I’m running a tasty little contest from now until midnight of H.P. Lovecraft’s birthday, August 20th. That gives you seven days! Ok, how do you play / win? First, let me dribble unto thee with some unsolicited Game Mastering advice. You don’t need much to start off an RPG session. In fact, you shouldn’t have much at all. What you should have is a tight three-sentence opener that 1) grabs the players attention, 2) motivates the characters to get off their asses to do something, and 3) involves some kind of worldbuilding, genre emphasis, and/or foreshadowing of what’s about to happen. No easy task! In my opinion, every GM worth his essential salts should have a few of these in his back-pocket… just in case the opportunity should arise yet inspiration falls short. THE RULES Comment below with one or more of your own openers (feel free to post as many as you want). They have to be exactly three sentences, and you should be mindful of the above criteria. Your opener does NOT have to be setting or world specific, so don’t feel like you have to make yours fit Cha'alt. However, I AM partial to the eldritch, gonzo, science-fantasy, and post-apocalypse… I’m the only judge (but feel free to comment with your own hot-take), and the contest closes at midnight on August 20th. THE PRIZES First Prize will receive both gorgeous Cha'alt and Cha'alt: Fuchsia Malaise hardcovers [USA residents don’t have to pay shipping. Canadian residents must pay $30; other international residents must pay $45… or they can choose to take the 2nd place prize, instead.] Second Prize will receive every Cha'alt PDF. Third Prize will receive any one Kort'thalis Publishing PDF of their choosing. THE FINE PRINT I may compile the submitted entries into a FREE PDF sometime down the road. Your submission grants me the right to include it, but you can also freely use your submission yourself at any point in the future. Credit will be given if accompanied with the author’s name or pseudonym. ____ Good luck and thanks for playing! VS p.s. Yes, I’m still selling the aforementioned luxury hardcovers. Ordering details can be found here. If you haven’t secured your ticket to next July’s VENGER CON, do it now! 3-Sentence Opener Contest published first on http://www.rssmix.com/u/8261174/rss.xml via Tumblr 3-Sentence Opener Contest
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