Hearthpwn

• What exactly am I making?
  • You will be making an entire Adventure singleplayer expansion.
  • The number of bosses and card rewards are the same as Blackrock Mountain.
  • In Blackrock Mountain, there are:
    • For the Neutrals: 6 commons, 2 rares, no epics, and 5 legendaries. For class cards: one common and one rare for each class.
    • Here is a table you can refer to.
• I have to follow the reward structure of Blackrock Mountain, but do I have to follow the exact order too? For example, Wing One has a neutral, a Rogue common, a Priest rare, etc. etc.
  • No. You can reward players with your cards in any order you want, so long as the class-neutral and rarity ratios stay the same, and you follow how each boss rewards one card per victory.
• How do I present my creation? 
  • You entire submission goes in the Submission Thread.
  • The Boss' portrait and Hero Power go in a spoiler. Boss decklists must be listed under the same spoiler. Use a separate spoiler for each deck. If your boss deck has any custom cards, they must also go in the same spoiler.
  • For each wing, you may present up to three cards outside of a spoiler. (Each wing will usually have either five or six cards.)
  • Furthermore, you are allowed a short paragraph introducing your Adventure, or continuing where you left off in future weeks.
  • There is an example you can refer to here.
• How will entries be judged?
  • In the past, due to a large number of entries, we'd have a public poll and a percentage of that phase would move on, while the rest were eliminated.
  • The public poll takes place in a separate voting thread, just like in a weekly competition.
  • Depending on the number of entries, we can continue to do that, or, if people prefer and there are fewer entries, votes will instead be accumulated throughout phases and no one is eliminated.
• Am I allowed to work on future wings before a Phase starts?
  • Yes, but, there may be a challenge or an extra requirement thrown your way which might force you to redo some parts.
• Am I allowed to work with someone else?
  • Yes. You may work with one other person provided they have a Hearthpwn account. You will need to inform the moderators before you team up.
• Do I have to make heroic versions of each boss' Hero Power and deck?
  • No, but if you do, they need to be under a spoiler.
• Some bosses have special mechanics, like starting with a card. How do I denote this?
  • Simply state that the boss does in its decklist spoiler.
• Do I have to state which boss has a class challenge?
  • Yes.
• Do I need to introduce a keyword?
  • No.
• Do boss decks require at least one custom card?
  • No, you can have a boss deck with no custom cards at all.
• Am I allowed to have additional fancy graphics in my submission?
  • You are allowed a single, simple banner. In the past, several talented individuals were able to dazzle voters with their artistic and photo manipulation skills. While the moderator teams wants everyone to compete to the best of their abilities, it was decided by the previous moderator team to not allow too many additional graphics. We will honour that decision. Whether a banner is allowed or not is up to the discretion of the moderator team. An example of an acceptable banner can be found here.
  • The exception to this rule are the dialogue boxes that pop up during Adventures and other singleplayer content. You may have a reasonable number of them, if you choose to add them in.
• I have some ideas for extra things! How do I implement them?
  • "Bonus" or "secret" battles, sort of like the cow king: You can have bonus battles, but you may not break from the number of bosses you are supposed to do for that wing. For example, Wing One in Blackrock Mountain has 3 bosses. You may do two bosses and then one bonus battle, but not 3 bosses and an additional battle.
  • New heroes (like Arthas), card backs, etc.: You can add as many additional non-card rewards as you want. For the most part, these do not affect any technical aspects of this competition. These must be place under a spoiler, however, as having many of these would fall under having too many fancy graphics.
• What are the real-life rewards?
  • You will earn the special silver card creator border and, as per tradition, you may accept an interview from the mod team that gets posted on the front page. Lastly, a small bundle of packs will be in order.

• Phase One, Wing One: January 4th — January 16th
  Voting period: January 16th — January 18th
• Phase Two, Wing Two:  January 18th — January 30th
  Voting period:  January 30th — February 1st
• Phase Three, Wing Three: February 1st — February 13th
  Voting period: February 13th — February 15th
• Phase Four, Wing Four: February 15th — February 27th
  Voting period: February 27th — February 29th
• Phase Five, Wing Five: February 29th — March 12th
  Voting period: February 12th — March 14th

To make sure that everything runs smoothly, we need to reserve the Submission Topic for submissions only. Everything else goes here. What is everything else, you might ask?

• Rules or Process. Do you have a question about the competition's process? Do you need clarification about one of the entry requirements? Are you not sure whether your entry adhered to the rules? Ask here!
• Feedback or Ideas. Do you have some ideas you'd like to run by others before settling on one? Do you need help balancing or wording your entry? Do you need help finding art that will fit your card? Or do you just want feedback from the community on your entry? You're in the right place! Remember, although you are allowed to make minor tweaks to your entry after you've submitted it, you're only allowed one submission per week, so make sure that you've settled on your card for sure beforehand.
• Discussion! Do you have thoughts on other people's entries? Are there directions you don't like that you're seeing too many people take? Or directions you'd like to see more people take? Would you like to help others and contribute to a greater community understanding of Hearthstone card design and balance? This is where you want to be!

All of that said, please refrain from the following:

• Posting TONS of Ideas. Discussion topics become an absolute mess if everybody is posting a dozen different ideas. Please post not more than 3 distinct ideas at a time. Any more than that and we'll have to delete your post.
• Advertising Your Entry. As a rule of thumb, please don't pop in here just to advertise your entry only to never be heard from again. This includes only asking short, generic questions like "Thoughts?" or "Do you think this is interesting?". Yes, getting feedback on your entry is one of the purposes of this topic, but we're not just here for other people to help you. We're here for you all to help each other. 
• Plagiarism. Many people post their ideas here before finalizing them in the submission topic. Directly plagiarizing those ideas to post in the submission topic yourself is absolutely not acceptable.