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Welcome to
The Gaming Playground.

We play a bit of everything — from flight simulators and large-scale battles to factory building, space spreadsheets and questionable engineering decisions.

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About us

Games, servers and controlled chaos.

The Gaming Playground is a relaxed gaming community for people who enjoy playing, hosting and experimenting with games together.

You might find us flying in DCS, expanding a factory in Factorio, sailing in World of Warships, losing ships in EVE Online, building in Minecraft or trying to coordinate something in Squad.

There is no single main game and no serious commitment required. Join when you feel like playing, building or breaking something with us.

DCS World Factorio World of Warships Squad EVE Online Minecraft Whatever comes next

Our servers

Hosted by us. Occasionally broken by us.

Public connection details are shown below. Passwords, current settings and additional server information are available from Jacknick on Discord.

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Mods & add-ons Not required to join the server. Install the ones you want to use; each comes from its own download page.
  • Helicopter mod

    UH-60L Black Hawk

    By Kinkkujuustovoileipa, Cubeboy & Jonas

    Community-made Black Hawk with a clickable cockpit.

    Download →
  • Voice radio

    DCS-SimpleRadio Standalone (SRS)

    By Ciribob

    Open-source radio that works with clickable cockpits and FC3 aircraft.

    Download →
  • Aircraft mod

    A-29B Super Tucano

    By Luiz Renault

    Free, open-source light attack turboprop.

    GitHub →
  • Aircraft mod

    Community A-4E-C

    By the Community A-4E Project

    Free, open-source A-4E Skyhawk, also known as the “Scooter”.

    Download → Project page →

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Join the community

Getting in takes about a minute.

Discord is where we keep server passwords, current settings, updates and all the usual questionable ideas.

Join The Gaming Playground
  1. 01

    Join the server

    Use the Discord invite and enter The Gaming Playground.

  2. 02

    Get the Fresh Meat role

    Claim the Fresh Meat role in the welcome area.

  3. 03

    Unlock the community

    The rest of the channels open after you have the role. This keeps bots and spam out of everywhere else.

  4. 04

    Ask Jacknick for details

    Server passwords and any additional connection information are available from Jacknick.