The North Texas RPG Con is proud to present our finalists for the Third Annual Three Castles Award for RPG Design. This year we have five finalists and I don't envy the judges...all are top notch.
The nominees for 2013 are:
Adventurer Conqueror King System
by: Alexander Macris
Astonishing Swordsmen & Sorcerers of Hyperborea
by: Jeffrey Talanian
Barrowmaze
by:Greg Gillespie
Cavemaster RPG
by: Jeff Dee
DCC RPG
by: Joseph Goodman
The judges for 2013 are:
Erol Otus
Peter Kerestan
Robert Kuntz
Rick Loomis
Steve Winter
The Third Annual Three Castles Award will be presented during the 5th Annual North Texas RPG con on June 6-9, 2013. Congratulations to all five finalists, and thanks to everyone who sent in a submission.
The past winners of the Three Castles award are The Dungeon Alphabet (Michael Curtis) and Stars Without Number (Kevin Crawford).
ntrpgcon.com
While all the nominees are fine products, I'm hoping that DCC RPG wins the award.
Well, what do you know. I was wondering why they kept asking for copies of the book. Just kidding -- it's an honor and I hope to see DCC RPG continue to advance! The Three Castles Award is a positive step for RPG awards, in my opinion.
"[...] there is no doubt that Dungeons and Dragons and its imitators are right out of the pit of hell." - William Schnoebelen, Straight talk on Dungeons & Dragons
Flexi wrote:There are some nice products on that list. ACKS is an excellent game but I do hope that DCC wins!
Also that BIG dungeon adventure (Barrowmaze I&II)....looks real promising!
I have been using Barrowmaze with DCC, and the two together rock mightily.
SoBH pbp:
Cathbad the Meek (herbalist Wizard 1): AC 9; 4 hp; S 7, A 7, St 10, P 17, I 13, L 8; Neutral; Club, herbs, 50' rope, 50 cp; -1 to melee attack rolls. Hideous scar.
beermotor wrote:Hey, is it 2 or 1? Are they different products? And had anyone ever bought a hardcover from drive thru rpg?
Be happy that you are currently in BM I; BM II is designed to be tougher, for higher-level parties.
Both are excellent.
SoBH pbp:
Cathbad the Meek (herbalist Wizard 1): AC 9; 4 hp; S 7, A 7, St 10, P 17, I 13, L 8; Neutral; Club, herbs, 50' rope, 50 cp; -1 to melee attack rolls. Hideous scar.
I don't have the hardcovers, but I do have the softcover of BM I, so I suspect that the quality is good.
Does this mean that you will be leaving the pbp? If so, you will be missed, but I understand. It is a great product to run with, and I am sure that "seeing" part of it from a player's perspective (and I assure you, only a very, very small part, and modified by the person running it) has to have piqued your curiosity about the whole!
SoBH pbp:
Cathbad the Meek (herbalist Wizard 1): AC 9; 4 hp; S 7, A 7, St 10, P 17, I 13, L 8; Neutral; Club, herbs, 50' rope, 50 cp; -1 to melee attack rolls. Hideous scar.
No way, not leaving... I'm an adult, I can role play even if I have the book. I've actually looked at the map sample to check my work, I was very surprised to see that my map is really close.
FYI, I ordered Barrowmaze I and II hardbacks from RPGNow/drivethrurpg. It said that it takes a few days to print them, then they'll ship. So I should be able to tell you in a week or two what the quality is like. It ought to be pretty good, I imagine kind of similar binding and thickness to like the Dungeon Alphabet.
I'm pretty stoked, Barrowmaze has been a lot of fun in the PbP run by Raven Crowking, and I want to TPK my party so I can start 'em over on this.