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TWC Competitions, Games and Awards

Do you have a competitive nature? There are lots of competitions on TWC where you can show off your intellectual and artistic skills or join in by supporting and voting for others. The medals available to winners of the contests can be viewed on the wiki here. The currently active competitions, games and awards are listed below with links to the relevant forums:

Writing

Tale of the Week: TOTW takes an interesting picture, including winning POTW entries and other generally awesome images, and gives you the opportunity to write a short 'tale' about it. Members then vote on which entrant has written the best story, based on the materials given.
AAR and Creative Writing Competitions: The Writers' Study hosts Monthly After Action Report Competitions (MAARC) and Occasional special creative writing competitions. MAARC is open to AARs posted on TWC.
Post of the Fortnight: The POTF competition is aimed at promoting quality posting within the Discussion and Debate area of the forum. You can't enter your own posts for this competition but post well in the D&D section and you may find your post gets nominated.

Screenshots and Videos

All of the picture and video competitions can be found in the Screenshot Galleries.

Picture of the Week: POTW consists of screenshots from all Total War games edited in any way, usually improving the graphics and the like, though from time to time creative twists are applied
Unedited Screenshot of the Week: UESW allows exclusively unedited Total War Screenshots. The emphasis lies on the perfect shot at the perfect time, though the picture can be cropped, to leave out unit cards and the like.
Game Picture of the Week: GPOTW submissions must be from a game other than Total War, submissions may be either edited or unedited screenshots.
Video of the Month: VOTM submissions must be videos consisting of in-game footage from either the campaign map or the battle map of a Total War game or modification.

Role Playing Games and Hotseat Campaigns

Total War Hotseat Campaigns: Hotseat campaigns for all Total War games, mods and submods are organized and conducted in this forum section. The use of modded games which allow play in fantasy worlds such as Game of Thrones or LotR are popular and role-playing is also encouraged in many of the games.
Play by Post RPGs: RPG's are a complex and highly entertaining way to interact and "play" with other members on TWC. In general, all participants of one RPG choose one faction for the game and pick their characters (Family Members, Agents, etc) out of this faction. Then, everyone acts out his role or character to turn a simple Total War campaign into a vivid theatre play or rather, a novel! Most RPGs have introduced a complex game system with political aspects and structures.

Informal Thread Based Games

Total Guess Competition: TGC is intended to reward those who are regular players of the various Guess/Name/Identify games around TWC, such as "Name that Battle" or "The Catchphrase Game"
The Coliseum: As well as housing TGC this forum also contains many threads for other informal games and has sub-forums available for Mafia and Interactive History. The Coliseum is universally known as a good place to raise your post count without having to spam the Thema Devia or be chased by Moderation as a wannabe spambot!

Site Awards

The Site Awards are annual events where TWC members nominate and vote for fellow members, mods and modders, they are organised as follows:

TWC Modding Awards: These Awards are meant to reward worthy mods (including tools and resources) and modders (including tools and resources makers) hosted or otherwise present at TWC. The Modding Awards have been held since 2005 and have evolved as the Total War games (and their popularity and moddability) evolved over time. Modding Award medals can be viewed on the wiki here.
TWC Member Awards: These Awards are meant to reward worthy TWC members, as nominated and voted by the TWC membership itself. They include categories ranging from the Best Debater up to the Favorite Staff member, and they have evolved over the years as the site and its community evolved. The first edition was held in 2005. Members' Awards medals can be viewed on the wiki here.

TWC Publications and Archives

Looking for some interesting reading material? Start here:

TWC Discussion Forums

Not sure where to post for the best historical discussion or the friendliest chat? Check out the forums suggested below:

Total War Games

The main part of the TWC forum index is devoted to sections for the Total War Series Games. Each major game release has its own forum section, displayed with latest games nearest the top. Within each section you will find sub-forums for general discussion, hosted modifications, modification threads and modding workshops. The easiest way to find and view this content is by scrolling down the index page to find the game you are interested in, then select the relevant sub-forum. Alternatively, follow one of these links: ~~

General Discussion: .....
General TW Modding: .....

Other Games

The Non-Total War Games forum contains sub-sections for the following games: Warhammer 40K, Paradox Games, Mount&Blade, Bethesda Games, BioWare Games, Minecraft, Slitherine/Matrix Games, Game-Labs Games and also has space for Game Reviews and Other Games

Arts

'The Arts' Generally: visit The Arts forum to discuss literature, theater, cinema, music, the visual arts and more.
Creative Writing: go to The Writers' Study to post and discuss and receive advice on your creative writing and AARs.
Graphics, Painting and Screenshots etc: visit The Artists' Studio to post your visual artworks and meet fellow artists.

Intellectual Discussion

Current Political Events: The Political Mudpit is the place for robust discussion of current events.
Political Theory: for discussion of political theory in the abstract visit the Political and Scientific Academy
Science: for discussion of science also belongs in the Political and Scientific Academy
Religion & Philosophy: visit Ethos, Mores et Monastica to discuss ethics, morals, religion and philosophy.
History: visit the Vestigia Vetustatis to discuss history.