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Last round's answer was Yasuhiro Hagakure from Danganronpa!



Herlock Sholmes, legendary consulting detective, is currently on the case! Rent is coming up and he's out of things to pawn, so he's taken on a few more...mundane queries. While not as exciting as tracking down a notorious criminal, helping clients find the person they're looking for is still important, he supposes. But a little competition can spice up any task, so why don't you flex your reasoning skills and see if you can solve the mystery as well?

THIS WEEK'S MYSTERY:

Sorry, we're in the business of looking for characters, not music by Peruvian composers--huh, this is a cute girl? Okay then! This runner is also a masked luchadora, and her mask is a present from her pro wrestler father. She's reckless (according to her roommate, at least), hates being quiet, and is confident that she's the strongest!

Ready to compare notes? Tell Herlock the character's name and the series they come from; if your notes match, he'll give you 8 random cards, but only if you get your answers in by the September 8th deadline!

Come one, come all, to the Kame Game Shop! We've got some new stock in today of some of those booster packs that everyone is talking about! Inside each booster is 8 cards, with at least 1 holographic... I guess you guys call them special cards.

As a promotion, I'll let you pick one pack from my current stock! But only one, since we have to leave some for the paying customers... Here's what I have at the moment!



AVAILABLE PACKS: Purple, Brown, Pretty Cure

Sometimes we get in other packs in, so stock might change every week... get them while they're still available!

This round ends on Tuesday, September 15th!

Last round's answer was Aguni from Kamitsubaki City Under Construction and Lara from Goodbye, Lara.



Kotori is the designer for µ's, and she works hard to make great costumes for each and every performance. But sometimes costumes she makes for fun get mixed in with costumes she makes for µ's. Can you figure out who is actually supposed to wear these?

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This round will end on Tuesday, September 15th.

( click to see what the themes are! )

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★ Feel free to suggest future scrapbook themes at this post!

Introduction

Pot of Gold is a monthly game. The objective of the Pot of Gold is to complete different 'tasks' that will be different every month. You'll get small rewards for completing them individually, but receive bonuses if you manage to complete all of them. How much of the rainbow can you complete?

This month's theme is... Final Fantasy IX!

( rules )

( tasks and rewards )

You have until October 1st 2026 at 12:01 PM GMT to complete these tasks. Good luck!

Congrats to Billie Sue (losers_day), Indi (indiwyn_colors) and Eli (aratakis) for winning last months Grand Prize!


Issac and Mira have arrived in New York!
A city of hopes and dreams!


( Feeling Lucky? )

This round ends on September 30, 2026

It’s that time again: Small Web September is here!

Running throughout the month of September, Small Web September (SWS) is designed to be a chill, friendly and accessible event for anyone to make progress on a small web project, from a personal site/indie archive to a shrine, directory, link hub, or anything in between.

Maybe you’ve always wanted to make a set of graphics, start a blog, or make a resource list – whatever it is, as long as it’s small web-related (by the helpful definition in our comm intro post) come and work on it with us during the month!

How does the challenge work?

Throughout the month of September, I’ll be posting ‘check-in points’ to this comm where people can talk about their projects, share their goals and the progress they’re making, ask questions, and trade tips and resources with fellow small webbers in the comments. Each check-in point has a theme to help spark off thoughts and get discussions going, but they’re not mandatory – feel free to just share an update with how your project(s) is/are going, ask for help, or whatever you please! There’s no cut-off point for commenting on each one, either, so don’t be afraid to comment on an ‘old’ check-in if you have thoughts to share.

You can also share updates to your personal blog or on social media - there's no wrong way to take part! Small Web September is designed to be flexible and accessible so that no-one feels the bar for entry is too high. Think of it like a fest or jam for small web stuff.

If you’d like to throw a question open to the rest of this community, share something interesting, or just show off your progress, you can also make a post directly to the comm! I hope that people will make their own posts in between the check-ins so that there’s plenty of activity to engage with in the comm. As long as any posts follow the community guidelines laid out by kalloway, you are good to go!

What’s the schedule?

I’m glad you asked! Here are the dates for key posts during the event:

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How can I join in?

Right here on this post! (Of course, you don’t have to – feel free to jump in anywhere, but if you’re seeing this on the 1st, we’ve only got the one place so far xD)

Traditionally, we start off with a goal-setting post where people can talk about what they’re planning to work on, or start, during the month – and where they’d like to focus. Don’t worry if you actually wind up doing something different – no-one is marking you against what you said here! But it can be a nice way to begin the event.

For anyone who’d like to use it, here’s a pre-formatted set of prompts that you can fill in with your own info:

<strong>Name:</strong> (Username, nickname, whatever you like to go by)
<strong>Project(s):</strong> (Share a link to your project(s) if you’d like to, and/or describe what you’re making or plan to make!)
<strong>What are you hoping to work on for SWS?</strong> (This can be as general as “add to my shrine”, or as specific as “archive X fanworks” or “implement a new blog theme”. You could even include ‘bonus’ or extra goals you’d like to get to if you have time!)

