by Will Hindmarch | Jun 18, 2011 | ARGs, awards, Board Games, Books, card games, Dice, Events, Fan Culture, MMOs, RPGs, Video Games
You have a single prize to award to one noun — person, place, thing, or event — in recognition of excellence in gaming for the previous year, from July 2010 to July 2011. This is a prize of celebration and recognition only. No trophy, no money, no stickers, no medals....
by Jeff Tidball | Apr 19, 2011 | awards, Hamlet's Hit Points
Last week, the Academy of Adventure Gaming Arts and Design announced their list of nominees for the 37th annual Origins Awards. Hamlet’s Hit Points is among four other titles nominated for best game-related publication, and we think that’s pretty damn...
by Will Hindmarch | Feb 7, 2011 | awards, Story, Video Games, Writing
The Writer’s Guild of America handed out its awards on Saturday night, including its prize for video-game writing. The winner: Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood from Ubisoft—Story by Patrice Desilets, Jeffrey Yohalem, Corey May; Lead Script Writer: Jeffrey...
by Jeff Tidball | Aug 6, 2010 | awards
On Wednesday evening at Jillian’s in Indianapolis, BoardGameGeek was deservedly awarded the Diana Jones Award for Excellence in Gaming among a field of nominees that included BoardGameGeek, board game Chaos in the Old World, and roleplaying games Kagematsu and...
by Jeff Tidball | Jul 9, 2010 | awards, Conventions
The nominees for the 2010 ENnie awards have been posted. These RPG-oriented awards do a good job of looking into some of the specific disciplines of RPG production (best writing, best production values) that more general hobby gaming awards like the Origins Awards...
by Jeff Tidball | Apr 2, 2010 | awards, Business
You’ve seen, probably, the recently released list of Origins Awards nominees for games released in 2009. I dig the Origins Awards. Congratulations to all of the fine nominees, many of whom are Friends of Gameplaywright. The Origins Awards are given annually by a...
