For gaming communities
A Discord alternative for gamers who want somewhere to go.
Taverns gives gamers and gaming communities chat, voice, events, themed spaces, discovery, and connected worlds in a place with its own identity.
- Drop-in voice halls
- Guild-ready organization
- Games and worlds nearby
Published by MEKASMITH Co., Ltd. for Taverns. Reviewed
The nightly routine
The party starts in chat, but it should not end there
Gaming communities use chat to find a group, plan a run, compare a build, ask for help, or celebrate a win. Taverns keeps that coordination layer while living inside a platform built around games, hangouts, and shared worlds.
The result is a community home that can support tonight's queue and tomorrow's stories without losing the practical tools players rely on.
Familiar tools
Give every kind of gaming conversation the right room
Voice halls
Drop in for a match, raid, watch party, or late-night hangout without starting a formal call.
Text and announcement halls
Keep conversation moving while important updates have a dependable place.
Forums
Organize builds, guides, recruitment, support, and questions that should not vanish in a fast channel.
Events and polls
Plan sessions, gather RSVPs, and let the group choose what to play next.
Look like your group
A guild should have an identity, not just a name
Owners can theme a Tavern with chat backgrounds, member-list backgrounds, colors, fonts, and hall icons. Members can use expressive profiles, animated imagery, display effects, and avatar decorations.
A competitive roster, an MMO guild, and a five-person friend group can each feel distinct even when they use the same reliable structure underneath.
Built for many play styles
Gaming community does not mean one type of server
MMO guilds
Coordinate raids, roles, guides, recruitment, and recurring events.
Competitive teams
Keep schedules, strategy, announcements, and voice spaces organized.
Modding communities
Share projects, answer support questions, and preserve technical knowledge in forums.
Friend groups
Build a smaller, more personal home around whatever the group is playing this week.
Creators and players
Gather feedback and grow a community around games and future Wonders.
Beyond coordination
Make discovery part of the group story
Taverns and Wonders share the same wider platform. A player-created experience can become somewhere the group visits, talks about, and returns from with stories to share.
If you are moving from Discord, supported channels, categories, roles, permission mappings, emoji, and supported stickers can become the starting structure. Members and message history still move socially, not automatically.
Clear answers
Frequently asked questions
Why is Taverns a good Discord alternative for gamers?
It keeps familiar chat, voice, roles, forums, events, and community tools while adding deeper visual identity and a connection to player-created Wonders.
Can an MMO guild use Taverns?
Yes. Voice and text halls, roles, permissions, forums, events, rules, and announcements support common guild routines.
Does every Tavern include a playable world?
No. Wonders are a connected platform layer, and creator tooling is distributed separately to approved desktop creators.
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