The Hall of Fire Contest

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LORD OF THE RINGS RPG CONTEST
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The Hall of Fire webzine would like to present a new contest for all those readers of the webzine and fans of The Lord of the Rings RPG by Decipher. As has been so generously donated by Brandir, we have three LOTR RPG items up for your chance to win: Fell Beasts & Wondrous Magic, Narrator's Screen, and The Fellowship of the Ring Sourcebook. Below are the rules for each contest item -- PLEASE read the rules carefully and in their entirety.


Fell Beasts & Wondrous Magic
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- Create an entirely new Creature
- Use layout as seen in DEC publications and HOF
- Please make the creature as faithful to Tolkien's works as possible
- Original art, hand-drawn or computer-generated (*.jpg), is optional
- Word Limit: 500 words not including the stat block
- Deadline: Midnight March 11, 2005

Narrator's Screen
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- Create a Hostile Haunt
-- Description of the setting
-- An original map, hand-drawn or computer-generated (*.jpg)
- Other original art is optional
- Refer to articles in previous issues for examples.
- Unique items, creatures, or subtle magical effects of the land should have write-ups consistant with DEC publications
- Word Limit: 750-1000 words, use the Creature guidelines above for unique creatures or important NPC's, 250 words for unique items or magical effects
- Deadline: Midnight April 16, 2005 (don't want to screw with getting taxes done if in the US)

Fellowship of the Ring SB
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- Create an adventure set in the lands of the North during the 3rd Age or a parallel adventure to the FOTR set during the War of the Ring
- Use the format and include things like those seen in the free adventure downloads from DEC:
-- Full write-ups for important NPC's and/or unique creatures
-- Plot summary, storyline, planned events, etc.
-- Random encounters*
-- Unique items*
-- Subtle magical effects of the land*
- Please denote the best place(s) to break it into pieces for publication in multiple issues
- Word Limit: 3000-3500 words, use the Creature guidelines above for unique creatures or important NPC's, 250 words for unique items or magical effects
- Deadline: Midnight May 13, 2005

* Optional


- Each submission must be an original creation.
-- It cannot be featured as a part of another submission, such as a
creature in a Hostile Haunt or adventure.
-- It cannot have been something an author has had featured in a
previous issue of The Hall of Fire or any other publication.
-- It cannot be something copied, tweaked, or converted from this RPG,
Middle-earth RPG by ICE, or any other copyrighted property.

- One submission per author per major prize. There may be multiple authors to one submission, but it counts as each of the listed author's one submission for the particular contest.

- Editing of a submission for content and layout may be required for publication, but will not be done without prior approval of the author.


MAKING A SUBMISSION: Files are to be *.txt or *.doc files for text and *.jpg files for maps, pictures, and other artwork. In the subject line of the email, write " Contest", where "" is either Fell Beasts & Wondrous Magic, Narrator's Screen, or Fellowship of the Ring SB.


ELLIGIBILITY: The staff of the HOF (GandalfOfBorg, Tomcat, Camdin, Ineti, and ReptileJK) will be reviewing the submissions and are thus inelligible to the contest.


PRIZES: Aside from the major prizes, the winners along with 1st and 2nd runners-up will also receive an HOF Year 1 CD. The winning submissions would be published in the following month's issue. The submissions from the 1st and 2nd runners-up would be published in subsequent issues. All other submissions would be available for download the month after the issue that contained the winning submission (May for Fell Beasts, June for Hostile Haunts, July for adventures) at the HOF website and would also appear on the Year 2 CD. If a winning submission has multiple authors, it is their responsibility to decide the outcome of the prize(s) received. The winning submissions will be contacted via email for the mailing addresses for sending the prizes after the specific issue has been released.


DISCLAIMER: This contest is in no way sanctioned or sponsored by Decipher, Inc. or its affiliates. By making a submission to this contest, you acknowledge that you have read and understood the rules above as they are written.

Just wanted to remind everyone that the first submission deadline -- for the new fell creature -- is coming up on March 11, 2005. We look forward to reviewing your submissions.

GOB

Just a reminder, today is the last day for turning in your submissions for the fell creature contest. Looking forward to your submissions.

GOB

The FB&WM contest is now closed and the winner(s) shall be announced and pub'd in the upcoming issue(s) of The Hall of Fire, but the next contest for the Narrator's Screen by writing a Hostile Haunts article is the next deadline at the end of the day on April 16th. We look forward to your submissions.

Thank you

GOB

There is one week before end of the second Hall of Fire contest for the Narrator's Screen: create a unique Hostile Haunt article. See the top post for guidelines and don't hestitate to contact us for more details or clarifications.

GOB