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I'm excited to announce the start of the GrassRoots Gamer Contest Series! Here's the deal:
1. Every month or so, I'll announce a theme here, and open the floor for submissions.
2. Post your game idea here on grassrootsgamer.com.
3. Once your idea is posted, you'll see a link at the bottom allowing you to nominate it for any of the contests which are currently running. Click that.
4. After a couple of weeks, the voting period will start. Anyone with a membership may vote.
5. After a couple of weeks of voting, the submitter of the game with the most votes will be declared the winner, and I'll send them a $25(US) VISA Gift Card. US Funds are what I have, but if you live in another country we'll make sure it works there.
Now that the ground rules are out of the way, here are the specifics for this month:
Theme: "MiniGames"! We have to start small, and here's something pretty much EVERYONE has made at some point. Added a stock market to a real-estate game? Couldn't live without modernizing your favorite wartime-negotiation game? Maybe some RPG elements in Chess or Checkers? Let's see what people have tried!
Schedule: For this first go around, nominations will be accepted until 9:00pm (Eastern Time) on October 21 2009. Then voting will run until 9:00pm (Eastern Time) on November 4.
It's just that simple! And remember, ANYONE with a membership can vote, so once your entry is in, drag your friends over! It costs them nothing, and you just may profit! If you have any questions, please ask!
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more questions for the contest
I asked this over at the BGG, but will ask again here. So could I enter a remake of an old game that really needs an over haul? The Parker borthers 1971 game Water Works is a Ok game, but the rules don´t cover all that can happen in the game and you are limited on plays by not being able to overlap pipes, so I was thinking of doing a complete overhaul and adding some stuff to it?
My other idea is a new game with Domino´s I think this might be the better entry for this contest.
Thanks, I will get a few friends to check your site out, and hopefully vote on my game
An overhaul would be great, but please be careful of copyright
I loved WaterWorks as a kid! I don't see anything wrong with new rules using the pieces of an existing game, but please keep in mind that we can't make the cards from the original game or any part of its instructions public here. Parker Brothers still owns the copyright on what they published, even if the game's out of print.
question on the contest
Do I just put a game up on your front page and let you know it is in teh contest?
Will games that are in the competition be posted somewhere? Are there any entrees yet?
Can I make more then one entree for this?
Thanks, looking forward to posting 1 or 2 games here and seeing what comes of it!
Some clarifications
There should be a "create new game" link on the left. Use that to add your game, and once you've posted it, there should be a link on your game's page, right above the comments to submit it.
The contest system I've written only allows each user to nominate one entry per contest, but there's nothing to keep others from nominating several games you've authored. So, if you get some friends involved, you can get more than one entry. (Yes, there's something if a membership-drive ploy here. It's hard to start a community from scratch.)
The right side of the front page should have a list of contests that are accepting submissions. Clicking on the title of one will show all the current entries (I don't think there are any yet). The whole mechanism is getting its first real exercise now, so of something doesn't seem to work, please let me know and I'll figure it out.
Good luck, I look forward to seeing what you've got!