Paizo Looses The Red Raven

In the culmination of their GameMastery Contest, Paizo Publishing announced that they have chose a winner/author for their 2008 d20 adventure Flight of the Red Raven.

After combing through more than 150 initial queries and almost a dozen detailed outlines, we have finally found our winner of the GameMastery Open Call contest. The winner will write GameMastery Module W3: Flight of the Red Raven. Scarce information about the plot was given out, and the entrants had to combine that, along with the title, to come up with a compelling adventure full of exciting encounters and memorable villains.

In the end, David Schwartz came out on top. David's proposal hit a nerve with the staff, as his submission was both well-written and full of evocative scenes. This adventure is slated to hit store shelves in May 2008.

Not unlike their newly started RPG Superstar contest (which there's still plenty of time to get in on), submitters vying for a shot at writing Flight of the Red Raven had run an obstacle course of magic item, monster, encounter design, ending in a submission for a full adventure. Schwartz now gets to write his module and rake it some of that phat RPG writer dough. Or, at least, a chance to show his RPG writing chops. If you’re looking for your big gaming industry break, check out more about the new adventure and get in on RPG Superstar over on the Paizo website.