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2011

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This page collects all information regarding the One Page Dungeon Contest 2011. The results of previous contests are also available (2010, 2009).

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Dates: Submission deadline was April 1, 0:00 UTC. Winners were announced May 15.

Here’s what happens next:

  1. Alex sends an email to all the winners
  2. Winners reply back with the three things they’d prefer to get and the things they’d rather not get
  3. Alex then tries to figure out how to distribute prizes for maximum happiness with preferences given to those contestants who gathered more nominations in the first round, if necessary
  4. Alex contacts sponsors by email with CC sent to the winners, such that winners can tell sponsors where to send the loot prizes 

All Submissions:

Winners:

Winning Entry Category
Meckwick’s Revenge by Aaron Frost & Mundi KingBest Dungeon as Thunderdome
Into the Worm’s Gullet by Dyson LogosBest Old-School Dungeon
The Bastion of the Boglings by Greg GillespieBest Monster Lair
Hallways of Thime by Herwin WielinkBest Map Art
Raid on Chinatown by Jason MorningstarBest Gangster
The Heart of the Minotaur by Joe SarnowskiBest Twist to an Adventure
Horror Comes to Haddonfield by Kelvin GreenBest Horror
Hanging in Wolverine City by Leslie FurlongBest Investigation
Escape From the Lost Laboratories by Lester WardBest Use of Teleportation
The Belly of the Beast by Mike MonacoBest Bio-Crawl
Crime and Punishment by Paul CunninghamBest Science Fiction
Vermin Hollow by RobBest Evil Cult
Citadel of Evil by Stuart RobertsonBest Design
Another Knight Like This by Thom WilsonBest Solo
Black Tom Muddye’s Treasure Map by Tim HartinBest Pirate

Judges:

Prizes & Sponsors: Do you have prizes to donate? Let me know → kensanata@gmail.com!

Current sponsors, in alphabetical order:

  1. a copy of Martial Power donated by Adrian Shieh
  2. a printed copy of Medusa’s Hunger donated by Alex Schroeder
  3. a printed copy of Sword & Wizardry Core Rules (First Printing with Pete Mullen cover) donated by Alex Schroeder
  4. a printed copy of Sword & Wizardry White Box (First Print Edition with Pete Mullen cover) donated by Alex Schroeder 
  5. a printed copy of The Ruins of Ramat donated by Alex Schroeder
  6. $200 donated by an anonymous sponsor (sent via Paypal)
  7. a printed copy of Psionics Unleashed for the Pathfinder RPG by Dreamscarred Press donated by an anonymous sponsor
  8. a lifetime PDF subscription to the Maelstrom RPG (all existing and future Maelstrom products) by Arion Games
  9. a PDF copy of the Big Labyrinth Lord Bundle by Brave Halfling Publishing
  10. a digital copy of Kingdom Builder Generator Pack by Chaotic Shiny Productions for each of the winners
  11. a digital copy of Kingdom Builder Generator Pack II by Chaotic Shiny Productions
  12. a 9×12 pen & ink personalized character drawing on bristol board by David Dodson
  13. various copies of Fight On! PDF issues
  14. a hard copy 6 month Endless Terrain Map Tile subscription by Free RPG Maps
  15. a printed copy Hex Crawl Classics 1: The Winter Woods by Frog God Games
  16. a copy of The Northlands Saga 1: Vengeance of the Long Serpent by Frog God Games – winner’s choice of Pathfinder or Swords and Wizardry edition, and winner’s choice of softcover book or PDF
  17. a copy of Splinters of Faith 1: It Started With A Chicken by Frog God Games – winner’s choice of Pathfinder or Swords and Wizardry edition, and winner’s choice of softcover book or PDF
  18. a printed copy of Labyrinth Lord by Goblinoid Games
  19. a printed copy of Advanced Edition Companion by Goblinoid Games
  20. a printed copy of Mutant Future by Goblinoid Games
  21. a printed copy of Realms of Crawling Chaos by Goblinoid Games
  22. a copy of the Dungeon Crawl Classics Role Playing Game when it is available (November) by Goodman Games
  23. winner’s choice of a PDF by Hex Games
  24. winner’s choice of another PDF by Hex Games
  25. winner’s choice of a third PDF by Hex Games
  26. winner’s choice of a fourth PDF by Hex Games
  27. winner’s choice of a fifth PDF by Hex Games
  28. winner’s choice of a sixth PDF by Hex Games
  29. a one year PDF subscription to Kobold Quarterly
  30. a Midgard standard patronage by Kobold Quarterly and the opportunity to pitch a Midgard adventure
  31. a printed copy of Vornheim: The Complete City Kit by Lamentations of the Flame Princess
  32. another printed copy of Vornheim: The Complete City Kit by Lamentations of the Flame Princess
  33. a PDF copy of The Sanctuary Ruin by Ludibrium Games
  34. a $50 voucher for the winner by Otherworld Miniatures
  35. a $30 voucher for second place by Otherworld Miniatures
  36. a $20 voucher for third place by Otherworld Miniatures
  37. a $15 voucher for fourth place by Otherworld Miniatures
  38. a full set of all five issues of Oubliette Magazine in PDF form
  39. another full set of all five issues of Oubliette Magazine in PDF form
  40. a first print of C1 Circle of Fire (numbered and signed) by Pacesetter Games & Simulations
  41. a copy of T1 The Thing in the Valley by Pacesetter Games & Simulations
  42. a copy of Q1 The Screaming Temple by Pacesetter Games & Simulations
  43. a copy of Disposable Heroes Printed Paper Miniatures: 4E Core Figures by Precis Intermedia
  44. a copy of Fantasy Monsters by Precis Intermedia
  45. a free PDF of the winners choice by Rite Publishing
  46. a printed copy of the Majestic Wilderlands by Rob Conley
  47. a PDF copy of the Majestic Wilderlands by Rob Conley
  48. a second PDF copy of the Majestic Wilderlands by Rob Conley
  49. a print copy of Roll the Bones
  50. a custom black and white character illustration by the RPG Character Illustrations artist of the winner’s choice
  51. a PDF copy of Slave Queen Of The Ruined City by Scratch Factory
  52. a PDF copy of Knowledge Illuminates by Tim Shorts
  53. a second PDF copy of Knowledge Illuminates by Tim Shorts
  54. a third PDF copy of Knowledge Illuminates by Tim Shorts

