link)

Challenges and Community Activities

Flames of Encouragement

Has someone done something great for you or the community? Show your appreciation!
- Share a Flame of Encouragement
- Check out the Wall of Fire (all the Flames given)

Self Care Bingo and Tiny Tasks

Earn badges for doing self care! Share about your self care in the Discord #Self-Care-Cafe and you'll likely earn a star for a free spot on the bingo page. When the markets are open, they are accessible here.

Body Guard Bootcamp

In this challenge, bodyguards and candidates test their mettle! (Really anyone can join but it's a fun theme!)

Literomantic Games

A friendly competition of Literomancy sponsored by the Great Houses for the Tourney of Tales and the Word Wars! Earn points for special use of your words and creativity.

Challenge Week: THEME

Join us for the April 2025 Challenge Week and help THEME! Start time is the end of the Results stream on DATE. See the ⁠Game of Tomes Discord #⁠challenge-week channel for more details.

Chaos Cartel Exercise Challenge

We spend a lot of time in our chairs, so the CC is challenging us to get our butts moving!

Wignow Challenge

The Wignow Challenge uses Four the Words to rescue Wignow. The words are Paper, Standard, Desert, and Dust.
- The goal is typically to gather the same number of Wignows as the number of days in the Got Event month: 30 for April, 31 for July, and 30 for November.
- A google form will be available for reporting after the event.
- Upon request James can give you a spreadsheet to log them to help keep track for the final reporting form. This spreadsheet has the logic included so you can tell if you passed a level.

More Details

The sets are: Paper and Standard: Paper and/or Standard Wignows Desert and Dust: Desert and/or Dust Wignows These sets can be completed based on the Tome Knight's skill level or where they are in the game. The sets can be mixed according to your abilities. For example, someone might complete 16 Paper Wignows and 14 Standard Wignows to finish the challenge in November. Members are welcome to go over the target number of Wignows, and there are other levels to achieve, such as completing both sets or doing all the Wignows at the same number, which is called the "Lunatic Level." For April 2025, the challenge is to do the Birthday Wignow to pass. To complete the challenge, you’ll need to do ten Birthday Wignows.

Night Monarch Needed for this November!

Do you feel the pull of the tome? Interested in raising and leading the undead horde this November?

Elections are coming up in July! Share your declaration of intent in a results stream or the GoT Discord. More info on duties, etc. on the Night Monarch page. Planning to run for Night Monarch? Apply by June 27!