CHALLENGE Returns

[Morthrai]

Reposted from elsewhere for informational purposes:

CHALLENGE: OPEN CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
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Do you play or referee any Games Designer Workshop RPGs or their descendants?

Ever write good sci-fi short stories?

Or create great visual sci-fi art?
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The legendary CHALLENGE MAGAZINE is returning for a special one-off issue (which will make it C78), to celebrate the release of the CD-rom back catalog of Challenge magazines and to pay back all those loyal fans who collected, and still collect, THE magazine of science fiction gaming.

If successful, it will go back into regular publication.

We're looking for submissions for the following games:

Traveller

2300AD

Space 1889

Dark Conspiracy

Twilight:2000

We want to cover all the licensed eras and versions; other games, systems & settings may be covered in possible future issues. This WILL also include sci-fi roleplaying using the BRP & Call of Cthulhu systems.

Scenarios should be around the 4,000 - 8,000 word limit and include game stats. Articles should be around 700-1400 word limit. Art should conform to 1/4, 1/2, and full page (US Letter size - 8.5"x11"@300DPI), in TIF, AI, PSD, or PNG format.

ALL SUBMISSIONS MUST be approved in principle before work commences. Any links to current work on the web is a bonus. If you haven't seen Challenge but you like the games and want to submit you can find back issues at Drive-Thru RPG.

This issue will retail for a small amount to say thanks to the legion of fans who have supported Challenge magazine in the past. As such there is likely to be little reward other than a sense of pride, making a few contacts, and a justifiable sense of achievement in having YOUR work in this the special commemorative issue of Challenge Magazine.
Not to mention the enormous gratitude of everyone here involved in the project.

We're asking you to step up and submit something voluntarily. At this stage there is NO remuneration.
This situation MAY change if the magazine is a success but we at Planetary Assault Group don't make false promises so we're asking you to dig deep and do it for the love of the games like we are.

With the blessing of Marc Miller and with some august names on board we're confident it will be a success....

Want in?

Contact us at: planetaryassaultgroup@gmail.com with your submission idea, comments, or if you wish to advertise.

Please refer to your submission in the subject line of the e-mail by stating succinctly the game setting (such as Traveller or 2300AD), the style of submission (such as scenario, fiction, or article), and your name. For example, a 2300AD scenario submission would look like this: 2300AD/scenario/Mr.John Doe.

Thanks for reading and we hope to hear from you!

Steff.J. Worthington
Editor.
Planetary Assault Group

[Legbreaker]

Hmm, I wonder if they'll honour the subscription I had? Still half a dozen issues owed to me when they ceased publication....

[helbent4]

Steff,

Thanks for the information and open call! This is fantastic, and a chance to contribute at least a little more to this game, perhaps in a limited way.

I take it this will cover T2013 too, as it's a licenced version? Finally, a chance to get Tegyrus' "Czech Your Engines" vehicle update rules into official print!

Tony

[pmulcahy11b]

Gee, all I have is a giant "Equipment List" sort of entry...

[helbent4]

Originally Posted by pmulcahy11b

Gee, all I have is a giant "Equipment List" sort of entry...

Paul,

Challenge used to do guns/vehicles/gear articles all the time for T2K. Why not put together a few of your favourite entries and let them decide what they want? Your writing seems to be at least the equal of any of the past Challenges. How about some house rules or suggestions of tweaks for v2.2?

Tony

[Targan]

Originally Posted by helbent4

Why not put together a few of your favourite entries and let them decide what they want? Your writing seems to be at least the equal of any of the past Challenges.

What Tony said, +1.

[Rainbow Six]

Originally Posted by pmulcahy11b

Gee, all I have is a giant "Equipment List" sort of entry...

If it gets off the ground they should do an entire issue devoted to your material...

[Morthrai]

Just to make things totally clear, I reposted the announcement as I believe Steff isn't a member here. Don't want any misunderstandings, I'm just an old GDW fanboy and had to share the news

Also as it happens, I have to agree that Paul should submit at least something!

[helbent4]

Originally Posted by Morthrai

Just to make things totally clear, I reposted the announcement as I believe Steff isn't a member here. Don't want any misunderstandings, I'm just an old GDW fanboy and had to share the news

Also as it happens, I have to agree that Paul should submit at least something!

Lee,

Aren't we all! Thanks for the clarification; I use the "quote" button on the message panel above the text area to make it clear when quoting outside sources (which don't automatically format quoted text).

Thanks for reposting this information. I'm sure we all just want to encourage anyone here who has something to share to do so.

For that matter, James should shoot something their way, too, and I don't mean to exclude anyone else specifically!

Tony

[Legbreaker]

There's a lot of good stuff from members of this forum that probably has a good chance of being run. Material from Web's "Thunder Empire" for example could be worth submitting.

[mikeo80]

Originally Posted by Targan

What Tony said, +1.

What Targan said +1

Paul...Mulcahy...

I guess I am +3?

[Legbreaker]

Anyone who's spent more than a couple of hours working on background material should be submitting for consideration. That puts both Web and Paul firmly on the list in my book.