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Top 16 of RPG Superstar Will Advance to Round 3
Sixteen amateur game designers have advanced to Round 3 of Paizo Publishing’s RPG Superstar, the largest open-call tabletop roleplaying design contest in history. 2009 RPG 
Superstar champion Neil Spicer joined celebrity judges Clark Peterson, Ryan Dancey, and Sean K Reynolds to critique 32 original organizations designed by Round 1 finalists. In this round, fan votes determine who advances to Round 3, in which the Top 16 will design original monsters with full game statistics. All finalist submissions, complete with judge and reader commentary, are posted to the paizo.com messageboards.
The Top 16 finalists for RPG Superstar 2012 and their winning entries to date are:
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Will Cooper - Stormsworn Company
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Adam Donald - The Red Bastards
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Bob Drouin - Fear, Fist and Flame
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Andrew Marlowe - Andoran Mercantile League
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Jacob Michaels - The Unfettered
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Steve Miller - Arcadian Interceptors
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James Olchak - Cold Hearth Lodge
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Tom Phillips - Sisters of Chana-Zhol, Sam Polak, Riders of the Black Steppe
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James Raine - Besmara’s Chosen
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David Ross - Dreamstitchers
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Daniel Rust - Anointed Choir of the Rapture
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Chris Shaeffer - The Pure Line
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Jacob Trier - The Maidens of Veiled Vengeance
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Russell Vaneekhoven - The Foulgrip Rangers
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Mike Welham - Monster Reformation Alliance
The Top 16 will now be required to design Pathfinder Roleplaying Game statistics for an original monster concept and submit their complete monster write-up by 2:00 PM Pacific time on Friday, February 10. On February 14, Paizo will reveal judge comments on all 16 submissions to the general public, who will then get to discuss the entries and vote for their favorites. Voting ends on February 20, and the Top 8 (by votes) will move on to Round 4.
The ultimate winner of RPG Superstar, announced April 3, 2012, will write a Pathfinder Module to be published in early 2013. The 2011 RPG Superstar champion module, Sam Zeitlin’s The Midnight Mirror, releases in April 2012.
For a complete schedule of RPG Superstar, including rules and a FAQ, visit paizo.com/rpgsuperstar.
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