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Diana Jones Award Winners
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Matt Lewis
United Kingdom
Ellesmere Port
Cheshire
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The Diana Jones Award is an annual award created to publicly acknowledge excellence in gaming. Each year's award acknowledges achievements in the previous year; the first award was presented at Gen Con 2001. The winner is decided by a committee of games industry figures, rather than by public vote. The trophy itself is a perspex pyramid containing the burnt remains of the last copy of the infamous Indiana Jones RPG (the letters 'Diana Jones' can still be made out on the ashes, giving the award its name) as well as two cardboard ‘Nazi™’ figures from that game.
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Posted Thu Sep 10, 2009 9:51 pm
Edited Wed Sep 9, 2009 4:47 am
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Matt Lewis
United Kingdom
Ellesmere Port
Cheshire
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The first award, presented in 2001, went to Peter Adkison, the founder and CEO of Wizards of the Coast. He was recognised for his massive influence on the industry, in particular by producing Magic: the Gathering and the Pokemon CCG, and by acquiring TSR, leading to the production of D&D 3rd Edition.
Nominees:
Dungeons & Dragons 3rd Edition
Mage Knight
Wizard's Attic
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RPG Item: Sorcerer
[Average Rating:6.36 Unranked]
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Matt Lewis
United Kingdom
Ellesmere Port
Cheshire
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The third award was shared, with two winners being named. One was the RPG Nobilis, by R. Sean Borgstrom. The game was praised for its excellent design and production values, as well as its treatment of matters such as love, loyalty and morality.
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Matt Lewis
United Kingdom
Ellesmere Port
Cheshire
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The 2004 award went to My Life with Master, by Paul Czege, for its innovative design elements, such as its narrative-oriented mechanics and closed-ended approach.
Nominees:
HeroQuest
Savage Worlds
The Scandinavian gaming community
True Dungeon
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Matt Lewis
United Kingdom
Ellesmere Port
Cheshire
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In 2005, the winner was Ticket to Ride, by Alan Moon. The award was given for the game having simple rules yet challenging strategy, along with high production values. It was described as 'the best introduction to the pleasure of playing board games in years'.
Nominees:
Code of Unaris
Dogs in the Vineyard
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Matt Lewis
United Kingdom
Ellesmere Port
Cheshire
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The 2007 winner was The Great Pendragon Campaign by Greg Stafford. The award was given for the product's stunning scale and detail; it was cited as 'a triumph of Arthurian art in its own right'.
Nominees:
Pieces of Eight
Stefan Pokorny
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Matt Lewis
United Kingdom
Ellesmere Port
Cheshire
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The 2008 award was again shared. The first winner was Grey Ranks, Jason Morningstar's RPG of the 1944 Warsaw Uprising. It won for its mature themes and its excellent rules design.
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Board Game: Dominion
[Average Rating:8.05 Overall Rank:6]
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Posted Thu Sep 10, 2009 9:16 pm
Södertälje
Bethesda
MD
Agreed.
Thanks for posting this list. I had never heard of the award. It is pretty darn eclectic! (which I like)
Ellesmere Port
Cheshire