And for a bonus discussion-starter: What do you enjoy about the small web and/or working on your project(s)? Is there anything you’ve learned so far that surprised you?

Spreading the word

If you want to spread the word about taking part in SWS (thank you very much!), we have these awesome banners made by javert that you can save to use on your page/site/blog, or embed using the code below!

<img src="https://javert.dreamwidth.org/file/286238.png" alt="A cat lying on the keyboard of a laptop with code on the screen. Text overlaid on the banner reads, Small Web September, a month-long small web event on @ small web." width="400" height="200" />

<img src="https://javert.dreamwidth.org/file/286085.png" alt="Photograph of a spider web with the words Small Web September superimposed on it. Below this, text reads, a month-long small web event on @ small web." width="400" height="200" />

I'm excited to hear what everyone's planning for the month! Happy SWS-ing!

DW really made me sweat for the formatting in this post. Why are you like this, DW... *goes to lie down*

Come on down to the Lady Luck Slots, where every spin's a winner! The better the match, the better your prize!

( Roll up, roll up! )

This round ends Monday, September 7, 2026.

It's a new week, which means switches have been reset at Switch It Up! Come on down to swap out some cards!

It's a new week, which means donation limits have been reset at Coloring Book! Come get some brand spanking new August release cards!

Last week's answer was Shuri Komori from Komori-san Can't Decline!, voiced by Aya Uchida!



Hello everyone, and welcome back to Seiyuu Guess! Our host for this game is Shizuka, a rookie seiyuu who's still learning the tricks of the trade! She's been provided with a description, image, and clip of a certain character, and it's up to you to help her figure out who voices them.

( Who do we have this week? )

Tell Shizuka the character's name, their seiyuu, and what film they're from for fifteen random cards!

This round ends Monday, September 7, 2026.

Hi amigos! You ready for some bounty info? Colors' Most Wanted is coming your way!

Punch and Judy are dedicated to bringing updates on the latest bounties to all the bounty hunters in the star system. And they'd like you to help by reporting new bounties to them so they can get out the news! As a reward you'll get some special updates on those bounties.

How to Play:
Every round, each player can name ONE deck, character or special, that they would like to see added to the bounty pool. Repeat decks are allowed. At the end of the round, your rewards will be randomized from only the list of decks players have named for that round. Every player that participates will receive 5 random cards from that round's deck list.

Please write the deck names as they appear in the file names, e.g. Dragon Claw as dragonclaw.

This round ends Monday, September 7th. Happy hunting, all you cowboys!

Thank you for your help! Last week we were looking at Wooser from Wooser's Hand-to-Mouth Life!

Pokémon trainer Hop has run into some trouble. It would seem a strange phenomenon has caused new and strange creatures to appear in their world - especially in the Wild Area! He needs your help to identify these new creatures so he can make notes about them and return them to Sonia!

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This round closes on Monday, September 7th!

Hey, everyone! How's it going?

I've been meaning to pop back up and make this post for weeks now, and then wound up leaving it to the last possible second anyway 😅 My year has been extra busy even by my own standards thanks to a new job I started in February, and even though I've been thinking all year about how I want to make sure I still run Small Web September, I knew it would take a bit of doing this year as I just haven't had a lot of energy for hobby stuff (case in point: I haven't touched my fanworks archive all year! Maybe this will give me the impetus I've been needing to dust it off).

And while I know that SWS doesn't *have* to run - or to be run by me - I really like running it and contributing to the small web initiative in this way. So, here's me giving it my best shot 💪 I'm on holiday for the next week and so I'm planning to pre-write many of the check-in posts to save myself some time later in the month. (At least, that's the goal...!)

If you're going "Wait, what is Small Web September? I'm not familiar", this post has a more detailed explanation! The short version is that it's a month-long small/indie web event run during the month of September, and it's open to anyone and everyone who'd like to take part.

Last year I kicked off the event during the last Sunday in August to keep the check-ins on a weekly frequency, but this year I've decided we'll kick off on Tuesday 1st September with the other three check-in posts falling on a Sunday as usual. So, here's a rough schedule of timings and discussion topics:

Tuesday 1st September: Welcome, kick-off and goals for the month
Sunday 6th September: Check-in 1 - Site structure and navigation (thank you to althea_valara for this super topic suggestion!)
Sunday 13th September: Check-in 2 - Accessibility/Halfway point
Sunday 20th September: Check-in 3 - Recs & resources
Sunday 27th September: Check-in 4 - Graphics, design & themes/Wrap-up
Sunday 4th October, or thereabouts: Retrospective & feedback

...Er, Dreamwidth managed to eat part of my post as I published this, so I'm rewriting this part. *facepalm* I hope you'll join me along the way! Tuesday's kick-off post will be the more fleshed-out announcement with full event details that I usually publish before we get going, since I just wanted to get this up and let everyone know what the plan is.

