Every two weeks, members of the team come together for a live Common Ground World Town Hall, hosted on our Gala Games YouTube channel. We invite all players and community members to tune in, participate in the live chat, and stay informed about the latest developments in Common Ground World (CGW), our beloved farm simulation game formerly known as Town Star.
Event Details
When: First and third Friday of every month at 8 AM PT
Live Updates: Get the latest news and updates straight from the team.
Community Interaction: Engage with fellow players and team members in the live chat.
AMA Session: Submit your questions for the AMA portion of the Town Hall using this form.
New NFT Releases
We’re thrilled to announce the release of new NFTs for CGW. These unique items will enhance your gameplay experience and offer exciting new opportunities for your virtual farm.
Small Seaweed Farm (Rare): Available today at 11 AM PT
Wishing Well (Rare): Available tomorrow at 11 AM PT
In addition to the new releases, we’re upgrading and offering special discounts on some of our older NFTs. These upgrades come with significant price reductions and will be available for 48 hours starting today at 11 AM PT.
We’re committed to keeping our community informed and engaged. Don’t miss out on the live Town Hall event, the latest updates, and the chance to grab these exclusive NFTs. Whether you join us live or catch the replay, there’s always something new and exciting happening in the world of CGW.
Attention, Common Ground World players! We have an exciting new challenge lined up for you. While our Town Halls have switched to a bi-weekly schedule, we’ll still provide updates and answer your questions during the off weeks.
The next Common Ground World Town Hall is this Friday, June 21st. Get your questions in here!
🏆 Competition Details
Start: June 18, 2024, 8:00 AM PT End: June 21, 2024, 8:00 AM PT
This week’s challenge: Craft and sell Marine Ravioli filled with Salmon, Shrimp, and Eel. It’s a fantastic opportunity to showcase your culinary skills and outshine the competition!
Event: Ravioli Rumble Objective: Sell Marine Ravioli Trade Time: 20s & 1 Gasoline Biome: Plains N Edges: Plains N, Ocean E, Plains S, and Plains W
Rewards
Earn standard $GALA rewards and a special Blueprint: Hasty Italian Restaurant.
New Craft Alert! Marine Ravioli is a new recipe introduced this week.
Crafting Recipe:
3 Flour
2 Butter
2 Eel
1 Salmon
3 Shrimp
Crafting Time: 60s Crafted in: Italian Restaurant Stored in: Storehouse
Standard Values:
Cash: $85,690 (meta value this week: $14,280)
Stars: 1,837 (meta value this week: 50k)
Boosts
Cash Boosts
Worms: $1,000 ➡️ $3,000
Butter: $20,000 ➡️ $50,000
Risotto: $44,000 ➡️ $100,000
Star Boosts
Marine Ravioli: ➡️ 50k
Upcoming Event Schedule
Note: All events are subject to change.
June
Free Storage NFT: Cheese Storage
June 11-14: Four-Cheese Pizza
June 18-21: Marine Ravioli (Blueprint Reward Week: Hasty Italian Restaurant)
June 25-28: Kimchi
July
Free Storage NFT: Coffee Bean Storage
July 2-5: Starlight Market Box (new craft ingredients)
July 9-12: A mystery Ice Cream flavor
July 16-19: A tasty new Cake
Important Reminders
Offline Mode: Log back in before the event ends to ensure fast forward happens.
Fast Forward: Check in often; prolonged offline periods slow down updates.
Browser Tips: Keep the game as the only tab in the browser and avoid covering it with other windows.
Lite Paper Feedback: We are still taking feedback on our lite paper. Check it out here and provide your feedback here.
Explore the massive selection of NFTs in the Common Ground World store to enhance the gameplay experience and supercharge your build. We have something for every type of strategy!
This distinguished Italian Restaurant features an expert pizzaiolo Chef, which besides being significantly faster, needs less Cheese to produce his magnificent creations, while inspiring all Italian Restaurants in your Town for increased Crafting Speed, including itself! (un-stackable). You can place this on a Dirt Road instead of a Paved Road.
See You at the Town Hall!
Don’t miss our live Town Hall on YouTube this Friday at 8 AM PT. It’s a great opportunity to stay updated and ask questions.
Guild Competitions
If you haven’t joined a guild yet, now is the perfect time! Participate in guild competitions for a chance at greater rewards.
Get ready, chefs! Let’s make waves in the kitchen and see who can rise to the top in this week’s challenge. Happy cooking!
