What is the Warlock’s Journal?
The Warlock’s Journal is an interdimensional book that teleports from place to place, recording knowledge in whatever location it finds itself. The places it goes may be widely separated in time and space and even be in different dimensions or alternate realities. The handful of people who have actually seen the book more than once suggest that it sends its information back to some central location, as they have seen the book nearly filled with information, only to find it almost empty again, or filled with completely different information, at some later point. Of course, since there is no real proof that the book itself travels through time in a linear manner, such analysis is speculation at best.
What powerful entity could have created such a marvel? Where is the ultimate repository (if any) of the wealth of knowledge collected by the Journal in its roving, and is its creator still waiting there, learning about the multiverse? It is, perhaps, better not to know.
In real terms, the Warlock’s Journal was a roving contest featuring creative writing in the RPG field. For four years it moved from one site to another (usually blogs, but sometimes another type of site) on a monthly or bimonthly basis. Contest details for each month were set by the host site so the topics vary widely. (All entries remain the property of their respective writers.) Most contest results are available as free PDF documents, from the host website and in some cases from online sales sites such as RPGNow.
The Warlock’s Journal Contests:
Contest #1, Oct. 2013: Warlock’s Sanctum Games
Contest #2, Nov. 2013: Tales of a GM
Contest #3, Dec. 2013: Tiny Gork’s Tinker Room
Contest #4, Jan. 2014: Fields of Blood and Honor
Contest #5, Feb. 2014: Tabletop Adventures
Contest #6, Mar. 2014: Warlock’s Sanctum Games
Contest #7, Apr. 2014: Tales of a GM
Contest #8, May 2014: Tiny Gork’s Tinker Room
Contest #9, June 2014: Soul Guardian Publishing
Contest #10, July 2014: Warlock’s Sanctum Games
Contest #11, August 2014: Fields of Blood and Honor
Contest #12, September 2014: Tabletop Adventures
Contest #13, October 2014: Tales of a GM
Contest #14, November 2014: Tiny Gork’s Tinker Room
Contest #15, December 2014: Soul Guardian Publishing
Contest #16, January 2015: Warlock’s Sanctum Games
Contest #17, February 2015: Fields of Blood and Honor
Contest #18, March 2015: Tabletop Adventures
Contest #19, April 2015: Tales of a GM
Contest #20, May 2015: Tiny Gork’s Tinker Room
June, July, August 2015: Summer break
Contest #21, September 2015: Tabletop Adventures
Contest #22, October 2015: Tales of a GM
Contest #23, November 2015: Tiny Gork’s Tinker Room
December 2015: Holiday hiatus
Contest #24, January 2016: Solo Roleplayer
Contest #25, February 2016: Tabletop Adventures
Contest #26, March 2016: Tales of a GM (begin bimonthly format)
Contest #27, May 2016: Tiny Gork’s Tinker Room
Contest #28, July 2016: RPGGeek
Contest #29, September 2016: Tabletop Adventures
Contest #30, November 2016: Tales of a GM
Contest #31, January-February 2017: Tiny Gork’s Tinker Room
Contest #32, March-April 2017: RPGGeek
Contest #33, May-June 2017: Tabletop Adventures
Contest #34, July-August 2017: Tales of a GM
Contest #35, Sept.-Oct. 2017: Tiny Gork’s Tinker Room
Thank you to the members of the RPG community for your support of the Warlock’s Journal Contest! No further contest series is planned at this time, but if you would like to be sure you get information if one does come up, we invite you to sign up for the Tabletop Adventures mailing list.
