[GJW XVII - Animus] GJW Resources, References and How-To Guides

GJW FAQ and Resources

Greetings!

The war is upon us and I have put together resources members might need during the GJW. Traditionally all GJW updates have been catalogued on the GJW wiki page and that will certainly happen but because of the issues we’ve been having recently with the wiki I wanted to have this report page be the primary collection point that members and leaders can bookmark and reference.

I’m using the war as a proof of concept for making how-to video content for the club. I’ve linked the videos that have been made so far with the other resources below but I’ve also made a youtube playlist on the Shadow Academy Youtube channel.

GJW Help Videos Playlist

Please share the videos with anyone who might need them and leave a comment on this report if you found it helpful or have a suggestion for future how-to videos.

I will announce in #General when resources are added to this report.

Page Last Updated 22 May 2026 10:39 PM EST

General GJW Information

• Great Jedi War XVII: Animus - The main competition page with all the competitions and bins.

• DGM GJW Announcement - A good overview report with links to key competition and lore updates.

• DGM GJW Unit Transfer Ban - Inter-Unit (between clans) transfers are restricted during the war.

Fiction Resources

• Voice - GJW XVII Chapter 1 Fiction - The chapter 1 fiction update.

• Voice - GJW XVII Prologue Fiction and Location Wiki - The prologue fiction and Cor'neria System wiki page

• Shadow Academy - Character Sheets 101: Introduction - This is a good resource for how to create and update a character sheet

• Shadow Academy - Character Sheets 102: Possessions and Loadouts - How to manage your possessions and create loadouts for fiction and RP

• Shadow Academy - Activities 104: Roleplaying - A good overview for how to create and manage a RP thread.

• Envoy - Roleplaying Handbook - A general resource for everything roleplaying

• VIDEO - How to setup and run an RP thread w/ Wally

Possessions Resources

• Regent - GJW XVII Unit Store Closings - Clan possessions stores are closed for the duration of the war

• Collective Faction Page - Where you can find the NPCs and possessions of the Collective and their sub-factions.

• Brotherhood Faction Page - Where you can find the Council possessions and NPCs

• VIDEO - How to Look Up Clan or Faction Possessions w/ Turel - A walkthrough on how to look up faction or clan possessions

Gaming Resources

• Fist - GJW Gaming Reminder Rites of Combat - This is important! The Rites of Combat are in effect for the war and that means that creating parties in #gaming-matchmaking is mandatory for the war cluster races.

• Fist - GJW Gaming Preparation Notice 1 - Early notice of what games will be featured in the GJW

• Fist - GJW Gaming Preparation Notice 2 - An update on what games will be used in the war.

• Fist - GJW Battleship Tournament Sign-Ups - Information on the GJW Battleship competition and how to access the DJB battleship site

• Fist - GJW Battleship Tournament Sign-Ups Closed

• Gaming Information Page - This is a great starting point for all things gaming, it includes links to the supported platforms, casual queue and other Fist office pages.

• Rites of Combat - Very important! This are the rules that govern gaming during major events. Pay close attention to Section 2.3- Rules during an Event and Section 5.3 -Match Dodging

• Shadow Academy - Activities 102: Gaming - A good overview on how to submit gaming activities.

• VIDEO - How to Submit Gaming Activity w/ Turel - A video walkthrough on how to submit gaming activity on the site.

• VIDEO - How to Add Gaming Contact Information w/ Turel - A video walkthrough on how to add or updating your gaming contact information on the site (required for all supported games)

• VIDEO - How to Set Up Gaming Parties in Discord w/ Turel - A video walkthrough on how to set up and manage gaming parties in #gaming-matchmaking. This is required for all gaming submissions during the war.

• VIDEO - How to Play Pazaak w/ Turel - A video walkthrough on how to set up and play Pazaak on Discord.

Graphics/Multimedia Resources

• Shadow Academy - Activities 103: Graphics - A good overview on graphics in the Brotherhood.

• For examples of winning Battleplan entries, see the GJW XV Battleplan Competition and GJW XIV Battleplan Competition

Closing

I will be updating this report page throughout the war and will try to announce in chat when things are added. If you found these resources useful, particularly the how-to videos, please leave a comment or drop me a line. If there’s something I’ve forgotten that you feel would be useful or something that could use a how-to video also leave a comment or drop me a line.

Good luck in the war and have fun,

Turel

Headmaster of the Brotherhood