Get ready to uncork your potential in the third week of May Mayhem, happening from May 21st to May 24th in Common Ground World.
This week’s Everyone is Welcome competition will offer 30% greater rewards, with nearly 1.5M $GALA up for grabs on the extended leaderboard! It’s all about viticulture as you compete to raise a glass to victory by selling Wine Cases packed with the finest Chardonnay and Pinot Noir. It’s your chance to harvest success and show off your strategic finesse!
Event Details
Crafting Focus: Wine Cases Crafting Recipe: 2 Pinot Noir, 2 Chardonnay, 1 Wooden Box Craft Time: 40 seconds Trade Time: 200 seconds, 2 Gasoline Biome: Desert W Edges: Mountain N, Desert E, River S, Desert W
This week, challenge yourself to maximize the value of your vineyards. Remember, each Wine Case will trade for just a quarter of its usual cash value—$52,870–So strategize accordingly!
Generous Rewards Await
Victory in this event brings more than just glory; it brings tangible gameplay benefits with in the form of the exclusive Thrifty Winery Blueprint, which comes in several different rarities:
Luxury: 40% reduction in build materials and cash for the Winery (Top 5 ranks)
Platinum: 35% reduction (Ranks 6-25)
Legendary: 30% reduction (Ranks 26-225)
Epic: 25% reduction (Ranks 226-600)
Rare: 20% reduction (Ranks 601-1200)
Uncommon: 15% reduction for all who sell the meta craft at least ten times (Ranks below 1201)
Adjust Your Strategy
In addition to managing your vineyards, several other goods have received cash boosts to help you keep your town’s economy robust:
Iron: $18,400
Oak Barrel: $22,000
Steel: $188,000
Wool: $15,000
Wool Yarn: $81,000
And remember, each Wine Case will also fetch you an impressive 100,000 stars!
New NFT Reworks & Discounts
Check out this week’s latest utility reworks of previously sold NFTs, now available again in limited supply for special discounts.
Tunnel of Love (Epic)
The Tunnel of Love NFT brings a trifecta of Valentine’s magic to your gameplay. Make Valentine’s Day Cards in half the time, boost Eco Paper craft time, AND let the passive flow from within the Tunnel water nearby crops with 3 passive water.
With this exclusive gem, each Café gets an extra Barista, ensuring your coffee joints are brimming with talent. But that’s not all – enjoy a 20% boost in Café craft speed globally, turning your town into a caffeinated powerhouse.
The Legendary Sommelier Vineyard NFT is now available in limited supply. Dropped on May 17th, this special Vineyard functions as a Winery in its own right, boasting an expert Vintner who works twice as fast and charges lower wages! This powerful building reduces by 2 the Grapes requirement of all Wineries, while significantly accelerating the production of Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Pinot Noir & Sangría in every Winery in your town including itself (non-Stackable effects).
For the best gaming experience, ensure that the game is the only active tab in your browser, check back often if using Fast Forward, and avoid covering the game window if you are actively playing.
Check out the replay of last week’s Common Ground World Town Hall at the link below, and tune in every week for the latest updates and info on Friday at 8am PT!
Mayhem Has Begun is approaching its halfway point, but there’s still plenty of time left to get in on week 2 Mayhem this weekend!
As far as week 3, today we’re here to give you a little preview of the Mayhem that’s kicking off next Monday.
Mayhem Again
The coming week brings continued competitions and events from some familiar projects, but also some new twists and turns to add to the sweet chaos that is May Mayhem.
Everything covered in this article will pertain specifically to May Mayhem week 3, May 20th through May 27th. For events going on right now, refer to last week’s preview below!
Common Ground World
This weekend the nitty gritty grind of fierce competition continues in the ‘Best of the Best’’ competition, but we’ll open the field up one more time in week 3… we’re going back to ‘Everybody’s Welcome’!
This format will work the same as week 1, with reward seats expanded to 2500 winners and 31% additional $GALA added to the prizes! Get in there when the competition starts next Monday to build for your rewards.
Next week will feature yet another 2nd chance sale… this time 100 Arcane Rings will be up for sale! Each of these Epic rings will be available for $120.
Another week of Mayhem brings two more NFT reworks. Look forward to seeing overhauled versions of the Tunnel of Love and Barista Palace!
Another week of Mayhem brings two more NFT reworks. Look forward to seeing overhauled versions of the Tunnel of Love and Barista Palace!
