Chaosium’s ‘Basic Roleplaying’ Design Challenge Offers $10K in Prizes For Winning Creators
The makers of Call of Cthulhu want to help you make your next game, and are offering $10,000 in prizes to help get everything going.
Chaosium, best known as the makers of the eldritch behemoth that is Call of Cthulhu have launched a challenge for aspiring RPG designers. The Basic Roleplaying Design Challenge, as the name suggests, is a new design competition for designers working with Chaosium’s Basic Roleplaying Universal Game Engine, which recently got a new edition.
Even if you’re not familiar with Chaosium’s Basic Roleplaying or BRP system by name, you’ve encountered it before. It’s been around for decades. BRP uses the same d100 system that powers the eldritch abominations you run into in the course of any Call of Cthulhu Adventure. Whether you set your campaign in the 20s, 40s, or even the Victorian era, the Basic Roleplaying System is there.
And now, Chaosium wants you to add your ideas to the mix.
Chaosium’s Basic Roleplaying Design Challenge
Chaosium’s BRP Design Challenge is all about getting new creators to bring their ideas to publication, using Chaosium’s newest edition of the BRP engine, that is. Which, you know, fair point. A contest to highlight your new system is a great way to get people playing with it.
And all entrants will retain full ownership of their work, and will be able to publish their projects under the ORC License, which the BRP is under. Here’s a rundown of the full details:
Chaosium is excited to announce the Basic Roleplaying Design Challenge!
The goal of the BRP Design Challenge is to financially assist new and upcoming creators in bringing their games to independent publication (be that digital or print). Chaosium seeks to empower designers from all walks of life, with original ideas, concepts, and systems, with the goal of seeing all shortlisted entries eventually published independently.
Entry to the BRP Design Challenge is free.
As part of submission, entrants will need to provide:
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- A pitch for their game (both in long and short form).
- A production budget for their game.
- An outline on how the winnings from the BRP Design Challenge will help bring their game to life
- A competitor market analysis of their game, showcasing where it fits in the market as a product.
- How the BRP rules have been used in their game.
- What makes their use of the BRP system, their setting, and/or the gameplay experience unique.
All entrants retain ownership of their work in its entirety. Chaosium does not require the signing over of rights of any kind in order to enter the BRP Design Challenge.
Winners and shortlisted entries will also retain ownership and—regardless of what winnings may be received as part of this competition—may still publish their games royalty-free under the ORC license.
There are a total of 14 different prizes awarded to 10 finalists. Of the entries, Chaosium’s judges will pick a Shortlist of 10 games that will win a $500 prize. From that shortlist, 3 will be chosen as winners, and will receive an addition $2000 prize, and there will be 1 People’s Choice who will receive an additional $500 on top of any other award.
You also get a trophy! The contest is open and runs until May 31st!
Submit your Entry to Chaosium’s BRP Design Challenge
Learn more about Designing with BRP
Good luck, and hopefully we’ll be writing about your idea sometime in the future!