See you on Tuesday, and if you have any questions or suggestions, feel free to leave a comment!

September is in just a few days...

Last year, enchantedsleeper ran Smallweb September. I, for one, really enjoyed it. I'm going to be working on my sites during September for communal_creators, and I would LOVE to "double-dip" and report progress here, too.

So... is there any interest in a casual challenge for September? enchantedsleeper and kalloway, if neither of you have the bandwidth to host, I'd be happy to.

Last round's answer is Samadhi!



Colette is known for her love of dogs. She especially loves to come up with names for them! However, after naming all the dogs across Sylvarant and Tethe'alla there wasn't much left for her to do so she's going to come up with deck names now. Help her name all the decks across Colors TCG?

With every round, there will be a picture of a character who has a deck on Colors. Tell Colette what their deckname is to be rewarded with 6 random special cards!

( And who will it be this time? )
This round is open till Monday, September 7th

Last week's answer is Ciel Phantomhive from Black Butler



A new silhouette has appeared on the Midnight Channel! But Rise needs more information before she can help locate the victim in the TV world.

( Tonight on the Midnight Channel... )

Some of you might know Kamukura as the guy who was really into boats back in the day. Rumor has it he likes memes now. He's been trying to get into anime lately but sometimes he stumbles upon something that's hard to comprehend even with his numerous talents.

( Today in No Context Theater... )

Come up with a possible explanation for the situation in the screencap! It can be anything and as silly or serious as you wish. Don't worry if you're unfamiliar with the series, the purpose of the game is not to guess what actually happened there! Same if you are familiar with the context - pretend that you aren't and make up something on your own!

Source of screencaps will more often than not be Anime Screenshots Without Context

For answering, you'll get 5 new release cards. Every answer is correct and feel free to comment on other people's answers! This round is open till Monday, September 7th

Ranger decided to "helpfully" rearrange the letters of the names on Safalin's list... Can you help her put them back in the right order?

( This Round's Theme... )

Natsume's no ordinary boy. Like his grandmother Reiko he has the ability to see youkai... who flock to him and demand to have their names that Reiko stored in the Book of Friends returned. At Colors, Natsume is visited by some of our past deck releases who would like to have their cards returned!

Rules
Every week, one of the releases is picked at random. You can exchange up to five cards from that release for choice cards from that release.
You will lose the cards you turn in.
To get multiple cards from one deck, you need to turn in multiples from another deck as well.
Specials can only be gained by turning in other specials!

For example, if the chosen release is Release 001, you can turn in any card from the asobot deck and get a choice card from the logic deck. To get two choice logic cards, you would need to turn in two asobot cards (not an asobot card and a smile card).

✅ asobot01, asobot02 -> logic01, logic02
✅ asobot01, smile01 -> logic01, dragon01
❌ asobot01, smile01 -> logic01, logic02

This week's release is Release 175
Deckname list:
4koma, airmail, akademeia, axelotls, baubau, blackshadows, brawler, breakwalls, bucketlist, charadrius, clemar, confess, confidential, cover, cragspear, criticize, crusherz, cultare, danzhu, deadliest, decepticons, draconid, dreamlands, drunkenship, dual-sided, elda, ensiferum, eugief, exitdoor, fadedgaze, faesight, fifthfloor, flapflap, flashleopard, futatsu, gargoyle, gatsby, germaphobe, godisdead, goldenage, hajikegumi, hakkitos, highheels, homo, hoppity, hualina, ishkia, jailbirds, japanophile, jazzplayer, koinichiwa, levoyage, lychee, magnation, mamaragan, meatlocker, moemoe, mustari, nereides, nidia, ninjaseal, nomiracle, nosehair, notthere, nourishment, novelites, okarun, onarashinken, paripus, pebbles, planetfarer, planetoid, poisonneedle, pokerface, project0101, r-trus, rabbitoid, rapideagle, rapperia, rhoag, room101, roussainte, ruffians, rugged, rushingboar, sales, secondfloor, sharkrash, shortrange, skipclass, slobber, smells, solotriangle, stripping, sub-captain, survivallist, tattoos, toono, trained, truant, uffda, umebachidou, vesties, vision, vortexape, werther, whales


Please use this form.
<b>Name</b>: <b>Cards you are turning in (0/5)</b>: <b>Card names</b>: <b>Cards you want</b>:

Since the prizes for this game are all choice cards and there's no need to pass them out, you can just log them after posting your comment!

This round closes on Monday, September 7th!