Campaign Wiki

[Thanatos]

Has anyone actually set up a Wiki for their website/campaign site?

Was it a success/failure? Just too much trouble?

I'm going to be doing an online campaign and really need to keep all the approved documentation online vs. trying to distribute it out to the players and I thought this might be a way to do it.

But I wanted some opinions/examples if anyone has a site for me to peruse.

Thanks.

 

[XCorvis]

I am working on a DM-only personal wiki right now, for my campaign, but I might post a player's version. I'm just using a tiddlywiki variant, so I can't edit it online.

Check out the last PDF on this page: http://www.treasuretables.org/downloads
It's a compilation of a couple of articles on using wikis for GMing.

 

[Thanatos]

Thanks alot, I will check that out.

The Wiki I liked was Tikiwiki -- it had alot of features, including group permissions so I can set up a DM section that only I can get into.

I'll check out Tiddlywiki.

 

[Edheldur]

I've got one in schtuff.com, but so far my players have ignored it. Still, I think they're great to manage a campaign setting and all its relevant information.

 

[schporto]

I would recommend keeping one. I had a campaign website - which I should've done as a wiki. I let it lapse. Soon after that folks started asking. Nobody had read the website, but suddenly they wanted to know.
Funny how life works like that.
-cpd

 

[DMFTodd]

I've got one on schtuff:


Way easier to maintain than anything else. With some prodding, even the players have contributed a bit. Easy to navigate, instantly updated and always available to the players, wiki's the way to go.

 

[Sir Brennen]

I'm also using a "tiddlywiki" - works like a wiki locally for one user, but can't be edited by anyone online. So, it's not as "collabrative" as a full blown wiki, but it's really easy to maintain, since it's all in one file. Organization is a breeze with tags, and creating links between sections is really simple.

Click the link in my sig to see.

 

[Ilium]

Another vote for tiddlywiki. I have also set up a pbwiki to let my players contribute, but like everyone else has said, the players have ignored it. Here's my campaign site (not as cool as Sir Brennen's but he got me rolling on customizing it. Thanks, SB!)

http://home.comcast.net/~jim.ade/ilium/HeirsOfEmpire.html

 

[Thanatos]

I'd like to have something for my players to contribute with...I have at least 2 out of the 3 that would for sure.

Thanks for all your examples -- they have been very helpful.

What did you two (Brennen and Ilium) use to theme up your wiki sites?

Seems like this might have some merit as an idea afterall.

 

[Ilium]

You can add and edit CSS style info to the wiki. I also did a little direct hacking on the HTML and JavaScript that makes the whole thing work, but not much. There are groups you can subscribe to with a very helpful and friendly community of users and developers. If you have any specific questions I'll be glad to help if I can.