Iron DM 2025 Scheduling Thread!

That's a list of ingredients from hell! I love it.

I am confused. Is this the same Iron GM tournament that was at the LA gaming conventions in the early 2010's? The Strategicon events: Orccon, Gamex, Gateway?

I was a player for one of those events, and my two buddies and I still feel guilty about being too tipsy and suggesting he use AD&D. (The rules stated the players chose.) He seemed so well prepared: Dwarven Forge, great minis, cool ideas. But AD&D didn't really fit with what he was going for. On top of that, he was a soft talker, and the hall was so loud, we couldn't hear a word he said.

If he ever reads this - we're sorry.

(Also, I believe the ingredients that year were he had to use a coatyl. Also, maybe lava?)

Scott Christian said:

I am confused. Is this the same Iron GM tournament that was at the LA gaming conventions in the early 2010's? The Strategicon events: Orccon, Gamex, Gateway?

I was a player for one of those events, and my two buddies and I still feel guilty about being too tipsy and suggesting he use AD&D. (The rules stated the players chose.) He seemed so well prepared: Dwarven Forge, great minis, cool ideas. But AD&D didn't really fit with what he was going for. On top of that, he was a soft talker, and the hall was so loud, we couldn't hear a word he said.

If he ever reads this - we're sorry.

(Also, I believe the ingredients that year were he had to use a coatyl. Also, maybe lava?)

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No. If what you’re talking about is also the Iron GM that used to be done at GenCon, my past research into the matter indicates that was started in 2004 and had a different structure (it used 3 ingredients and then the contestants would actually run the adventures produced). Although I can’t say for sure, I’ve always assumed the concept came about entirely independantly. After all, Iron Chef was quite popular for a while there.

EN World’s first IRON DM tournament took place a few years prior to Iron GM, in 2001 (the earliest surviving being in 2002). The first tournament had 6 ingredients per match and only 1 hour for entries to be posted. It has only ever taken place in online forums. You can read more of its history in the OP.

I think there could be some useful crossover between Iron Chef and Iron DM. I know I saw chicken entrails on Iron Chef once, plus the always tasty beaver anal glands. Food for thought.

Whew! That's done. Started slow but it all came togther in a rush this morning.

Formatting is going to be the death of me. Are we allowed to use interns?

Fenris-77 said:

Whew! That's done. Started slow but it all came togther in a rush this morning.

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I panicked when I wrote my notes out, and their word count was 750. So I took a nice long break, and probably had the same rush you did. Anyway, I have a bad feeling I'll be dreaming about ornithopters and sacks of coffee. The latter is not out of the ordinary.