# About the Announcements category

**URL:** https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/about-the-announcements-category/15
**Category:** Announcements
**Created:** [November 11, 2017, 1:04pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/about-the-announcements-category/15 "2017-11-11T13:04:02Z")
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### Author: ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/cataclysmdda/original/1X/21b5d044e8473b25d0bf905d60477e25f6fbe0cf.png) [@system](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [November 11, 2017, 1:04pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/about-the-announcements-category/15/1 "2017-11-11T13:04:02Z")

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