Iron DM 2025 Scheduling Thread!

[Gradine]

Well, there is already an Iron DM Anthology Thread (which should be linked in the intro post) that collects all the best entries over the years. It's several years out of date at this point; after this tournament completes I was planning to create a second volume featuring excellent adventures from the past half-decade

 

[AustinHolm]

So, who's interested in putting all these awesome adventures into a zine? I think it would be super cool. I'll happily help with layout for people who don't really dip their toes into that end of the design pool. I was think of three sections, one for each round, with the adventures all gussied up, each followed by the judging commentary.

Definitely an interesting idea, though I'd imagine that there's a fair amount of cat herding involved. I suppose to collect everyone, you'd need the seven contestants who submitted entries, plus the three judges? Ten people? It's a lot of moving parts.

 

[Fenris-77]

Definitely an interesting idea, though I'd imagine that there's a fair amount of cat herding involved. I suppose to collect everyone, you'd need the seven contestants who submitted entries, plus the three judges? Ten people? It's a lot of moving parts.

Ten isn't so bad, at least not now when the whole event is ongoing and still fresh. I'm not fashed either way, I just thought it was a cool idea. I may do one for just my three if everyone else isn't on board.

 

[Rune]

Well, there is already an Iron DM Anthology Thread (which should be linked in the intro post) that collects all the best entries over the years. It's several years out of date at this point; after this tournament completes I was planning to create a second volume featuring excellent adventures from the past half-decade

Just to clarify: the anthology was always meant to collect entries with an eye toward use at the table (especially on short notice).

It never attempted to collect entries that were best at being Iron DM entries (many didn’t even win their matches). For that reason, elements important to the tournament (such as ingredients) were completely ignored in their selection.

Of course, if Gradine opts to take on the mantle, any of that might change, according to her whim.

 

[Fenris-77]

Just to clarify: the anthology was always meant to collect entries with an eye toward use at the table (especially on short notice).

It never attempted to collect entries that were best at being Iron DM entries (many didn’t even win their matches). For that reason, elements important to the tournament (such as ingredients) were completely ignored in their selection.

Of course, if Gradine opts to take on the mantle, any of that might change, according to her whim.

So one of the things I was thinking about was precisely allowing authors to add some supplementary materials tpo their adventure for this reason.I'd want to maintain the submitted text, but I think an appendix to facilitate ease of play would be great addition, as well as thought about what could be changed or improved based on judging and whatnot.