If you missed the Common Ground World weekly Town Hall, you’ll have to circle back and listen to hear even more about next week’s festivities and guilds in Common Ground World!
Legends Reborn
Even more Mayhem will be coming to the tables this week!
Last week, we messed up the announcement for Legends Reborn a bit 🫢. Due to a change at the beginning of week 2, five places are eligible to receive rewards in each category of total matches played and total matches won!
We’ll be doing the same thing this week, with each winners in each category able to claim the following rewards:
1st place – $200 of $GALA
2nd place – $150 of $GALA
3rd place – $75 of $GALA
4th place – $50 of $GALA
5th place – $25 of $GALA
Remember, there’s still time to land some free NFT card rewards for Legends Reborn! Rack up 50, 100 and 150 matches played respectively to get your hands on a new Glacial Spear, Viridian Dragon and Phoenix!
Remember, there’s still time to land some free NFT card rewards for Legends Reborn! Rack up 50, 100 and 150 matches played respectively to get your hands on a new Glacial Spear, Viridian Dragon and Phoenix!
GalaSwap
GalaSwap’s May Mayhem event continues, and we’re yet again switching up the tokens you could get extra rewards from swapping again!
This week, the top volume swapper for each of the following tokens will receive extra rewards:
$GALA
$GUSDT
$MUSIC
$LECC
$GSWAP
$ETIME
$TOLK
NFTD
Our friends at NFTD are getting in on the Mayhem too! Have you deployed your towers to see how long you can last!? If not, next week is a great time!
Next week the team over at NFTD is even introducing a brand new tower. This tower is usable by players with particular NFTs that some galaxians may already have around.
Now, it’s not our place to say what NFTs these are. I wonder what items from the galaverse cube could be indicating 🤔…
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Every VOX in your wallet allows you to place one Cube Tower!!!
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VOX
The VOX invasion continues, and it’s headed where VOX have never gone before next week! Have you been racking up the wins at the tables in Legends Reborn? There’s still time left to land in the top 100 and get your hands on an exclusive ProtoVOX!
Next week, the invasion is heading to NFTD! We’ve partnered with their team to bring a special reward to the top finishers on the leaderboard next week. The top 20 finishers in NFTD’s leaderboard through May 27th will receive Common VOX Land!
Maybe you can use some of those new towers to help you out? We can’t for the life of us guess what NFTs could unlock these cuboid colossi!
Continual Mayhem
We’ve covered all the new events and changes above (that we’re willing to reveal right now 😉), but there’s still tons going on across the whole month. We’re approaching the halfway point, so the time to take advantage of these events is running low!
Gala Music – Listen for Rewards is live on Gala Music!!! Get points for each unique track you listen to and grab a daily distribution of $MUSIC!
Gala Film – You can still get an extra RZR Mystery Box for watching each new episode of RZR! One will be delivered shortly after watching and bonus boxes will drop into your account each week.
Eternal Paradox – EPX still has time left for you to farm Mayhem Boxes and complete your Mayhem Pass for a pile of extra rewards!
Champions Arena – Have you been loading up on M-Tickets? Did you get everything you wanted from the shop yet!?
Mayhemming All Month Long
That’s all we’ve got to announce for week 3… we’ve inevitably left at least something as a surprise here. Such is the way with Mayhem. 😁 Remember, you’ve still got 3 days left in week 2 festivities… make them count!
Good luck out there galaxians. Get the Mayhem while you can, because we’re halfway through the month already. Mayhem does have a way of intensifying over time though, so make sure you leave a little in the tank for the finale in week 4!
The wait is over! The Common Ground World team is thrilled to announce the official launch of Guilds, a game-changer set to transform your gameplay in Gala’s flagship game of town and city builders.
We invite all players to join a Guild today to unlock new levels of collaborative strategy and new reward opportunities.
Manage Your Own Guild
You will be able to create a Common Ground World Guild in any Game Mode by selecting a Common Ground World Node Workload NFT (previously known as Town Star Node) that you own in your Gala Inventory. Note that the Guild will be linked to the Node NFT so transferring it will also transfer leadership of the Guild itself!
Your Guild will feature a unique name and a Guild Icon of your choice. A Level 1* Guild will hold up to 20 Members including the Guild Leader and 20 Library Slots!
*Guild Levels are part of the Upgradable NFTs feature coming up later in 2024.
