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<blockquote data-quote="JoshuaFrost" data-source="post: 3909557" data-attributes="member: 41226"><p>RPG Superstar™ Top 32 Announced</p><p></p><p>32 finalists selected out of more than 850 entries!</p><p></p><p>November 28, 2007 (BELLEVUE, Wash.) – Paizo Publishing, LLC® today announced the finalists for RPG Superstar. Judges Erik Mona, Wolfgang Baur, and Clark Peterson worked feverishly over the past few weeks to narrow the field of 856 entries down to the best 32.</p><p></p><p>"I’m amazed by the excellent design work not just by the finalists, but by just about everyone who submitted," said Erik Mona, Paizo’s Publisher and one of three RPG Superstar judges. "When this started, we were a bit worried that we weren’t going to be able to come up with 32 great items. Instead, we ended up with more than 70 that could have made the finals. The Top 32 are the cream of an incredibly bounteous crop."</p><p></p><p>For the initial open call, entrants were asked to submit a wondrous item using the 3.5 SRD. Each entry needed to be 200 words or less and had to include proper mechanics and flavor. Entries were eliminated for ignoring the entry requirements, for spelling errors, for using non-Paizo intellectual property, or for simply not being creative enough to fit the mold of an RPG Superstar.</p><p></p><p>The Top 32 finalists for RPG Superstar are:</p><p></p><p>Alex Handley</p><p>Derby, Derbyshire (United Kingdom) </p><p></p><p>Alexander MacLeod</p><p>Raleigh, NC (USA)</p><p></p><p>Andrew Black</p><p>Florence, KY (USA)</p><p></p><p>Casey Smith</p><p>Unknown </p><p></p><p>Chad Patterson</p><p>Unknown </p><p></p><p>Chris Nichols</p><p>Shawnee, OK (USA)</p><p></p><p>Christine Schneider</p><p>Neu-Isenburg, Hessen (Germany)</p><p></p><p>Clinton J. Boomer</p><p>Macomb, IL</p><p></p><p>Dan Jones</p><p>Unknown </p><p></p><p>Dwayne Monroe</p><p>San Jose, CA (USA)</p><p></p><p>Erik Anderson</p><p>Unknown</p><p></p><p>Hal Maclean</p><p>Hubbards, NS (Canada)</p><p></p><p>James MacKenzie</p><p>Tucson, AZ (USA)</p><p></p><p>Jason Nelson</p><p>Seattle, WA (USA)</p><p></p><p>Jeb Boyt</p><p>Austin, TX (USA)</p><p></p><p>Joe Outzen</p><p>Saint Louis Park, MN (USA)</p><p></p><p>Joel Flank</p><p>Schaumburg, IL (USA)</p><p></p><p>Joseph Yerger</p><p>Sarasota, FL (USA) </p><p></p><p>Laurens de Haan</p><p>The Netherlands</p><p></p><p>Mauricio Quintana</p><p>Richmond, BC (Canada)</p><p></p><p>Michael Raper</p><p>New Matamoras, OH (USA)</p><p></p><p>Neil McClean</p><p>United Kingdom</p><p></p><p>Rennie Saunders</p><p>San Francisco, CA (USA)</p><p></p><p>Rob McCreary</p><p>Prague (Czech Republic)</p><p></p><p>Robert McRae</p><p>Unknown </p><p></p><p>Ross Byers</p><p>Oviedo, FL (USA)</p><p></p><p>Samuel Kisko</p><p>Morgantown, WV (USA)</p><p></p><p>Silas McDermott</p><p>Lake Oswego, OR (USA)</p><p></p><p>Viktor Svindland</p><p>Germany</p><p></p><p>Walter Pullen</p><p>Seattle, WA (USA)</p><p></p><p>William Cronk</p><p>Canada</p><p></p><p>William McNulty</p><p>Philadelphia, PA (USA)</p><p></p><p>These 32 finalists will now be required to design a country to the specifications of the RPG Superstar judges and submit that country by Monday, December 3 at 12:00 P.M. (noon) Pacific Time. These round two submissions will be revealed to the general public on December 5 with the judges’ comments and the public will then get to discuss the entries and vote for their favorite. Voting ends December 11 and the Top 16 by votes will move on to round three.</p><p></p><p>For a complete schedule of RPG Superstar, including rules and a FAQ, visit <a href="http://www.paizo.com/rpgsuperstar" target="_blank">paizo.com/rpgsuperstar</a>.</p><p></p><p>The winner of the first RPG Superstar contest will be announced on February 20, 2008.</p><p></p><p>ABOUT PAIZO PUBLISHING</p><p>Paizo Publishing, LLC is a leading publisher of fantasy roleplaying games, accessories, board games, and novels. Paizo's GameMastery™ line offers game masters fun and useful tools to improve their fantasy roleplaying experience. Titanic Games™, Paizo's board game division, unites the greatest game designers to create compelling, challenging games like Stonehenge and Key Largo™. Paizo.com is the leading online hobby retail store, offering tens of thousands of products from a variety of publishers to customers all over the world. Paizo's Planet Stories™ line of science fiction and fantasy novel reprints promises a master class in the genre aimed at building the greatest fantasy and science fiction library ever assembled. In the five years since its founding, Paizo Publishing has received more than a dozen major awards and has grown to become one of the most influential companies in the hobby games industry.