Design a Dungeon Room Contest!!

Well here we are! In just over six months’ time I’m humbled to admit that my little blog has gone from 20 readers a week to the current average of 175. That translates into over 5000 readers in just 29 weeks! I’ve learned a lot in that short amount of time, including things about myself, about this game called D&D, and especially about you folks, the people who play and read about and love roleplaying. Sincere thanks to every one of you, even those who critique/disagree with me!

So, with all of that being said, I feel that something special is needed to celebrate 5000 readers and over six months in business. Thus, I have decided to have my first contest! What kind of contest you might ask? 

Well here are the details:

Design A Dungeon Room Contest

The Idea: You must design a single room for an underground dungeon.

The Task: Make the room a challenge (not a killing zone) for a party of 4-5 players of level 3.  

The Rules:    1) You can use traps, monsters, riddles, magic, or all of these together, but the room

     must be survivable and/or have a solution. That is to say it cannot intentionally wipe   

     the party;

2) The room must have at least one entrance and one exit (i.e. two doors/passages);

3) You may use the rules from any edition of D&D, including the 5^th Edition Playtest/Starter Set;

4) You may not use “epic” or “boss” level monsters in your room, just a normal difficulty

     encounter for a party of 3rd level characters;

5) The room can be no smaller than 15’x15’ (3x3 grid) and no larger than 100’x100’

     (20x20 grid);

6) The room must be one continuous space. For example, you cannot make three small

     rooms that add up to 100’x100’. You can however make your room a “split level” via

     the use of stairs/ladder/etc.;

7) Your submission must be in PDF format and have the following layout:

a) Page 1, Title Page. This should include the title for your room, your    

    name, and your e-mail address.

b) Page 2, Map Page. A detailed drawing/image of your room and please use

    a 5’x5’ box grid pattern on the floor.

c) Pages 3 & 4, Outline Pages. Your description and details about the room

     including monsters, traps, riddles, magic, secret/hidden things and special

     features including any info on monsters or NPCs.  (Please try to keep it less

     than 1000 words)

                         8) Maximum of three submissions per person.

The Judgment: All submissions will be marked using the following format – Mark out of ten for

adherence to contest rules, mark out of ten for creativity/imagination, and a mark out of ten for practicality/usability. This will give all submissions a total mark out of thirty.

Submissions will be accepted from 6am on July 1 until midnight on July 15, 2014, all times North American Eastern. Submissions are to be sent to luckybychance@gmail.com with the subject:  "Design a Dungeon Room".

The winner will be announced no later than July 31, 2014.     

The Winner: The winner of the contest will receive a “Design a Dungeon Room Champion” certificate in

          the mail. They will also have their design displayed on my blog as the undisputed super

         amazing awesome designing champion!

The Legal Stuff: Any submissions of drawings, images, and other copyrighted material taken from other

sites, contests, publications, books, etc. will be disqualified. All material submitted must be original. Additionally, the author/artist of any original material submitted hereby consents to allow this blog to publish/display this material without restriction.   

I hope to see lots of submissions! Good Luck!

P.S. If you have any questions, please feel free to leave it in the comments below.