Submissions: Here’s how to submit your entry.

  • Participants create a One Page Dungeon.
  • Submitting a dungeon to the contest releases it under the Creative Common Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 license with credit to the contest participant.
  • The submission must have a name, an author, a map, a key, a link to the license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/) and no game stats.
  • A link to your blog, wandering monsters, random events, adventure background or introduction, and descriptions of tricks or traps are all optional.
  • One entry per participant. Participants may revise/replace their entries up until the end of contest, with the last revision counting as their official entry.
  • Submission must be mailed in PDF, Open Office, or Microsoft Word format to Alex Schröder → kensanata@gmail.com.
  • If you have a blog article talking about your submission, I’d love to link to it from this page.

Current Submissions: If there is a link to a blog article or forum post talking about your submission, we’ll link to it. When the submission period ends, we’ll put up links to to all the entries. There is still time! :)

Process: Here’s how we’ll determine the winners.

  • Every judge nominates their favorite entries and proposes a category for each.
  • We try to make sure that every judge has at least three of their nominations in the final list. The idea is to not only reflect popular opinion but to also capture some of the more eclectic entries out there. We’ll make sure that every judge is well represented with three entries each.
  • Based on the categories proposed in the first step, we try to assign a category to each entry on the list.
  • The result is our release candidate 1. Judges gets to check whether their favorites are still on the list.
  • We fix omissions and rename categories until we’re happy. This is our release candidate 2.
  • We revise everything until we’re happy. We have our list of winners! :)
  • If we have prizes (we currently don’t) each judge gets to nominate their favorite entry for a prize.
  • We publish our list of winners!
  • Harald puts together a PDF of all the entries and a PDF of all the winners. We’ll make these PDFs available for download at no cost.

2010

This page collects all information regarding the One Page Dungeon Contest 2010.

Dates

  1. Submission deadline was March 1. Thank you all for your submissions!
  2. Winners were announced April 18. Congratulations! :)

Collections

Want more? Check out the One Page Dungeon Contest 2009 and the One Page Dungeon Contest 2011!

Submissions

One Page Dungeon submissions will be linked from here. If possible, we’ll link to a blog post so that people can comment on the submission. Currently all submissions are hosted on a Wuala account. Feel free to host copies! All entries are published under the Creative Common Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 license.

warning That’s it! Submission process is officially closed. We have 63 entries!

Prizes & Sponsors

Current sponsors, in alphabetical order:

Thank you very much!

See also:

Judges

Judging

Judges had one month to read all the submissions and another two weeks to discuss the result.

