Should we do OUR OWN 2008 Scenario Challenge?

Should we do OUR OWN 2008 Scenario Challenge? 2005, 2006, 2007 each had great entries and we have a bunch of FREE WFRP scenarios because of it.

Thoughts?

jh

One suggestion I'd like to make right off the bat is that entries be in "landscape" format as the vast majority will be read digitally (with a portrait version if you feel that's necessary).

Entries should be uploaded to the ScribD.com website (where all the other year's entries are at) or another site that isn't riddled with pop-up ads.

jh

I propose we pick an under-represented part of the world and do scenario challenge

either - a big city adventure (altdorf, Nuln, etc), bandits (so commonly mentioned yet seemingly rarer than cults), or orcs (who although well known are not as commonly encountered as skaven)

Ohh, that's a cool idea. The Greenskins have really taken a back-seat to Skaven (supposedly never encountered), Beastmen (appearing left and right), cults and mutants.

jh

I suppose the questions that need answering are:
1) Who is going to judge it?
2) Who is going to host all the entrys?
3) Will support be provided to people who are unable to produce their own .pdf files?

It would be awesome but as 2008 is rapidly departing I'd suggest you change it to 2009, probably about February time....

Jadrax - Everyone should be able to produce PDF files using nifty toys such as CutePDF (It wont be fancy but it'll be a pdf)

Maybe it would be wise the ask FFG first (through the 'contact page of this site, not the forum) if they intend to do something like this in the near or middle-range future.

Also, a contest needs judges, criteria, prizes, stuff like that. Otherwise, it's just a 'send in your scenario's just cause you like it' kind of thing, not a contest. Who's gonna do that, and who's got the authority to do it?

I'd love to. I'm a newb WFRPer, but I've been working on scenarios for The Evil That Men Do, a campaign I'm running, and I would love to have an excuse to put it all together...

No permission from FFG is necessary.

If enough people ask nicely from Strike to Stun's Server Goddess or the people from Liber Fanatica, they could be able to host such a competition with their own rules. I believe that Nat from StS has some experience holding such a contest, but should as many people attend as there were attending in BI competitions, she could have work well over her head.

Perhaps the judging could go as it did in the first BI competition. I didn't attend that, but IIRC the users were able to vote for what they thought was the best scenario.

emirikol wrote:Should we do OUR OWN 2008 Scenario Challenge? 2005, 2006, 2007 each had great entries and we have a bunch of FREE WFRP scenarios because of it.

Thoughts?

So which of the scenarios from the previous three competitions are yours?

While I would enjoy putting something together, it is kind of nice to know that you might recieve an award for all your hard work.

Perhaps '09 will bring a FFG competition.

One year's lapse is no biggie. Perhaps will even save up energies for a really good one!

CapnZapp wrote:Perhaps '09 will bring a FFG competition.

One year's lapse is no biggie. Perhaps will even save up energies for a really good one!

Totally.

With just three months of '08 left to go, it would be best to see what FFG comes up with. If the demand is there I'm sure FFG will pay attention and open a competition, with prizes for the winners

Dr. Rudolf von Richten wrote:Also, a contest needs judges, criteria, prizes, stuff like that. Otherwise, it's just a 'send in your scenario's just cause you like it' kind of thing, not a contest. Who's gonna do that, and who's got the authority to do it?

Well, loads of people write scenarios for no other reason than they want to, and they stick them on the web.

I'm not sure why we need a competition to encourage this; it's not as if people do it for the prize, anyway, afaict. But, I agree it does seem that some sort of organised *thing* is the best way to get more scenarios out there. Not sure why this should be the case, though.

If people want a competition, I hereby declare a 'Write a scenario set in Bergsburg' competition. We will publish all the winning entries (ie those we deem good enough to go in Bergsburg) in the Bergsburg project, and the grand winner will get the prize of a rare oop Warpstone Issue 3.

