The
Arcana Wiki is a new wiki project which attempts to gather information from the real world - on history, mythology, fiction, geography, and any other conceivable topic - and then add rules-free adventure seeds and gaming suggestions to it. If you ever browsed a Wikipedia article and thought for yourself: "This would make for an awesome adventure!", then this wiki is for you.
To stir up some more interest and community participation, I offered a
contest for writing up
Mythological Creatures page for the Arcana Wiki. This contest
has recently ended, and so I now want to start a new one.
The topic for the August contest is
Places of Myth and Legend. I will accept two types of submissions:
- Entirely mythical places - those who never existed in the real world. Avalon or Atlantis are good examples.
- Real world locations that nevertheless have significant myths and legends attached to them. The Brocken and the Bermuda Triangle count as such.
While they are appropriate for the Arcana Wiki in general, places from modern literature - such as
R'lyeh or
Numenor do
not count as viable contest entries.
Contest entries should detail basic information about the locale, links to other websites with more information or a list of book references used, as well as a list of adventure and campaign ideas. See the wiki entry for
Pilatusstadt, a sunken legendary city of Germany, for an example what an entry should look like. The best entry - as judged by me - will win a
$25 Gift Certificate at the ENWorld Online Store, which is also valid for
RPGNow/DriveThruRPG.
To submit an entry, follow these steps:
1. Search the Arcana Wiki to see if no one else has submitted an entry for this locale already.
2. Write the entry for your creature, and [url=http://www.enworld.org/forum/blog_post.php?do=newblog]publish it on your ENWorld blog[/urk] (the entries will be judged on their blog entries, since the wiki entries might change over time). Use the following template:
(Note: If you find it impossible to register at ENWorld, you can send your entry to me per email to
jhubert@gmx.de, though I much prefer publication on the ENWorld blog to attract more attention.)
PHP Code:
[b]This is an entry for the [url=http://www.enworld.org/forum/blog.php?b=606]Places of Myth and Legend Contest[/url].[/b]
[size="5"]Basic Information[/size]
(In this section, write down factual information about your entry - everything you have learned from secondary sources)
[size="4"]Sources[/size]
(Enter external links to any relevant sources you could find, as well as relevant literature.)
[size="5"]Game and Story Use[/size]
[list][*] (Enter your story and campaign ideas as a bulleted list)[list][*] (If some ideas branch off from other ideas, enter them as higher-level bullet points)[/list][/list]
Do
not enter any game rule information - the Arcana Wiki is intended to be system-independent.
3. Register at
Wikidot.Com so that your entry at the Arcana Wiki can be properly attributed to you (
becoming a member of the Arcana Wiki is
not required for editing it, and your entry will be attributed to you as long as you have registered at Wikidot.Com and are logged in when you enter it).
4. Enter the same information into the wiki. If you are submitting a real-world location, go to the page of the appropriate
country and add a link to your location there (if the country in question does not have an entry yet, create one). If you are submitting an entirely mythological locale, go to the
Mythological Places page, edit it (click on the "edit" function at the bottom of the page) and enter a link for your locale. For example, the link for the Aufhocker looks like this:
PHP Code:
[[[Pilatusstadt]]]
Then save the results and click on the new link. You will be automatically taken to the "edit" page for your new entry. Follow the instructions of the page template (and if necessary, read
this page for further explanations of the wiki syntax).
5. Notify me of your entry by commenting on this post and adding a link to your blog post to your comment.
The deadline for this contest is
August 31st, 2008. After that date, the winning entry will be judged by me as soon as my time permits.
Happy writing!
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