Here’s how we determined the winners:

  • Every judge nominated twenty entries and proposed a category or tag for each.
  • We prepared a list of the entries that got three or more nominations. These are the nominations.
  • Every judge again picked five entries from this smaller list.
  • All entries getting three or more votes are the judge’s picks.
  • We tried to make sure that every judge had at least three of his picks in the final list. Judge with an eclectic taste may find that not many of their nominations made it into this list. As the idea is to not only reflect popular opinion but to also capture some of the more eclectic entries out there, judges may add additional submission to the judge’s picks until we feel that every judge is well represented. We’ll try to aim for three entries per judge.
  • Based on the categories proposed in the first step, we assigned a category to each entry on the list.
  • The result was our release candidate 1. Judges got to check whether their favorites are still on the list.
  • We fix omissions and rename categories until we’re happy. This is our release candidate 2.
  • We revise everything until we’re happy. We have our list of winners! :)
  • Each judge gets to nominate their favorite entry for a prize.
  • We publish our list of winners!
  • Somebody puts together a PDF of all the entries and a PDF of all the winners. We’ll make these PDFs available for download at no cost.

Winners

The results are in!

Entry Winning Category
Adam Thornton – Central New Jersey After the “Big Whoops” Best Post Apocalyptic Goodness
Antti Hulkkonen – Den of Villainy Best Pirates
Chris Gonzales – The Tunnels of Turrack the Terrible Best Sound Effects
Clarabelle Chong – Time for Tea Best Victorian Sci-Fi
Corwin Riddle – City of Traitors Best Lost City
Craig Brasco – The Vault of Zerduzan Best Evil Cultist Hangout
Heron Prior – Trolls will be Trolls Best Lair
Herwin Wielink – The Crypt of Luân Phiên Best Architectural Design
Jimm Johnson and Jeff Lynk – The Contemptible Cube of Quazar Craziest Map Award
Lord Kilgore – Heart of Darkness Best Mini Campaign
Paul Siegel – Four Corners Best Fitness Center
Peter A. Mullen – Laboratory of the Asmodean Techno-Mage Snazziest Way to Push the Envelope
Rob Antonishen – Mine! Not Yours?Best Mine Crawl
Shane Mangus – Raid on Black Goat Wood Best Cthulhu
Simon Bull – The Ruination Of Tenamen Best Monsters
Stuart Robertson – Dungeon From A Distant Star Best Mixing of Genres
Tim Shorts – Where is Margesh Blackblood Most Hideouts for the Head Bad Guy
Tom Holmes – The Bone Harvest Horror Best Cartography

Get the PDF collecting the winners and take a look. :) ok

2009

The first One Page Dungeon Contest was announced by ChattyDM and Chgowiz in 2009.

All entries are available under the Creative Common Share-alike license (US 2008).

Judges:

Collections:

Need more? Check out the One Page Dungeon Contest 2010!

Where possible we’re linking to the author’s blog posts about their own entry so that you can leave comments on their blogs.

See also the original list of participants.

★ The list of winners:

Honorable Mentions:

  • Best Aquatic Entry: The Barnacle Caves – Sam Kisko
  • Best Classic: Ruffthroat’s Rathskeller – Lee Barber
  • Best Dungeon Circa 1974: The Crumbling Dungeon – Lord Kilgore
  • Best Dungeon Crawl: Shrine of the Savage Jungle – John Laviolette
  • Most Elegant: Clockwork Crypt – Gary S. Watkins
  • Funniest: The Vareh’gra Depths – Gary McCammon
  • Best Geometry: Halls of the Mad Mage – Justin Alexander
  • Best Homage: The Omenous Portent of the Highlands Meteor – Tim Hensley
  • Best Introductory One-Shot: The Tomb of Durhan Oakenshield – Dyson Logos
  • Best Non-Dungeon: The Great Cloud Caper – Jonathan Lee
  • Best Unconventional: Traps-R-Us – Chris Torrence
  • Best Use of Tables: Mountain Lair of the Misanthropic Magus – Sean Wills

Runner Ups:

  • Best Hack-n-Slash: The Gray Goblin Warrens – Christopher Brackett
  • Best Non-Fantasy Entry: The Horror of Leatherbury House – Michael Wolf
  • Best Pub: Arendt’s Old Peculiar- Antti Hulkkonen
  • Best Replayable Entry: The Infinite Tower – James E. Raggi IV
  • Best Retro Use of 30×30 Space: Megadungeon of the Mad Archmage Gary Stu – Adam Thornton
  • Best Silly Dungeon: Maze of NAMCAP – Patrick Riley

Winners:

  • Best New School Dungeon: Cry of the Gravegod by Heron Prior
  • Best Old School Dungeon: Valley of the Necromancer Kings by Andrew Gale
  • Best Overall One Page Dungeon: Secrets of the Old City by Simon Bull

Other One Page Dungeons that didn’t enter: