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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Wik" data-source="post: 5036566" data-attributes="member: 40177">How many of you have always wanted to design your own RPG, but have lacked the drive to do so?  How many of you have railed at a rules set, decrying its "brokenness" and proclaiming to the gods "Hell, I could have done better!"Starting January 1st, 2010, you will have the chance to put your money where your mouth is.  Because it's time for the second annual Great Conjunction RPG design Contest!  Here's the basic set-up:  you'll have exactly one month to put together a complete role-playing game.  However, you don't get a chance to think about exactly what you're going to make until January 1st - because that's when the theme gets posted.See, a theme gets posted to insure that all those lame internet cheaters just don't post that game they designed in 1993, back when they lived with their parents and only worked five hours a week at the McDonald's and had all the time in the world to work on "Spectre:  The Wraithening".  By requiring submissions to fit the design theme, it helps insure that games are new submissions (I'll also be checking the file creation date, and all that silly stuff, but I'm sure some computer geeks would be able to bypass that, so we're mostly going to have to rely on the honour system).  Last year, the theme was "magic", and it's going to be equally broad this year.  I know the theme already, and I can tell you it's a little bit tighter, but not really by much.  Before you get all crazy, afraid you'll have to put forward three 200-page core books within 31 days, I'll cut you off right now.  There's a 50 page limit, and I'd suggest people look towards making shorter entries.  Remember, original D&D was only around 40 pages long!    Finally, I have already set aside some cash for a prize!  Right now, I'm thinking it'll be a gift card for RPGNow or something like that, but if people have other ideas, I'm all ears.  And, of course, I'm totally willing to accept any donations people might want to put forward.I'll be updating this thread daily until the contest, explaining how the judging process will work, what I'm looking for as a judge, highlighting the prize (once it's pinned down), and discussing how last year's contest went.  Feel free to post in this thread if you're interested in joining, so I have an idea of how many entries there will be.  ...9 more days until the Conjunction Begins!</blockquote>

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