The Ronnies 2011

[misterecho]

Noticed the flurry of games added lately? Want to find out more? You're in luck! Ron Edwards is running "The Ronnies" again.

http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forge/index.php?board=77.0

Applicants pick two of four key words, mash them into a creative engine and 24hrs later they present an RPG.

Round 1 is over. Round 2 coming soon!

The Entries so far!


Round 1 (Skull, Old, Sword, Soldier)

• The Knights of Twilight
  
• The Keen Edge of History
  
• War of the Sheaves
  
• Cold Soldier
  
• DEMILICH
  
• Facing the end
  
• The Sword and the skull
  
• Death's Head
  
• The Sword of the Skull takers
  
• The Eye in the Pyramid
  
• Danse Macabre
  
• Skull Full of Bong Hits: The Necromancer’s Curse
  
• Diary of a Skull Soldier
  
• Veterans
  
• Untitled Jeepform
  
• Sword of the Skull

Round 2 (whisper, wings, murder, morning)

• The Cycle of the Seasons
  
• Realization Dawning
  
• Haunted
  
• They Became Flesh
  
• Moral Dawn
  
• Anathema
  
• Deathbird Black
  
• Uncle Louis
  
• Wings of Blood
  
• MurderWing
  
• The Volume of Secrets
  
• Murder
  
• Air Patrol
  
• The Secret Lives of Serial Killers

Round 3 (amazon, lust, chains, queen)

• Queens of Time and Space
  
• Homage to Ninshubar
  
• Bricks and Mortar: Last of the Independents
  
• The Strongest Link
  
• In Exile
  
• Her Son
  
• The Queen of Thorns
  
• Camwhores
  
• The Shackled Self
  
• Tales of Lust
  
• Within My Clutches
  
• Beholden

[Onix]

So far, Knights of Twilight and War of Sheaves look interesting. Haven't done anything but a quick skim yet.

[misterecho]

Posted the final few games. Round 1 is now completely uploaded.

[misterecho]

ROUND 2 !!

[RONNIES 2011] February round begins
« on: Today at 06:05:07 AM »
Submission period: either one week from today at the time of this posting, or 24 hours from when I announce the ninth submission here.

1. Pick two (and only two) of the four terms to be central concepts for your game. This is a big deal. You can’t win a Ronny unless I think they really matter. Make sure to exclude the other two terms, conceptually.

2. Write the game during a single 24-hour period. Remember, this is an alpha design and will be assessed as such.

3. Submit it in PDF to the 24 Hour RPG site and email me with the same file attached (ron@adept-press.com). I will be more of a hard-ass about the former requirement this time.

Winning a Ronny means $50 for you and as much promotion and playtesting as I can provide. It's criteria-based; you don’t have to beat the other entries to get one.

My best design advice
Free associate off the two terms to find more terms of your own to include, but remember, the original two do have to be central in some way.
Make something you like, and present both the Color and the Reward to help the reader understand why.

Some minor points
It's OK to write something more traditional and/or long-term. Not everything has to be formally turn-based and rife with endgames and full of emotional mechanics.

Feel free to do a little bit of document design to spice up the reading. Nothing major – a font, or layout device, or some quickie illustrations or images … I promise not to use such things as criteria for Ronnies judgment, but they do make the whole thing more fun for everyone. (See the 2005 entries January’s Frost, Left Coast, and Bylina & Bogatyr, for instance.)

And finally, the terms for this round:

whisper wings murder morning

Vroom vroom!

See the sticky thread leading this forum and Questions, concerns, befuddlements for various nuances and details. If you’re still curious or confused about something, ask it here in this thread.

Best, Ron

http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forge/index.php?topic=31124.0

[Rob Lang]

A big thank you to MisterEcho for being the main man on the Ronnies. I think he's done 95% of the uploads to the archive. Thank you and well done!

[misterecho]

List updated (0951hrs UTC 9th FEB 2011)

[misterecho]

Round 3!!

Wheeee! I must be cuckoo starting this on a Friday, with practically no internet access until Monday. But so long as you all know that, that's OK by me.

Well, let's do a quick review of the rules.

1. Design - Write a role-playing game in the space of 24 hours, using two of the four terms I provide as central concepts. I am fully aware that these will be first draft alpha documents and will be judging them at that level. Please keep in mind that including all the working parts is more important than airbrushing in all the little details.

2. Entry - Email your game draft to me, ron@adept-press.com, as a PDF attachment. Also, submit the same file to the 24-Hour RPG site. I will provide running announcements of the entries, so please don't announce your entry here.

This round will remain open for either two weeks, or 24 hours later than the appearance of the ninth entry. If the latter happens, then I'll announce that appearance here in this thread to start the 24-hours-left clock.

3. Criteria - You get a Ronny if your game is (i) really a role-playing game according to my vague but not unusual standards for the term; (ii) uses the two terms as central and productive concepts, i.e., "what the game is about" including any associated concepts they might provoke; and (iii) is both fun-looking enough and clearly-presented enough for immediate playtesting.

Visual layout and general file-prettiness are not criteria for the award, although I and everyone else enjoy a little attention toward those ends, if you want.

4. Award - If you win a Ronny, you get $50 from me and whatever mentoring or ongoing feedback you might like from me. I provide at least one round of feedback for all entries and I try to playtest all the winners and some of the others which strike my fancy. Although I'm still not caught up with that, I am doing it pretty regularly.

See also New Ronnies, Ronnies 2011, Round One begins, and [RONNIES 2011] February round begins for any other useful details.

And now! The words for this, the third round of this year, are!

amazon lust chains queen

I urge everyone to remember that a given Ronnies term is open to interpretation in practically any understandable fashion. I think that point applies especially significantly for this round.

Oh, and also, a key reminder: by choosing two of the terms, you are automatically excluding the other two from your concepts for the game.

Keep watching this thread to see when the nine-entry deadline kicks in.

Best, Ron