</p><p></p><p>All trademarks are property of Paizo Publishing, LLC. ©2007 Paizo.</p><p></p><p>###</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JoshuaFrost, post: 3909557, member: 41226"] RPG Superstar™ Top 32 Announced 32 finalists selected out of more than 850 entries! November 28, 2007 (BELLEVUE, Wash.) – Paizo Publishing, LLC® today announced the finalists for RPG Superstar. Judges Erik Mona, Wolfgang Baur, and Clark Peterson worked feverishly over the past few weeks to narrow the field of 856 entries down to the best 32. "I’m amazed by the excellent design work not just by the finalists, but by just about everyone who submitted," said Erik Mona, Paizo’s Publisher and one of three RPG Superstar judges. "When this started, we were a bit worried that we weren’t going to be able to come up with 32 great items. Instead, we ended up with more than 70 that could have made the finals. The Top 32 are the cream of an incredibly bounteous crop." For the initial open call, entrants were asked to submit a wondrous item using the 3.5 SRD. Each entry needed to be 200 words or less and had to include proper mechanics and flavor. Entries were eliminated for ignoring the entry requirements, for spelling errors, for using non-Paizo intellectual property, or for simply not being creative enough to fit the mold of an RPG Superstar. The Top 32 finalists for RPG Superstar are: Alex Handley Derby, Derbyshire (United Kingdom) Alexander MacLeod Raleigh, NC (USA) Andrew Black Florence, KY (USA) Casey Smith Unknown Chad Patterson Unknown Chris Nichols Shawnee, OK (USA) Christine Schneider Neu-Isenburg, Hessen (Germany) Clinton J. Boomer Macomb, IL Dan Jones Unknown Dwayne Monroe San Jose, CA (USA) Erik Anderson Unknown Hal Maclean Hubbards, NS (Canada) James MacKenzie Tucson, AZ (USA) Jason Nelson Seattle, WA (USA) Jeb Boyt Austin, TX (USA) Joe Outzen Saint Louis Park, MN (USA) Joel Flank Schaumburg, IL (USA) Joseph Yerger Sarasota, FL (USA) Laurens de Haan The Netherlands Mauricio Quintana Richmond, BC (Canada) Michael Raper New Matamoras, OH (USA) Neil McClean United Kingdom Rennie Saunders San Francisco, CA (USA) Rob McCreary Prague (Czech Republic) Robert McRae Unknown Ross Byers Oviedo, FL (USA) Samuel Kisko Morgantown, WV (USA) Silas McDermott Lake Oswego, OR (USA) Viktor Svindland Germany Walter Pullen Seattle, WA (USA) William Cronk Canada William McNulty Philadelphia, PA (USA) These 32 finalists will now be required to design a country to the specifications of the RPG Superstar judges and submit that country by Monday, December 3 at 12:00 P.M. (noon) Pacific Time. These round two submissions will be revealed to the general public on December 5 with the judges’ comments and the public will then get to discuss the entries and vote for their favorite. Voting ends December 11 and the Top 16 by votes will move on to round three. For a complete schedule of RPG Superstar, including rules and a FAQ, visit [url=http://www.paizo.com/rpgsuperstar]paizo.com/rpgsuperstar[/url]. The winner of the first RPG Superstar contest will be announced on February 20, 2008. ABOUT PAIZO PUBLISHING Paizo Publishing, LLC is a leading publisher of fantasy roleplaying games, accessories, board games, and novels. Paizo's GameMastery™ line offers game masters fun and useful tools to improve their fantasy roleplaying experience. Titanic Games™, Paizo's board game division, unites the greatest game designers to create compelling, challenging games like Stonehenge and Key Largo™. Paizo.com is the leading online hobby retail store, offering tens of thousands of products from a variety of publishers to customers all over the world. Paizo's Planet Stories™ line of science fiction and fantasy novel reprints promises a master class in the genre aimed at building the greatest fantasy and science fiction library ever assembled. In the five years since its founding, Paizo Publishing has received more than a dozen major awards and has grown to become one of the most influential companies in the hobby games industry. All trademarks are property of Paizo Publishing, LLC. ©2007 Paizo. ### [/QUOTE]
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