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[bryant]

I'm running out of elliptical titles for posts about awards. Ah well.

Um, yeah, the Origins Awards. I didn't game much this last year. That won't stop me from commenting, though!

I see, among the Best RPG nominees: five licensed games. Well, four; I don't think it counts as a license when the same person is writing both the original text (Artesia) and the RPG. Four out of the five use existing systems, with varying degrees of adaptation to the world.

No Dogs in the Vineyard.

There's a lot of creativity in every RPG, licensed or not, original mechanics or not. I can't believe that a bunch of licenses based on existing mechanics represents the most creative stuff the industry has to offer, though.

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[head58.livejournal.com]

Do the awards criteria say anything about "most creative stuff the industry has to offer"? That's hardly ever the true criteria for awards in any field.

My snarky comments though:

No Truth & Justice? That's a crime.
Why is Mage considered a supplement and not an actual RPG?
Shadows over Camelot for board game? I hate that game and hope it gets crushed/I love that game and hope it wins.
You should game more in 2006. Like, starting in my supers game tonight. Yeah.

[jadasc.livejournal.com]

Why is Mage considered a supplement and not an actual RPG?

Technicality. In order to be considered in the games category, you have to be playable using the nominated product alone. Since Mage requires the WoD core book, released in 2004, it's technically a supplement to that game. World of Warcraft is an OGL standalone product, so it gets to be a game.

[robin-d-laws.livejournal.com]

Wasn't Dogs a 2004 release? It won the 2005 Diana Jones Award.

[bryant]

Hm, was it? I know the ashcan was at Gencon '04. So... yes, I think it was. Absolved!

[iamnikchick.livejournal.com]

Indeed. In fact, you can see exactly how many jury points it received: 2005 Jury Report

[blacksnail.livejournal.com]

Hey Bryant! Long time no see!

[bryant]

Hey, dude! How's tricks?

[blacksnail.livejournal.com]

Decent. Hanging out in DC, gettin' by. Exalted 2nd comes out next week and I'm waitin' on my copies.

How about yourself?

[chadu.livejournal.com]

No Truth & Justice? That's a crime.

You are a scholar and a gennelmun. Thank you for the kind words.

As I did send in the requisite copies for consideration, I'll be interested to see the Jury Report for this year.


CU

[blacksnail.livejournal.com]

The trick is to slip a $5 bill into each copy at about page 6/7. This is usually about as far as the recent Juries ever seem to get during the winnowing phase.