You can invite Guild Members by searching for their Gala Username in the search bar within the Guild Invite Menu. They will receive an invitation they can Accept or Reject!
Guild participation is not required to enjoy the game, but it opens up a world of new possibilities. By running a Guild, you can lend your friends a helping hand by letting them use NFTs that you’ve added to your Guild Library!
Join a Guild
If you’d rather just join a Guild, you will need an Invitation from a Guild Leader. After accepting, you’ll gain access to the Guild’s Library of NFTs that your Guild Leader has shared, which means you can check out the NFTs you need to maximize your role in the current build, contributing to your Guild’s winning strategy to take home the prizes!
You can leave a Guild anytime, but if you want to join a new one you must wait 24 hours!
Guild Roles
Guilds feature three Roles for members:
The Guild Leader is the owner of the Common Ground World Node Workload NFT that created the Guild. As the head of the team, the Leader can invite, kick or promote Guild Members, and set up NFTs for check out in the Guild NFT Library. The Leader can also Force Return an NFT checked out by a Member.
Guild Officers are trusted members of the Guild. They can kick or promote members to Officers as well! Of course, they can check out shared NFTs from the Library too!
Guild members are the cornerstone of your Guild, the devoted team who can check out the Guild’s shared NFTs from the Library for use in Competitions to bring victory and honor to your Guild! You don’t need a Node NFT to join a Guild, just an Invitation!
Manage Your Guild’s NFT Library
If you own a Common Ground World Node Workload NFT, you can set up a Guild of your own! As a Guild Leader, you have the power to curate your Guild’s NFT Library. Players can “check out” NFTs from this Library to use in both competitive Guild events and solo events, maximizing their potential and strategy. This new system adds new layers of cooperation and strategic planning that will enrich the already challenging competitive gameplay of Common Ground World. As of the first version of Guilds, only NFTs that can be placed in the in-game grid (Buildings, basically) can be set in the Library. Each NFT set in your Guild Library can be checked out only once at a time, but each member can check out more than one NFT at a time.
The First Ever Guild Competition
In honor of this exciting update, we are kicking off the first-ever Common Ground World Guild competition next week as part of CGW’s May Mayhem events! This competition will provide a fantastic opportunity for Guilds to showcase their strategic prowess and teamwork. We expect serious Guild contenders to rise to the top and show us what we can accomplish in Common Ground World when we work together!
More details about the competition are coming soon, so don’t miss this week’s Common Ground World Town Hall, Friday morning at 8am PT!
Prepare Your Guild Now
If you own a Common Ground World Node Workload NFT, now is the time to prepare your Guild and start recruiting players who have the potential to outbuild and outsmart the competition.
Don’t miss out on this chance to be a part of a historic moment in Common Ground World.
At Gala Games, we are committed to creating an immersive and rewarding gaming experience. Even though CGW is our earliest game, the launch of Guilds in Common Ground World is just the beginning of an exciting journey. Your passion, feedback, and engagement are what drive us forward.
To ensure you never miss out on the latest discussions and the thriving CGW community, join us in the Gala Games Discord server.
Join us in this new chapter and let’s cultivate a world of unity, creativity, and competition. We can’t wait to see you in the game! Let’s build, strategize, and compete together like never before.Happy farming and happy Guilding!
We can’t wait to see you in the game! Let’s build, strategize, and compete together like never before.
As important questions are addressed in the community, they will be added and answered here.
How many players can be in a guild?
A level 1 Guild will start with 20 Member slots including the Guild Leader.Once the upgradable NFTs feature set goes live you will be able to increase your Guild’s Library spaces by upgrading your Node NFT.
How many NFTs can be placed in a Library?
A level 1 Guild will start with 20 NFT Library spaces. Once the Upgradable NFTs feature set goes live you will be able to increase your Guild’s Library spaces by upgrading your Node NFT.
If I kick a member from my guild, how long does it take for the member slot to be open and the NFTs to return to the Library?
This happens instantly.
Can I be the owner of a Guild, and join another Guild at the same time?
No you cannot be in more than one Guild at once.
Can I change my Guild during a competition?
Yes! You can leave a Guild anytime during a competition and join a new one after the 24 hours Guild change cooldown is up. Remember that the LAST Guild you join will be considered as your final Guild for the competition.
What does promoting a recruit to an officer do?
Promoting a Guild member to Guild Officer allows the user to Kick and Promote or Demote other Guild members.
