Diana Jones Award Winners

paz AKA Matt Lewis

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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

1. RPG Designer: Peter Adkison

paz AKA Matt Lewis

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United Kingdom
Great Sutton
Cheshire

All hail Lord Fudge!

[PFRPG PBF Games] GMing: Crypt of the Everflame, 2x We Be Goblins! · Playing: Vestige's Margreve 'Hollow', Bearpaw's Pathfinder Society

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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Posted Thu Sep 10, 2009 9:16 pm

2. RPG Item: Sorcerer [Average Rating:6.79 Overall Rank:1496]

paz AKA Matt Lewis

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United Kingdom
Great Sutton
Cheshire

All hail Lord Fudge!

[PFRPG PBF Games] GMing: Crypt of the Everflame, 2x We Be Goblins! · Playing: Vestige's Margreve 'Hollow', Bearpaw's Pathfinder Society

The second award was given to Sorcerer, by Ron Edwards. The game was cited as 'a marvel of RPG game design' and representative of 'the potential of the independent innovator in today’s RPG industry'.

Nominees:
De Profundis
The Dying Earth Roleplaying Game
Robin D. Laws

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Posted Thu Sep 10, 2009 9:34 pm

3. RPG Item: Nobilis (2nd edition) [Average Rating:7.94 Overall Rank:170]

paz AKA Matt Lewis

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United Kingdom
Great Sutton
Cheshire

All hail Lord Fudge!

[PFRPG PBF Games] GMing: Crypt of the Everflame, 2x We Be Goblins! · Playing: Vestige's Margreve 'Hollow', Bearpaw's Pathfinder Society

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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Posted Thu Sep 10, 2009 9:24 pm

4. Board Game Designer: Jordan Weisman

paz AKA Matt Lewis

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United Kingdom
Great Sutton
Cheshire

All hail Lord Fudge!

[PFRPG PBF Games] GMing: Crypt of the Everflame, 2x We Be Goblins! · Playing: Vestige's Margreve 'Hollow', Bearpaw's Pathfinder Society

The other winner was Jordan Weisman, who was given the award for his work as founder of FASA, FASA Interactive, and later Wizkids (publisher of Mage Knight).

Nominees:
Monte Cook
Neverwinter Nights
Nyambe: African Adventures
The Riddle of Steel
Unknown Armies

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Posted Thu Sep 10, 2009 9:27 pm

5. RPG Item: My Life with Master [Average Rating:7.44 Overall Rank:260]

paz AKA Matt Lewis

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United Kingdom
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Cheshire

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[PFRPG PBF Games] GMing: Crypt of the Everflame, 2x We Be Goblins! · Playing: Vestige's Margreve 'Hollow', Bearpaw's Pathfinder Society

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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Shanya Almafeta

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The Scandinavian Gaming Community?!

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6. Board Game: Ticket to Ride [Average Rating:7.49 Overall Rank:74]

paz AKA Matt Lewis

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United Kingdom
Great Sutton
Cheshire

All hail Lord Fudge!

[PFRPG PBF Games] GMing: Crypt of the Everflame, 2x We Be Goblins! · Playing: Vestige's Margreve 'Hollow', Bearpaw's Pathfinder Society

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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Posted Thu Sep 10, 2009 9:34 pm

Yoki Erdtman

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Sweden
Södertälje

Handsome devil huh?

Alright, I like Ticket to Ride, but how it could beat Dogs in the Vineyard I will never know?!

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7. Thread: Gaelcon 2008

paz AKA Matt Lewis

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The sixth award was given to the Irish Game Convention Charity Auctions, for raising huge amounts of money for good causes at conventions such as Gaelcon and Warpcon.

Nominees:
The Game Chef Contest
Magic: the Gathering 9th Edition
Perplex City
Spycraft 2.0
Twilight Struggle

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Posted Thu Sep 10, 2009 9:36 pm

8. RPG Item: The Great Pendragon Campaign [Average Rating:8.78 Overall Rank:8]

paz AKA Matt Lewis

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United Kingdom
Great Sutton
Cheshire

All hail Lord Fudge!

[PFRPG PBF Games] GMing: Crypt of the Everflame, 2x We Be Goblins! · Playing: Vestige's Margreve 'Hollow', Bearpaw's Pathfinder Society

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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Posted Thu Sep 10, 2009 9:40 pm

Brian Franzman

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Tacoma
Washington

Well-deserved! This is the supplement I've been waiting around for since the early 1990's, and it does not disappoint!

Posted Fri Sep 11, 2009 10:42 pm
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9. RPG Item: Grey Ranks [Average Rating:7.25 Overall Rank:688]

paz AKA Matt Lewis

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United Kingdom
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Cheshire

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[PFRPG PBF Games] GMing: Crypt of the Everflame, 2x We Be Goblins! · Playing: Vestige's Margreve 'Hollow', Bearpaw's Pathfinder Society

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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Posted Thu Sep 10, 2009 9:42 pm

10. Board Game Publisher: Open Design LLC

paz AKA Matt Lewis

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United Kingdom
Great Sutton
Cheshire

All hail Lord Fudge!

[PFRPG PBF Games] GMing: Crypt of the Everflame, 2x We Be Goblins! · Playing: Vestige's Margreve 'Hollow', Bearpaw's Pathfinder Society

The second 2008 winner was Open Design, along with its instigator Wolfgang Baur. The award was given both for their innovative 'patronage' approach, as well as the high quality of the products produced.

Nominees:
Canon Puncture
Child’s Play
Come Out and Play
Second Person: Role-Playing and Story in Games and Playable Media

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Posted Thu Sep 10, 2009 9:44 pm

11. Board Game: Dominion [Average Rating:7.95 Overall Rank:11]

paz AKA Matt Lewis

(parrais)

United Kingdom
Great Sutton
Cheshire

All hail Lord Fudge!

[PFRPG PBF Games] GMing: Crypt of the Everflame, 2x We Be Goblins! · Playing: Vestige's Margreve 'Hollow', Bearpaw's Pathfinder Society

The 2009 award went to the ingenious card game Dominion by Donald X. Vaccarino.

Nominees:
Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition
Jeepform
Mouse Guard Roleplaying Game
Sweet Agatha

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Posted Thu Sep 10, 2009 9:48 pm

12. Thread: BGG Wins Diana Jones Award

paz AKA Matt Lewis

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Cheshire

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[PFRPG PBF Games] GMing: Crypt of the Everflame, 2x We Be Goblins! · Playing: Vestige's Margreve 'Hollow', Bearpaw's Pathfinder Society

The 2010 award went to BoardGameGeek!

Nominees:
Chaos in the Old World
Kagematsu
Montsegur 1244

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Yoki Erdtman

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Sweden
Södertälje

Handsome devil huh?

Nice list Matt.

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Dominic Crapuchettes

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This overtext is brought to you by the abstract strategy game Battle of LITS and the number 20.

Yokiboy wrote:

Nice list Matt.

Agreed.

Thanks for posting this list. I had never heard of the award. It is pretty darn eclectic! (which I like)

Posted Fri Sep 11, 2009 3:18 pm
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paz AKA Matt Lewis

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All hail Lord Fudge!

[PFRPG PBF Games] GMing: Crypt of the Everflame, 2x We Be Goblins! · Playing: Vestige's Margreve 'Hollow', Bearpaw's Pathfinder Society

You're welcome! I guess the semi-secret nature of the committee means there is less impetus to appeal to the masses when choosing the winners.

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