RPG Superstar 2011: Time Is Running Out!

Tuesday, December 21, 2010

Have you ever wanted to be a published professional game designer? We're two weeks into Round 1 of this year's RPG Superstar 2011 competition and have less than two weeks to go, so you still have a chance!

Judges Ryan Dancey, Mark Moreland, Neil Spicer, and myself have waded through hundreds of item submissions so far, with the expectations of hundreds more, and overall we're very impressed with the quality level of this year's wondrous items! Normally it takes us to the end of the Round 1 submission period to get enough cool wondrous items to build a strong Top 32, but we already have over 40 items in the "keeper" pile.

But don't take that as a sign that you shouldn't participate! We're going to continue adding good submissions to the pile, and only when the submission deadline has passed are we going to whittle those down to just the Top 32. So warm yourself by the fireplace, have some eggnog (or your favorite winter beverage), design a new wondrous item, and submit it using the above RPG Superstar link!

The deadline for submitting your wondrous item is December 31, 2010, at 2 p.m. Pacific Time. And be sure to check the sticky post in the RPG Superstar message board listing a lot of advice about designing a wondrous item for the competition, and be sure to check out some of the helpful links in this November blog post.

Do you want to sit around eating your "sad ice cream" and moping that you never submitted an item to RPG Superstar 2011? Or do you want to do victory laps around your gaming table, holding a Paizo-published module with your name on the cover? The only way you can win RPG Superstar is if you submit a wondrous item in Round 1!

(Next week, we'll give you a sneak peek at the Round 2 challenge!)

Sean K Reynolds
Developer, RPG Superstar Judge