Game of the Year Edition
Unlike /rheg/, this general focuses on discussion from players' perspective.
>Notable fan game communities
https://www.pokecommunity.com/forumdisplay.php?f=289
http://reliccastle.com/
>New to ROMhacks/fangames? Some recommendations to get your feet wet
Gaia: https://www.pokecommunity.com/showthread.php?t=326118
Reborn: https://www.rebornevo.com/pr/index.html/ (Not necessarily because it's good, but because it lets you get a sense of what you want in a hack/game.)
Empyrean: https://www.pokecommunity.com/showthread.php?t=411322
Prism: http://pokemonprism.com/
>Enhancement/difficulty hacks to get your feet wet
Drayano's hacks: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B-zmEVN0Mas6Q3lLbDJDaWNyaVU
Buffel Salt's hacks (for 3DS games): https://www.pokecommunity.com/showthread.php?t=362505
https://www.pokecommunity.com/showthread.php?t=411743
Altered Emerald: https://www.pokecommunity.com/showthread.php?t=386229
Red++: https://github.com/TheFakeMateo/rpp-backup
Polished Crystal: https://www.pokecommunity.com/showthread.php?t=373172
>Tutorial on applying patches to ROMs
https://fantasyanime.com/patching

Suggestions to improve the list are more than welcome, hopefully we can make a pastebin once the list becomes good enough.