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A hall of living worlds
Strolen's Citadel
Rough ideas become living worlds.
Built for GMs, writers, players — and every anonymous wanderer still called the Barbarian Horde.
Horde approved. No login required to wander.
Three Paths into the Hall
Twenty years of Strolenati. Start as a guest of the Horde — Read, then Write and Play once you raise your banners.
Read
Find what the hall is writing
Today’s Reading, Hall of Honour, shelves of submissions —
open to every wanderer who walks in.
Enter the Crossroads
Write
Leave your mark when ready
Strolenati dip the Inkwell, Bind Bonds, and leave Scrolls.
Leave the Horde and join when the scrap demands a name.
Join to write
Play
Browse Realms already raised
Peek at campaign worlds the hall has claimed.
Raise your own Realm after you take a seat with the Strolenati.
Browse Realms
All roads lead here
The Crossroads
Knights, tinkers, the Horde, and a wagon that looks like a garage sale from hell —
the Citadel waits on the main road. Step in and wander.
Enter the Crossroads
The Halls Themselves
Four places every Strolenati learns. The Horde may wander freely — the Inkwell waits behind the join gate.
The Crossroads
The main discovery page — today’s featured reading, new submissions,
and links into the rest of the Citadel.
Enter the Crossroads
The Inkwell
Where Strolenati write and publish new work.
Join and claim a name to open it.
Join to write
Realms
Campaign binders made from Citadel pieces.
Anyone can browse; join to raise one of your own.
Browse Realms
Guildhall & Quests
Guild shelves of themed submissions, and quest campaigns
that award XP while they are open.
Enter the Guildhall
Voices in the Stone
Wondering what the Strolenati are talking about tonight? Discord is live — and we are resurrecting the old SMF forum so the long threads, guild boards, and archives can live on the Citadel again.
Forum boards return with the rebuild — keep an ear on Updates for the reopening.
Rites of the Strolenati
Honour before ask. The Horde may read and cheer — Strolenati unlock the full rites.
Award XP
When a submission earns your respect, slide the XP scale — up to 25.
Farther along is a stronger thank-you. Change anytime; Hall of Honour sits below for rare marks.
Authors see that score; it is how the hall measures attention.
How XP works
Grant your Favor
Favor is your personal shortlist — the pieces you would hand another GM.
On a submission, open Favor and pin it to a shelf you keep (or start a new one).
Kindred readers who Favor the same work can find each other later.
Wander the Crossroads
Claim into a Realm
A Realm is your campaign binder. Claiming copies a Citadel piece into that binder as a Holding
and lets you note how you use it at the table (Place, Person, Faction, and so on).
Browse public Realms anytime; raise and Claim after you join.
Browse Realms
Ink your own version
A Retelling is a new public submission based on someone else’s piece — your take, with credit.
Start from a submission’s Other takes panel; publish when ready, and you may Offer Tribute back.
The original author can Bless a Retelling they love.
Join to retell
The gates stand open
Roleplaying design by roleplayers. The Horde is welcome. The Strolenati are waiting.
Join the Strolenati
