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<blockquote data-quote="Richards" data-source="post: 2624914" data-attributes="member: 508">You know, over the years, I've heard a lot of stories about people using bits and pieces of various &quot;Challenge of Champions&quot; scenarios in their &quot;standard&quot; adventures (usually the puzzles themselves, and the &quot;figure out the command word to this magic item&quot; ones seem to be the most popular in that regard).&nbsp; It certainly wasn't something I had envisioned, but I think it's pretty cool.And in the spirit of &quot;behind the scenes explanations&quot; that makes EN World such a cool place to visit, here's a bit of &quot;Challenge of Champions&quot; trivia:&nbsp; In the first Challenge, if you look at the final scores of the competing teams, you'll note that one of the lower-ranking teams was called &quot;Bisquayne's Army.&quot;&nbsp; In the second Challenge, I had a team called &quot;Bisquayne's New Army,&quot; which again didn't score very high.&nbsp; &quot;Challenge of Champions III&quot; was to have had a team called &quot;Bisquayne's Final Army,&quot; but Chris Perkins didn't understand the reference and reverted it to &quot;Bisquayne's Army,&quot; setting back my long-running joke by two years.&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />&nbsp; In any case, they did poorly that year as well, and in the fourth Challenge, they did just as bad as &quot;Bisquayne's Final Army.&quot;&nbsp; I finally got to finish my punchline in &quot;Challenge of Champions V,&quot; when the team that came in absolute last place was &quot;Bisquayne's Final Army And This Time I Really Mean It.&quot;I'm thinking that the winner of &quot;Challenge of Champions VI&quot; - barring the PCs beating their score, naturally - will be &quot;The Army Without Bisquayne,&quot; proving once and for all just who was holding back those various teams.&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Johnathan</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Richards, post: 2624914, member: 508"] You know, over the years, I've heard a lot of stories about people using bits and pieces of various "Challenge of Champions" scenarios in their "standard" adventures (usually the puzzles themselves, and the "figure out the command word to this magic item" ones seem to be the most popular in that regard). It certainly wasn't something I had envisioned, but I think it's pretty cool. And in the spirit of "behind the scenes explanations" that makes EN World such a cool place to visit, here's a bit of "Challenge of Champions" trivia: In the first Challenge, if you look at the final scores of the competing teams, you'll note that one of the lower-ranking teams was called "Bisquayne's Army." In the second Challenge, I had a team called "Bisquayne's New Army," which again didn't score very high. "Challenge of Champions III" was to have had a team called "Bisquayne's Final Army," but Chris Perkins didn't understand the reference and reverted it to "Bisquayne's Army," setting back my long-running joke by two years. :) In any case, they did poorly that year as well, and in the fourth Challenge, they did just as bad as "Bisquayne's Final Army." I finally got to finish my punchline in "Challenge of Champions V," when the team that came in absolute last place was "Bisquayne's Final Army And This Time I Really Mean It." I'm thinking that the winner of "Challenge of Champions VI" - barring the PCs beating their score, naturally - will be "The Army Without Bisquayne," proving once and for all just who was holding back [i]those[/i] various teams. :) Johnathan [/QUOTE]

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