What Is Star Army (stararmy.com)?

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Star Army is an online roleplaying community and forum built around the "Star Army" science-fiction universe. If you want to write collaborative fiction, create a character, and join ongoing storylines in a shared setting, it's the site for that. It is not a game you download or a store — the activity happens in forum threads and on a companion wiki.

What the site actually is

The homepage is a forum index. Its main sections, as listed on the site, are:

  • News & Updates — community announcements and site news (OOC).
  • Cowboy News — in-character news stories from across the Star Army universe.
  • Open Roleplaying & Special Events — described on the site as a "fast and loose" roleplaying forum where plots and characters need no prior approval and threads are open to everyone without asking.
  • Roleplaying Forums — including in-character messaging ("Transmissions & Communications") and other structured RP areas.
  • RP Discussion & Planning — for coordinating plots out of character.
  • Community Forums — general member discussion.

There is also a Wiki with recent changes, a random page, and a "Star Army of Yamatai" section, plus a Media area for images and comments.

How people use it

The intended path for a newcomer, based on the site's own navigation, is roughly:

  1. Register a forum account.
  2. Create a character using the "Creating a Character" link.
  3. Read the New Player Guide before joining a plot.
  4. Join roleplaying threads — either an open thread (no approval needed) or a plot that you plan with others in RP Discussion & Planning.
  5. Use the wiki for setting reference.

Two practical notes from the site itself:

  • Wiki access: to get a wiki account, you send the admin (Wes) a forum DM. The site also notes you can now log in to the wiki using your forum account.
  • Email problems: if you don't receive a registration or verification email, the site says to contact Wes by email or Discord, because the server sometimes hits its hourly email limit.

Community tools and recognition

  • Discord: the site links a community Discord (Discord.gg/stararmy) for chat and help.
  • Awards: the site announced that Star Army won three Khitomer Awards in a Q2 cycle, voted on by the wider simming community — a signal that it's an established presence in text-based roleplaying circles.

Is it for you?

Star Army fits if you enjoy forum-based, text-driven collaborative storytelling in a persistent sci-fi setting, and you're willing to read setting material and coordinate with other writers. The "Open Roleplaying" section lowers the barrier if you want to try a thread before committing to a full plot. If you're looking for a video game, a tabletop ruleset, or a paid product, this isn't that — the site's materials describe a community and forum, not software or a store.