Contacted Joshua again regarding his picks - we'll finalize the results soon!
Any word yet?
We're in the final hours! The five finalists shall be announced soon!
Damn! How did I miss this!?! I hope there will be another contest like this :(
OK.....not going to lie, it all came down to me holding everyone up....I had to get my five narrowed down (which was harder than I thought it would be).
Several stood out to me from the pack....but I am going to refrain from giving hints, lol.
@Odraude - I do believe we are looking at doing this as an annual contest, so there will be more chances :)
Two finalists have been confirmed but not yet announced. The other three will be confirmed within the next 24 hours and an announcement on the top five finalists will be posted tomorrow!
Two finalists have been confirmed but not yet announced. The other three will be confirmed within the next 24 hours and an announcement on the top five finalists will be posted tomorrow!
Two finalists have been confirmed but not yet announced. The other three will be confirmed within the next 24 hours and an announcement on the top five finalists will be posted tomorrow!
Are you confirming them with each other or are you contacting the winners beforehand?
Are you confirming them with each other or are you contacting the winners beforehand?
Ditto.
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We are confirming the winners among ourselves (Thilo, Joshua, and I).
We have three solid adventure choices thus far.
The last two spots are contested by four final choices. We're almost there folks!
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Just confirmed it. Any minute now, folks!
2013 Pathmaster Finalists
Michael Allen – To Walk the Dark Road
Michael Holland – Twilight Falling
Scott Janke – Cutting Silver Pass
Luis Loza – The Timeless Fort
Jacob Michaels – Iron Gap Must Hold
*listed alphabetically
Grand Prize Winner
To be announced at GEN CON 2013
Congratulations to all of the finalists!
I can't wait to see what you folks came up with!
For those of you that did not make the cut:
Don't give up! There were many incredible entries!
ENDZEITGEIST and KTFISH7 have some very insightful comments which they added to your adventure pitches. If you would like to learn how to improve your pitch please feel free to sign up for a free trial on Adventureaweek.com and join the discussion.
Wow, I'm very honored to be picked. Congrats to my fellow finalists!
Congrats gentlemen! :-)
Congratulations, Donato, and the other four finalists. Look forward to seeing your stuff.
Agreed. Also very honored to be picked. Congrats to my fellow finalists.
Congrats to all finalists! You all well deserve the chance to share your vision! :)
I may have missed this somewhere during the contest, but how will the final winner be decided? Will the decision be made by the judges? Public vote?
The final winner will be decided by review-averages over the shop-platforms, I think.
Congrats to the winners and to the other valiant submitters who didn't quite make it (myself in the latter group). :D
Oh WOW ... I am sorry I missed this, but glad to hear it may be (will be) an annual "event".
But of course congratulations to the winners/finalists! Way to go! :)
I have an idea or two that I think will work out nicely for this.
Regards,
Dean
Congratulations Donato! You must have had a reroll on that save :)
Congratulations motteditor/Jacob and also to Michael, Michael, and Luis.
I am humbled to be in your company :)
Thanks for offering this opportunity Adventureaweek and thanks to Endzeitgeist and KTFISH7
Congrats to my fellow finalists, and also all who entered. I think being willing to put your ideas out there for others to see counts as a win. I've gotten a lot from feedback discussions in various forums from other contests and patronage projects, so I encourage everyone to join in as Jonathan suggests. It truly helps you up your writing game.
Michael
Congratulations to all the finalists and everyone who submitted something!
Been sleeping away the day my friends, so I apologize for my tardiness, lol....let's open with Congratulations to the finalists.
For every one who submitted a pitch I also say congratulations. Submitting a thought for an adventure requires more than simply slapping an idea of a note. These submissions showed thought, creativity and a great deal of potential.
This will indeed be more chances to enter Pathmaster. Remember that just because we had to narrow this down to 5, there were still a lot of great pitches submitted. Some that made the decisions really hard to decide on the final 5.
And yes, I did have my personal pick for this whole thing, but I am going to refrain from saying who until this is all over, lol.
Ahhhhhhh GenCon......there are so many things Jonathan and I have been talking about we are planning, lol. Game sessions with friends, the classic group pictures (for as many of the RotD crew we can get together), sharing the final results of Pathmaster (would be awesome if we could meet you folks in person, shake some hands kiss some babies, you know).
Wait a minute, did I say game sessions???
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Many Pathmaster participants have asked if they may rewrite their adventure submission then submit it again under our regular adventure submission program.
The answer is YES! ANYONE may submit an adventure pitch to Adventureaweek.com.
Before you send in your pitch, the following steps are recommended:
1. Sign up for a free trial at Adventureaweek.com.
2. Read our submission guidelines and download the free ACT (Adventure Composition Tutorial) and MRT (Map Request Tutorial) PDFs.
