The month that was.

Worldwide Adventure Writing Month '07 is officially over. Let's hand out some thank-yous to everyone who made this project a success!

BIG, HEARTFELT THANKS TO

Martin Ralya, for volunteering Treasure Tables as a home for our Adventure Archive and Forum and offering lotsa general support.

WeaveWarden of Myth-Weavers, for great advice (both here and in private) and offering to make all our adventures more accessible for online play.

Peter Seckler for being the first to complete the challenge, thereby showing the rest of us that it can be done.

Jay A. Hafner, Phill Winters, Gabor Lux and Bobby Derie for completing their WoAdWriMo projects in the time alotted, proving that Peter isn't some sort of superhuman freak.

Industry professionals Mike Mearls and S. John Ross, for their great advice and words of encouragement.

All the WoAdWriMo forum participants and everyone who commented here on the WoAdWriMo blog.

The people on my blog who encouraged the project, especially Dave and Stuart.

Most especially I want to thank everyone who took the challenge, whether you turned in a completed adventure or not. You all rock!

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So where do we go from here? As I explained yesterday, it's never too late to turn in your own WoAdWriMo project. Or join us next year as we all get together to tackle WoAdWriMo '08!

In the meantime, please make use of all the great free adventures we can offer the public. Spread the word about the existence of our Adventure Archive. Writing these adventures was only half of the WoAdWriMo equation. The project won't be complete until people are using these adventures. If you or anyone you know runs any of the adventures in our archive, please stop by the WoAdWriMo Forum and tell us all about it! And if you can think of any way we might improve on WoAdWriMo, any service we can offer or technique we can adopt to make next June a bigger success, please let us know! Drop by our forum or email me directly at jrients AT gmail DOT com.

See you next year!

Howzabout some Shadowrun?

We've got another adventure added to the WoAdWriMo Adventure Archive. Bobby Derie presents Zero Sum Gain, "intended for use with Shadowrun, Fourth Edition and no other supplements or sourcebooks are required for play (though the players and gamemasters may find Runner Havens and Street Magic useful for reference)." Congratulations to Bobby! We're pleased to be able to add another adventure to our archive, especially one for a system we didn't already have covered.

The Beginning of the End

Today is the last official day of Worldwide Adventure Writing Month. We'd like to congratulate Phill Winters for completing his project, the D&D 3.5 adventure Skyfell: the Discovery. Way to go, Phill! His work is available for download, along with all the others we've received, at the official WoAdWriMo Adventure Archive.

No let us suppose that you stepped up to the plate and took the WoAdWriMo Challenge, but that you haven't quite finished your adventure. What should you do? First of all, do not panic! Everyone on the WoAdWriMo team understands that it isn't always possible to come through on a time limit operation like this. We totally respect that you took the challenge and celebrate the work that you have done. But what to do with an incomplete adventure? Here are some options:

• Drop the project and try again next year. Response was sufficient that your WoAdWriMo team will be at it again in 2008. We'd like you to be right there with us. You can start a new project or pick up where you left off this year.
• Turn in an unfinished adventure. One of the major goals of WoAdWriMo is to provide free materials for GMs. If you think your incomplete project could still be of use to others, we will gladly accept it into our archive. We'll label the work 'incomplete' as a courtesy to prospective downloaders, but that doesn't mean your work is unappreciated. Thank you for your contribution!
• Keep working. We will gladly accept late submissions. Our one month time limit has always been a guideline, not a straightjacket. If you've got an adventure to share, we'll host it even if you turn it in 11 months from now. We want to show the world your awesome work, no matter when you finish it!

Note that these options can be used in conjunction. If you want to submit what you have now, but update your work later, we're game. We simply ask that you not overload us with a large number of updates on the same project. Send all your adventures and updates to martin AT treasure tables DOT org. Please label the email "WoAdWriMo submission" or something like that.

If you're almost done, stop reading this blog and get back to work! :)

More Completed Projects!

Jay Hafner (WoAdWriMo forum member Emirikol) has completed his adventure! The Blue Mountains is a Conan/D&D adventure done "Keep on the Borderlands style with pregenerated characters. It makes an excellent intro for Norse or cold land gaming campaigns." Awesome! Congratulations, Jay!

And Gabor Lux has sent in Systema Tartarobasis, a 56-page adventure for Castles & Crusades. Wow! Thanks for taking the WoAdWriMo Challenge, Mr. Lux! We are super thrilled to be able to support a great game like C&C!

Peter Seckler (a.k.a. Abyssal Maw) has submitted a second WoAdWriMo adventure! Called Xathyl's Redoubt, this dungeon can be used as a standalone or in conjunction with Peter's first module, The Maze of Cherno. Great work, Peter!

These adventures and any more we receive can be found at the official WoAdWriMo downloads page.

The Final Week is here!

We're down to the point in Worldwide Adventure Writing Month where only one thing matters: determination. I truly believe you can finish your WoAdWriMo in the next seven days, as long as you make a conscious decision to do so. You've got to want it. Don't let yourself make excuses. Only a positive attitude and grit can see you through.

WE BELIEVE IN YOU!

Q: What if I miss the deadline?

Like the target size of 32 pages, we at WoAdWriMo consider the 'deadline' of June 30th to be a goal, not a stick with which to beat the participants. If you complete your adventure in July or later, do not be ashamed of not completing the project in June. We're not here to bring you down. Any adventures submitted on or after July 1st will be cheerfully accepted! Don't stop writing just because you missed a completely arbitrary deadline. We want you to succeed and we want you to be able to share the fruits of your hard work with others. Just don't let our easy-going attitude be an excuse to put off working on your adventure!

First completed module!!!

Peter, a.k.a. Abyssal Maw, has completed his Worldwide Adventure Writing Month project! Follow this link to The Maze of Cherno, "A D&D 3.5 Megadungeon for characters levels 1-5". Peter, congratulations on being the first person we know of to successfully complete your adventure!