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The All Are One Ideals for Community Builders

For the wider story of the Transformers TCG and the era that followed its cancellation, see History of the Transformers TCG.

transformerstcg.org exists as the premier fan community continuing the Transformers Trading Card Game after its cancellation by Wizards of the Coast in 2020. As that community has grown, we put together six Ideals as a shared mission statement for community builders (the organizers, designers, and playtesters who keep the game moving forward) and for the direction of the team going forward.

1. We builders are pro-Transformers TCG community

Community builders are essential to the scene through event organization, welcoming new players, playtesting, and card design. The focus stays on keeping players central, balancing personal enjoyment with genuinely inclusive community participation.

2. We builders are pro-collaboration

No single builder holds complete authority. This means favoring shared contributions, celebrating collective accomplishments, and making space for other builders’ success rather than gatekeeping it.

3. We builders are pro-feedback

We actively invite community input (suggestions, feedback discussions, and playtest reports) to keep improving both gameplay and how the community builds around it.

4. We builders are pro-format diversity

From casual kitchen-table games to competitive tournaments to online play, different play styles are all valid. Builders should support players engaging however they prefer, while staying open to experimentation.

5. We builders have the sustainability of the game in mind

Keeping the game alive long-term takes a collaborative, organized approach: not a single person’s effort, and not a short-term push.

6. We builders are pro-WotC Fan Content Policy

We commit to honoring Wizards of the Coast’s Fan Content Policy, so the game and its community can keep developing without conflict with the IP’s stewards.

The All Are One Ideals Seal

Guidance on the Ideals

The Ideals are kept brief so they stay easy to understand and universal in what they ask. That brevity leaves out the detail of how transformerstcg.org applies each one to the recurring questions of game design, organized play, and community governance. Guidance exists for that purpose. Each Guidance article explains how an Ideal is put into practice on one such question. It describes the application; it does not amend the Ideal.