3. View our forum posts under Successful Adventure Development.
4. Share your final adventure pitch with your friends so they may provide you with valuable feedback.
5. Send in your pitch to submit(at)adventureaweek.com (make sure you are following these guidelines.)
My last tip: Remember to think outside the box and color outside the lines!
PATHMASTER finalists, fans, and future contestants:
We have created a PATHMASTER group on Adventureaweek.com. This group will be used to post updates on the contest and clarify rules.
Make sure you have signed up for a free trial of Adventureaweek.com to gain access then request to be added to the group.
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Mwahahahaha.....guess what I am working on tonight? That's right, I've got the first of the finalists adventures through the edit stage and ready to go into layout. What? You thought I forgot about everyone?
The first of the PATHMASTER adventures is now available for purchase right here on Paizo.com!
Remember, your rating helps determine the winner of the contest, so please vote responsibly and tell your friends to vote!
Thank you for supporting new adventure designers.
Good luck to our PATHMASTER authors: Michael Allen, Luis Loza, Scott Janke, Michael Holland, and Jacob Michaels!
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The first two PATHMASTER adventures are live now!
PATHMASTER #1: To Walk the Dark Road by Michael Allen
PATHMASTER #2: Ironwall Gap Must Hold by Jacob Michaels
The other three adventures will go live very soon! Good luck everyone!
Another PATHMASTER adventure goes live!
PATHMASTER #3: Cutting Silver Pass by Scott Janke
Joshua Gullion (KTFISH7) has done fantastic work on the layouts for all three of these adventures. He will also be doing the layout for the massive Rise of the Drow tome due out March 2014. Watch for it because the art and layout combined with the professional printing will blow your mind! :D
Looking forward to seeing the last two :)
PATHMASTER #4: Timeless Fort by Luis Loza
There's just one more to go!
All PATHMASTER adventures are $2 off on Adventureaweek.com!
The last adventure has just been released! Time to start the voting!
PATHMASTER #5: Twilight Falling by Michael Holland
Welcome to the 2013 PATHMASTER Adventure Writing Contest!
By purchasing and voting on the PATHMASTER adventures you decide the fate of these valiant new game designers!
Your rating helps determine the winner!
The adventure scoring the best “verified owner” ratings/reviews will be declared grand prize winner and the author hired to write a 6 part adventure path published in PDF and PRINT by Adventureaweek.com. In addition, the grand prize winner will also receive a free one year subscription to Adventureaweek.com, a limited edition village of Rybalkaprint autographed by AaW founders Todd Gamble and Jonathan Nelson, as well as a print copy of “BASIC1: A Learning Time” autographed by author Kevin Mickelson (Mask of Death).
PATHMASTER #1: To Walk the Dark Road by Michael Allen
PATHMASTER #2: Ironwall Gap Must Hold by Jacob Michaels
PATHMASTER #3: Cutting Silver Pass by Scott Janke
Don't be scared folks. Check out not just mine, but all the adventures. Your reviews are important to all of us!
Reviews of ALL Pathmaster-modules coming either this week or next one. I'll post all on the same day to maintain fairness. :)
Two have as of today been completed (both scoring rather good ratings), the others are in draft phase 2.
Cheers and congrats to all participants!
Looking forward to seeing the reviews, Endzeitgeist.
Also, here's the first (I believe) interview of five with the Pathmaster authors.
All reviews done and posted on my site. Also sent the reviews to Nerdtrek and GMS magazine. I'll post them here and on OBS soon.
Thanks for the review, Endzeitgeist. It's great to hear the positive words. Also, I'm glad you enjoyed the feather fall bit.
I definitely agree that downtime rule support would have complimented the adventure well. However, I was intentionally going Core only, as this was my first adventure and wanted to keep things as simple as possible. Well, as simple as I can with time travel. Also, by the end of it, I was strapped for word count, so I didn't really have the space to do it justice beyond a mention. I would have loved an extra thousand words to sneak it in. Maybe in a sequel?
Thanks again!
I'd LOVE a sequel and, as mentioned, I am wholeheartedly applauding each and every one of you - I did not kid when I said that I'd love to see more from you and the other guys. Great job!
Well, if I had my way, this would just be the first part of a trilogy. ;)
That would be awesome!
Thanks, Endzeitgeist! The review was much appreciated!
Thanks for the all the reviews Endzeitgeist - and also for believing in us all to get us to this point. And congrats to all my fellow scribes. Happy gaming to all!
Michael
I'm just curious how many of us planned for sequels to our mods? I was just thinking about "Beyond Ironwall Gap" (working title, of course) today. Think I've actually almost got it all plotted out now.