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[randomwizard]

Cheers to Rogue Genius Games!

Well I've read the Submission Guide, and I don't see anything about a full description of rooms. Am I missing something, or have the rules changed since 2010?

The submission guide is at this url
http://www.onepagedungeon.info/one-page-dungeon-contest-2014

The guide does not go into detailed specifics of how to lay out or design the contents of the page. You could, conceivably, draw one giant happy face and submit it, but that would probably not win.
It is hard to put a description on what will win, there are many factors at play. One of the most difficult things is to define greatness and innovation.
The judges will also have their own definition of what greatness is. Some of them might want the entries to conform to a 1/4 part map and 3/4 part text. Some of them might want to see fancy art with isometric projections.
I think the best bet is to look through the old contests and see who won. Each year has its own url
http://www.onepagedungeon.info/one-page-dungeon-contest-2009
http://www.onepagedungeon.info/one-page-dungeon-contest-2010
http://www.onepagedungeon.info/one-page-dungeon-contest-2011
http://www.onepagedungeon.info/one-page-dungeon-contest-2012
http://www.onepagedungeon.info/one-page-dungeon-contest-2013

 

[randomwizard]

Trends in Past Winning Entries

Article on what type of content has won the contest in the past.
http://www.geeknative.com/44623/350-free-dungeons-winning-tips/

Also reveals two of the judges.

 

[DungeonsNDads]

Saw this through the Cartographers Guild forum (they're piggybacking their monthly competition on the back of this, nothing nefarious, they just know a lot of members will be entering it so they might as well use the month as a long WIP for their official 1PD entry).

I'd very much like to dip my quill in the ink, but so much stuff going on already I don't know if I could find the time.

 

[randomwizard]

Judges for Contest

Exciting news.
Sean K Reynolds just signed up to be a judge. There is a great line up of judges for this years contest.
Three industry professionals
Ernie Gygax (son of Gary Gygax)
Steve Winter (worked at TSR/WotC for 20 years)
Sean K Reynolds (worked at TSR/WotC and Paizo)
Three bloggers
Brenden S (http://www.necropraxis.com/)
Martin Thomas (http://daddyrolleda1.blogspot.com/)
Dan "Delta" Collins (http://deltasdnd.blogspot.com/)

Get your submissions in, deadline is April 30th.

 

[GMMichael]

Am I dyslexic, or are the annual winners really hard to find?

I see lots of winners in categories, which seem to change over the years, but there's no "Best Film" (if I may make the metaphor).

Further:
- How are the categories determined? One per judge?
- How do the prizes get divvied up?

 

[randomwizard]

Voting

This post goes into some facets of the voting process.

http://randomwizard.blogspot.com/2014/03/judging-creativity.html

There is also a new prize being offered. Wayne's Books has donated a signed copy of Aventures in Fantasy. The box set has the authors signature on the cover; Dave Arneson and Richard Snider.

http://www.onepagedungeon.info/one-page-dungeon-contest-2014/sponsors

Very rare item.

 

[randomwizard]

One Week Left

The deadline for getting in a submission is April 30th. Enter while you still have time!
http://www.onepagedungeon.info/

Goodman Games just came through and is offering 1 deluxe hardbound copy of Metamorphosis Alpha by James Ward as a prize from their kickstarter campaign.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1409961192/metamorphosis-alpha-deluxe-hardcover-collectors-ed

 

[GMMichael]

Entries are posted! Which is a prize in itself. Because we now have loads of new adventures to run, or adventures to inspire our weekly games, GMs.

On a similar note - kingmundi what would really be nice is a ZIP file of each year's entries. Because, well, browsing them in Picasa isn't exactly ideal.

 

[GMMichael]

The contest is over, and there are some excellent winners! Check them out here.

Thanks kingmundi for running an excellent contest for tabletop enthusiasts! Bigger thanks to the contributors for all the free adventures!

My only complaint is that some of the winning entries are nigh-illegible on US letter, A4. Will the 2015 rules be changing to accommodate this?

 

[GX.Sigma]

My only complaint is that some of the winning entries are nigh-illegible on US letter, A4.

Most of them, actually. It's also a shame that so many of them rely on gimmicks (cut out tiles, 3D glasses), rather than just being simple, good dungeons that I can just pull out of my binder on no notice and run a satisfying game. It seems that what the judges were looking for is not what I was looking for.

I suggest another rule: Every entry should have a "what this is and how to use it" section right at the top, which must be at least 10pt and no more than 140 characters.