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BRP Design Challenger Finalist 'The Prince of Masks' has been released
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 18th Apr 2026
The Prince of Masks, a finalist in Chaosium's 2024 BRP Design Challenge, has been released on DriveThruRPG. Congratulations to its creator Steve Devaney!
Steve describes The Prince of Masks is a "surreal, baroque, dark fantasy setting inspired by psychological archetypes as well as mythologic
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'In Death': BRP Design Challenge Finalist launches on Itch.io
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 1st Jul 2025
We were delighted to hear today that In Death, one of the top ten finalists in our 2024 BRP Design Challenge, has officially released on Itch.io.
Created using the Basic Roleplaying Universal Game Engine rules and released under the ORC license, In Death is a tabletop roleplaying game about what be
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'Nuna' - BRP Design Challenge Winner is coming to Kickstarter!
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 1st Oct 2024
Last week we announced the winners of our $10,000 BRP Design Challenge. The aim of the BRP Design Challenge is to assist new and upcoming creators with original ideas and concepts to bring their games to independent publication.To that end, we're delighted to share the news that one of the
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Announcing the $10,000 BRP Design Challenge Winners and People's Choice
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 28th Sep 2024
Chaosium is pleased to announce the final results of our $10,000 BRP Design Challenge!Chaosium vice president Michael O'Brien said, "We were amazed to receive 195 entries - this far exceeded our expectations. It was a difficult process whittling them down to just ten, and then pick a final
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Shortlist for the $10000 BRP Design Challenge announced - vote for the People's Choice!
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 12th Sep 2024
Congratulations to everyone who made the shortlist for our $10,000 Basic Roleplaying Design Challenge! This is Chaosium's TTRPG design competition which financially assists new and upcoming creators in bringing their games to independent publication (be that digital or print). We
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BRP Design Challenge receives 195 entries!
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 6th Jun 2024
We are so thrilled to discover that there were 195 entries to the BRP Design Challenge! The judging team sure has their work cut out for them—watch this space in the coming weeks for further announcements, and good luck to all entrants!
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BRP Design Challenge: entries are now officially closed
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 1st Jun 2024
Entries are officially CLOSED! Good luck to all who submitted to the BRP Design Challenge.We will have an announcement about next steps in the judging process soon.
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Basic Roleplaying Design Challenge: Getting The Most Out of Your Setting
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 23rd Apr 2024
Basic Roleplaying Line Editor Jason Durall does a deep dive on how to best approach the BRP System when designing a game for your original setting.Our $10,000 Basic Roleplaying Design Challenge is open for submissions now. The goal of the BRP Design Challenge is to financially assist new and up
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