The entries are in, the reviews have been done. Now remains only the judgement. It is with excruciating heartache that I must select only eight of the splendid entries that you have sent in. I have rent my cheeks, smeared ashes in my hair and weep blood, beating my chest with my fist, thinking of … More Announcing the Winners of the 2021 PrinceofNothingPresents No Artpunk Contest.
The Crypts of ZuulHISE19 pagesAD&D (?)Lvl ??? (est. 4-6) Near deadline’s end, I was sent a cryptic message. “5 days ago I got in a heated argument over sandboxes and railroads. This is what came out of that. {Link} Cheers HISE” Not understanding this was meant to be a contest entry, by the time I … More No Artpunk Entry #0: The Crypts of Zuul
Caught in the Web of Past And PresentChomy16 pagesSwords And WizardryLvl 4-5 The End approaches, not with a whimper, but with a bang. From distant and exotic Hungary, written, nay, forged by the steady hand of Chomy, proofread by the inrreplacable Tamas Illes, and playtested by 5 young braves, most of which are named Gabor … More No Artpunk Entry #18: Caught in the Web of Past and Present
The Inverted Pyramid of HankjawinImhotep31 PagesAD&D (???)Lvl 2 – 7 And so it came to pass that from all the disparate corners of the OSR, champions came forth one champion, to match their ways against the ways of the others, and determine once and for all, who would be the leader in the war against … More No Artpunk Entry #17: The Inverted Pyramid of Hankjawin
Vault of the WarlordJustin Todd24 pages0e (or Basic/AD&D)Lvl 1 – 3 Another entry in the ‘could just be published for money for sheer production value alone’ listings. An entry by what I perceive to be a recent convert to the OSR but certainly a bright one. The choice to go for 0e reveals a disdain … More No Artpunk Entry #16: Vault of the Warlord
Melonath FallsTrent Smith17 PagesAD&DLvl 3 – 5 A recurring trend in the discourse of the contemporary OSR, that is to say, not the movement that kept playing AD&D and strove to rediscover and rekindle enthusiasm for this venerable hobby, but the people that were attracted by that movement were in the 3rd wave whose retroclones … More No Artpunk entry #15: Melonath Falls
Warlock TowerClericsWearRingmail18 PagesRules Cyclopedia (hollah at ya boi!)Lvl 2 – 4 Half a day’s walk outside the town’s gate – past the abbey, into the marsh – is an old tower: a bastion of the old empire, forgotten with it when the old empire fell apart. Even as, however, the tower falls apart in imitation … More No Artpunk Entry #14: Warlock Tower
Dust & StarsSettembrini16 Pages + 3 mapsAD&DLvl 9 – 12 Settembrini, a friend of the blog and Generalissimo of the Zockbock OSR podcast (check out his interview with Patrick Stuart here), has seen fit to enter the listings with a high-level science fantasy offering that might end up destroying your campaign world! Highly imaginative, it … More No Artpunk Entry #13: Dust & Stars
Hells Own TempleJonathan Becker10 pagesAD&D (with a strong suggestion that the DM does not allow UA options)Lvl 10 – 14 One of my pet peeves with much of the modern brand of fantasy (and this extends to 5e as well as Artpunk) is that there is often a lack of classical inspiration. Fantasy is spun … More No Artpunk Entry #12: Hells Own Temple
Tower of the Time MasterBen Gibson16 pagesOSR ruleset (AD&D? Whatever ruleset has a merchant class?)Lvl 1 – 3 When I announced this contest I used to run mental exercises of possible concepts I would come up with as I was taking my midday walk/exercise routine. My first idea was something called Garden of the Beast … More No Artpunk Entry #11: Tower of the Time Master
Age of Dusk 