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Dragon's Tale
Every dragon has its own legend, its own tale to tell. We asked you to write the top short story entry to win the brand-new Dungeons & Dragons Dragon Collector's Set!

Congratulations to winner Mark Bishop! His winning entry can be read here.


Find Your Dark Side Contest
We recently ran the Find Your Dark Side Contest. Our sincere thanks to everyone who entered. We’ve since selected our three winners, and wish to congratulate them for their submissions:

Matt G.
Isaac B.
Jeffrey W.


D&D Championship Encounter Design Contest
We recently ran the D&D Championship Encounter Design Contest. Our sincere thanks to everyone who entered. We’ve since selected our five winners, and wish to congratulate them for their submissions:

Matt L.
Edmonton, Alberta

Keith F.
Sunnyvale, California

Andrew L.
Sun Prairie, Wisconsin

John B.
Troy, Michigan

Chris C.
Independence, Missouri
Castle Ravenloft Board Game Contest
Congratulations to Dwayne S., Greg F,. and Kevin D. for winning our Castle Ravenloft contest. Their winning scenarios may be read here!
Holiday Gift Guide Sweepstakes
Congratulations to Jason S. from Florida, for winning our Holiday Gift Guide Sweeptakes!
Gauntlgrym Online Scavenger Hunt
Congratulations to Jonathan Westmoreland, the grand-prize winner of the Gauntlgrym Online Scavenger Hunt for correctly tweeting the answer to the riddle. Winners of the eight clue questions that were required to solve the riddle were Jonathan Westmoreland (clues #1-3), Corey Dockendorf (clue #4), Billie Pierce (clues #5, 6 and 8), and Mitch Nicholas (clue #7). Nice race to the finish, all!

Here's a quick explanation of the riddle, for those of you following along:

A legend grows
in the northwestern corner of Faerûn.
To the west…
the lost city of Gauntlgrym.
To the midwest…
the City That Saved Itself. (Nickname for Fort Wayne, IN)

Treasure and magic await, they say. (In the lost city of Gauntlgrym, and at D&D Experience January 27-30, 2011)
For the clever, powerful.
Only if you’re first with the answer. (First person to tweet the riddle solve wins the trip to D&D Experience)
Only if that’s what defines you.(Hinting at Drizzt's journal entry: “It is the journey and not the goal, achieved or lost, that defines who we are.")

Follow the root of the Hosttower.
Eight tools lead the way. (Each of the eight clues found on the hunt were "tools" that helped characters in the story find Gauntlgrym)
Unscramble words with letters distressed. (Hinting at the word scramble required to find the riddle answer)
This, my friend, is your main quest. ("Quest" is another word for journey, a key word in the riddle answer)

Thanks to everyone who participated in the Gauntlgrym Online Scavenger Hunt. It was great fun!
Relive the Adventure
Many of us remember the original D&D Basic Set (the red box) released back in 1983. I do: Like the adventurers we sought to emulate, I scoured my house looking for hidden Christmas presents—and found them, stashed at the back of the linen closet. Success! Even better, these presents included the red box for the game my friends and I had long been trying to replicate with Monopoly dice and the vaguest understanding of the rules. With that box, I'd finally be able to play my first official game of Dungeons & Dragons.

What are your fondest memories of playing with the original red box? We asked for an original essay of no more than 250 words, detailing your memories of the red box.

3 winners have been announced: Jonathan from Dallas, TX; Joel from Los Angeles, CA; and Michael from Plainfield, IN. Read the winning essays here.


WANTED: Elminster Must DieWinner: Congrats to Robert Jazo, the winner of our Elminster Must Die contest! The winning tweet that earned he and a guest a trip to Gen Con Indy 2011:

@WotC_Novels #elminster must die! At 1267 winters old he is personally responsible for bankrupting Social Security in the Realms.

Way to go, Robert! And thanks to all who participated in the contest. The judges had a lot of fun poring through all the tweets that came in to make the case on whether Ed Greenwood's famed Elminster should live or die. If you missed them, search for #elminster.

Never Split the Party Contest
For the second year in a row, we asked you to write in and tell us about your old gaming group and why you should get reunited at Gen Con 2010. Yet again, the response was incredible and we received hundreds of submissions. Groups from all over wrote in to tell us about their groups from 10, 20 and even 30 years ago!

This year, we’ll be reuniting a group of friends who played together for years before life finally took hold and sent them in separate directions. Friends since they were 9 years old, they grew up playing D&D and have lasting memories of playing their homebrew campaigns every day during summer vacations. Now, 20 years later they’ll once again get to play together at Gen Con!
Winners: Jason Vickery, Greg Goldmeier, John Fasko, Ben Howe, Dan Capiot with the following essay:

I rolled my first D20 when I was nine years old in Cleveland, Ohio. Greg, Ben, myself, and a few other kids from the neighborhood would gather on Ben's front porch every morning during summer vacations and not quit until well after dark. I knew Greg since I was four, and we had met Ben at a local rec center. As teenagers Greg met Dan and John in High School and they joined our group and with them new ideas flowed into our campaigns. The front porch became furnished basements and attics, the pizza from the night of gaming was always a good breakfast the next morning. This was all during 2nd Edition.

Graduation came, and soon Greg moved to Phoenix for school, Ben joining for the adventure of someplace new. I myself moved to Minnesota for adventures of my own. Dan and John both moved to Phoenix for a time, but for various reasons moved back to Ohio. Greg moved back as well soon after graduation, got married and spawned little geeklings of his own.

Work schedules being what they are, and cross country travel not always an option when looking for work, the five of us have not been together as a group since Greg's wedding in 2001. I believe we played during that week, which was my first taste of 3rd Edition.

We visit and make phone calls when we can, and I have a gaming group here that I cherish, but nothing can ever replace the friends you had when you were nine. For the five of us to get back together anywhere, let alone GenCon would be beyond amazing. I was hoping for this year to be my first GenCon experience and I know none of the others have ever been.


Tell Us Your Backstory!
We asked you to tell us your Players Handbook 3 character's backstory in 500 words or less and earn your character instant fame. The top three winners based on design quality and creativity won an autographed copy of Players Handbook 3.
Winners: Joe H., Las Vegas, NV, Robert B., Walton, KY, Cody, Columbus, OH



Pimp Your Store
To celebrate the first season of D&D Encounters, we hosted a "Pimp Your Store" contest to give one lucky store an ultimate prize pack. We asked stores hosting D&D Encounters to deck out their gaming areas with D&D décor and send in pictures to show off their creativity. We also asked them to tell us about themselves, their communities, and what they thought would make their store even more "pimped out".
Winner: Battlegroundz, Lancaster, CA
Runner Ups: Gators Video, Leavenworth, KS, Haven Comics, Madison, AL, Mission Games Edmonton, AB (Canada), NJoy Comics & Games, Northridge, CA
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