About two months ago, I submitted an adventure to Bryce Lynch’s Adventure Design Contest. And the results are in!
Bryce has nothing but kind words for my submission as far as I can tell:
This one page adventure packs the full punch that one would expect from Alex. Great NPC’s, great little encounters, all delivered in the “expanded crib notes” format that a one-page dungeon provides for. Good outline of a good adventure. – Bryce Lynch, Contest Winners! Bryce’s 2013 Adventure Design Contest is OVER!
Contest Winners! Bryce’s 2013 Adventure Design Contest is OVER!
I’m particularly proud of the way I tried to make every word count. I wanted to keep things *short* and I think I succeeded when Bryce writes “Alex has a knack for coming up with exactly the right words to use to bring a maximum amount of flavor in a minimal number of words”. Yay!
Bryce also points out the major weakness of my submission: it’s very linear. I stripped some items from my original notes: two more NPCs from Uncaged: Faces of Sigil, a false lead to Hopeless, the Gatetown to the Grey Waste, ... but even if I had made it a two page adventure, it wouldn’t have changed a thing because this adventure is “essentially, just the notes that many DM’s will write up before an adventure. A rough outline.”
Hopeless, the Gatetown to the Grey Waste
If you ever use it, let me know. I’d love to hear about it!
As for my own session report, see 2013-05-15 Treasure Hunting In Niflheim.
2013-05-15 Treasure Hunting In Niflheim
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Unfortunately the contest dropped off the radar pretty quickly. There weren’t too many entries, as far as I can tell. I had the same problem with the One Page Dungeon Contest in recent years. I don’t know what to do about it. When I keep blowing that trumpet, it feels like spam.
See how I subtly provided myself with the opportunity to repeat something that has been on my mind, lately? I’m not planning on running the One Page Dungeon Contest 2014. I’m looking for somebody to take over. Interested? Let me know!
I should ask Bryce to just run the 1PDC and skip the sponsors and prizes.
#RPG #1PDC
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Woot, congrats!
– Tim Shorts 2014-01-03 04:29 UTC
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Thanks, Tim!
– Alex Schroeder 2014-01-03 10:09 UTC
