The Role-playing Poem Challenge

User Summary:

A series of short RPGs that were created in response to a competition challenge by Matthijs Holter on the Story Games website.

Design a role-playing poem - that is, a 15-minute role-playing game. It must take no more than 15 minutes from start to finish, including reading the rules.

The competition ran from 20 May 2008 to 20 June 2008.

Competition Rules:

The challenge ends on June 20. At that time, a jury of Norwegians (picked by me) will select the Bestest Role-Playing Poem.

The criteria will be: Fun, originality, and adherence to the form (bloated monstrosities lasting 20 minutes or more, for example, will have a hard time winning).

The winner will be announced here at Story Games, and on the Nørwegian Style website.

The award: A bar of Firkløver, most Norwegian of all chocolate!

First runner up:
THE BELIEVERS by Chris Bennett

Second runner up:
BOREDOM by Lasse Lundin

Winner of the Firkløver bar:
HOUSEBREAKER by Jackson Tegu

Matthijs' own contribution (Fifteen minutes with something greater) is beyond the bounds of what we consider an RPG and so is not included in the database.