Goodman Games

Harley Stroh wrote:

onearmspence wrote:Harley it is possible for you to tell us a little bit more about the annuals?

It is open to all?

How we could apply?

What sort of articles will be published on them? (optional rules, class variants, magic, monsters, maps, artwork, one page adventures)?

Sure. As I'm sure everyone is aware of by now, the core rules were created with the express expectation that Judges would adapt, tweak and house rule the game to their own satisfaction. Rather than include pages of potential variants (any one of which might meet the needs only a small group of readers), we opted to provide a solid core that could serve as a foundation for Appendix N style roleplaying.

But there are a lot of good variants out there, some of which have been proposed on these very same forums. And once folks are able to play with the entire rule set, I suspect we are going to see a lot more house rules popping up, especially around multiclassing, new races, etc. We don't want these to be lost, hence the Annuals.

Once we have the core book out, and the deluge of adventures begins to hit stores, we'll be open again for adventure submissions. And at some point (next spring, perhaps?) we’ll specifically put out a call for submissions for the Annual.

This won’t be your only chance to contribute to the DCC RPG. I know Joseph also has plans for a dungeon design competition, and he usually has a couple things up his sleave that I don’t even hear about.

So, short version ...

• Pitches for new adventures: once the core book is out
• Pitches for Annual: once announced
• Dungeon Design competition: soon, but maybe not until the core book hits

//H

goodmangames wrote:This year's Free RPG Day release will contain an adventure, as usual, but also kick off a fun adventure design contest that will be open to the public. There will be a bit of a twist, which will be divulged in the coming months (as soon as DCC RPG is released), so I would recommend that you think in terms of "interesting and fun encounters" rather than "building the whole map." In a couple months this will all make sense and you may have a head start on a fun project.