I imagine this won't get a huge response. For some reason people seem to need the Authority (eg GW, BI, GR, FFG) to declare official competitions.

http://bergsburg.darcore.net/v2/index.html

I dunno there are a few people who might be after WS3! You should probably post it on the WS Website and Strike-to-Stun if your doing this as well.

Oh and put an entrance date.

monkeylite wrote:For some reason people seem to need the Authority (eg GW, BI, GR, FFG) to declare official competitions.

My guess is because without authority, it ain't official...

Fan based material never is

I say we do it. Set the deadline for Feb 2009. I like the other poster's idea about having it at least "RELATED" to a specific area. It need not be set there, but should have some element that is related to the designated center. An NPC, background, letters, something.

jh

jadrax wrote:I dunno there are a few people who might be after WS3! You should probably post it on the WS Website and Strike-to-Stun if your doing this as well.

Oh and put an entrance date.

Sure, I was wondering if anyone was interested before making it official. It would have to be set in Bergsburg and pretty much compatible with extant Bergsburg, and it wouldn't be officially official, etc, so that would seem to rule out a lot of interest.

So, I'll see who's interested. I don't really want to lose my WS3 for one half-arsed scenario written on the back of a character sheet, coz only one person enters. :)

I think I missed the point where we had to have One OR the Other...

Why cant we have the 'Ashes of BI Comp' and the 'Bergbergs Comp'

obviously, the Bergsberg one would need to be set in or around or within the material in Bergsberg (Awesome to have a big chunk of background material for set scenarios) and ones for other places too....

Do both!!

Im sure alot of scenario writers would do both.. perhaps set them at different times, do one the first half of the year, and one the second half... put all entries up for everyone to see and use, and have whatever chosen judges for each pick a winner.... I bet some people who do it JUST to get the title of Comp Winner.

Some may not, so having some backing would be good. But why not try?

CapnZapp wrote:

monkeylite wrote:For some reason people seem to need the Authority (eg GW, BI, GR, FFG) to declare official competitions.

My guess is because without authority, it ain't official...

While I appreciate the offer of a WS3 as a prize, I would much rather see what FFG have to offer in terms of a prize.

I also totally get the lets just post a scenario up on the web, which there are a lot of good ones around, but when it came to the old BI competitions you could see people put a lot of extra milelage into their work. The official stamp of approval increases the turnout if anything else, more so if FFG hosts the entrants, just as BI did.

Count me in. I'd love to participate.

Thoth-Amon

Having it be 'official', FFG organized and with glorious prizes certainly isn't necessary; if that was the impression I made, let me rectify that here and now.

Yet it does seem that these things tend to increase the feeling of 'seriousness' or 'significance' for potential competitiors, and thereby increases their number and the quality of their scernarios.

And in any case, there still need to be some solid criteria and judgement, or there is simply no 'competition.'

The fan created scenarios for the BI competitions are a fantastic resource for WFRP GMs and players. As a newcomer (about a year ago) to WFRP I found the scenario support a great help and a great selling point when I was searching for a new fantasy system. Scenario support is sorely lacking in many games I otherwise find interesting.

I think the first action should be to find out if FFG would continue to support the scenario contests. Failing that, a fan based contest would be an excellent idea. I'm afraid that my time limits (the same reason I appreciate pre-made scenarios) and lack of PDF creation knowledge would prohibit me from submitting a scenario, but I would donate towards prizes for a well supported/organized contest.

Is anyone here official? Can one of you who knows who to contact about this get us an official answer from FFG so we can move on?

Thanks,

Jay
Newbie

There is a Contact FFG on their main web-page, that I think all questions need to be formally directed through.

Sent. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE SENDING THIS. If any of you get an official response, post it here. If they dont' respond by October 7th, we will declare an "unofficial one."

"Hi, a bunch of us on the Warhammer boards are wondering if there will be an official WFRP 2008 scenario contest, like there has been the past three years.

Thanks!"