We are in November, and this is the time that those wishing to participate in the Character Creation Challenge should start planning. With how 2025 has felt like a year from hell (just as bad as 2020), I can’t wait to kick off 2026 by doing something fun with my RPG hobby. Especially since I’ve discovered how interactive the geek community has been on the BlueSky social media website. It was really reminding me of Twitter back in 2012-19 back when it was fun and a source of information. I’m seeing feeds as I want them (not four days later like other social media websites). When I ask questions, I get answers instead of ridicule. I’ve made a ton of new connections. I hope you all enjoy reading this blog.
I’ve been getting this website updated in preparation for the upcoming challenge. The 2025 entries and links of participating sites have been moved to their own section. This has the effect of making the main Character Creation Challenge page look pretty blank for participating forums and blogs. If you are participating again this year, shoot me a message and I’ll get you added. I’ll try to search out what I can, but I know I won’t get all of them. This event has been growing every year and now we have reached the fifth year. I can’t wait to see what creativity you all come up with.
I’ve got a few new games to use in the next challenge. Some I had received as thank you gifts from SaltCON for volunteering as a GM, some were Kickstarter rewards. There are also some games that I picked up in different charity bundles or DriveThruRPG sales. Plus I don’t know if I’ll be gifted a game in the upcoming “Secret Satan” gift exchange that always happens on the RPG.net forums. I’m not certain which game will be my Day 1 entry (aka the game I’m most excited about), but I’m sure I’ll pick one for that honor. I’ll have a better idea which 31 games I’m going to use soon when I post my “Prepping for the 2026 Character Creation Challenge” post coming next month. And even then (as I discovered in past challenges) the list of games might change depending upon what falls in my hands.
It feels good to get an actual blog post up about Roleplaying Games. I know that I’ve been able to keep my Star Trek Quotes reports fresh, but I want to type, I want to pass on knowledge, I want to grow and explore. I’m still working on new blog themes such as the Better Plus One Sword series. So look for more soon and thanks for being patient with me.
If you would like to participate, email me at Carl (at) TardisCaptain.com, post on the TardisCaptain.com Discord Channel or find me on social media/message boards and let me know where you will be posting your challenge characters at. If you are posting them on a website, I’ll add the link to my Character Creation Challenge page.
Some forever GMs use this as a challenge to create a character like they were actually going to just play. There are a few other themes posted on the main Character Creation Challenge page. Remember, this is for fun, so have fun with it.