how it all began [Archive] - Wizards Community

how it all began [Archive] - Wizards Community

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PersonalFable
09-30-06, 08:22 AM so... i read that eberron was the winner of a competition run by wotc and recieved the publication and support of the setting. i also heard that it lasted about 2-3 months and had a tiered system for the comp, each tier requiring more detail until the final tier (only 3 contestants) pretty much asked for the whole campain book from the contestants.

my questions are:

is there a page that shows the requirements for each of those tiers?
have the writers of eberron released thier responses (or entries) for each of these tiers?

i ask because i wish to write my own setting and think this would provide a good structure for me to start with. if eberron was written with these "guidelines" then maybe i can use them to write mine.
DiscoGobbo
09-30-06, 09:09 AM From a retired article series Here (http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/eb/20031216a).

You might remember the Fantasy Setting Search that Wizards of the Coast conducted back in 2002. It was an open call for one-page submissions of ideas, one of which would ultimately become the next official Dungeons & Dragons campaign setting. Over 11,000 proposals (including dozens from right inside the Wizards offices) flooded in from around the world and filled an entire cubicle's worth of mail bins. Our stunned search committee spent hours and hours on end reading each of the submissions, eventually narrowing the field to 11 proposals. The authors of those 11 entries then created 10-page overviews of their worlds. From there, the three most intriguing campaign settings were developed into 100-page "story bibles." After long and deliberate consideration, the final selection was made: Eberron, Keith Baker's cinematic world of pulp/noir action, adventure, and intrigue.
The Livewire
10-01-06, 11:05 AM Well we all know Mr. Baker won.

Mr. Burlew's world was one of the final three (IIRC, Wizards bought all final three settings)

Is it known who created the other setting?
mhacdebhandia
10-01-06, 11:16 PM Nathan Philip Toomey.
DBlizzard
10-02-06, 02:16 AM Nathan Philip Toomey.

Whose only RPG publishing credit to date is the MMIII.

Of course, when Keith began he didn't have any RPG credits when the setting search began (he had a few between the beginning and the publication of Eberron, though). Rich Burlew's credits are the MMIII and, ironically, the Explorer's Handbook.

(All this according to www.pen-paper.net ).

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PersonalFable 09-30-06, 08:22 AM	so... i read that eberron was the winner of a competition run by wotc and recieved the publication and support of the setting. i also heard that it lasted about 2-3 months and had a tiered system for the comp, each tier requiring more detail until the final tier (only 3 contestants) pretty much asked for the whole campain book from the contestants. my questions are: is there a page that shows the requirements for each of those tiers? have the writers of eberron released thier responses (or entries) for each of these tiers? i ask because i wish to write my own setting and think this would provide a good structure for me to start with. if eberron was written with these "guidelines" then maybe i can use them to write mine.
DiscoGobbo 09-30-06, 09:09 AM	From a retired article series Here (http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/eb/20031216a). You might remember the Fantasy Setting Search that Wizards of the Coast conducted back in 2002. It was an open call for one-page submissions of ideas, one of which would ultimately become the next official Dungeons & Dragons campaign setting. Over 11,000 proposals (including dozens from right inside the Wizards offices) flooded in from around the world and filled an entire cubicle's worth of mail bins. Our stunned search committee spent hours and hours on end reading each of the submissions, eventually narrowing the field to 11 proposals. The authors of those 11 entries then created 10-page overviews of their worlds. From there, the three most intriguing campaign settings were developed into 100-page "story bibles." After long and deliberate consideration, the final selection was made: Eberron, Keith Baker's cinematic world of pulp/noir action, adventure, and intrigue.
The Livewire 10-01-06, 11:05 AM	Well we all know Mr. Baker won. Mr. Burlew's world was one of the final three (IIRC, Wizards bought all final three settings) Is it known who created the other setting?
mhacdebhandia 10-01-06, 11:16 PM	Nathan Philip Toomey.
DBlizzard 10-02-06, 02:16 AM	Nathan Philip Toomey. Whose only RPG publishing credit to date is the MMIII. Of course, when Keith began he didn't have any RPG credits when the setting search began (he had a few between the beginning and the publication of Eberron, though). Rich Burlew's credits are the MMIII and, ironically, the Explorer's Handbook. (All this according to www.pen-paper.net ).