Odd way of doing an award

[karohemd]

muskrat_john just posted the winner of the Diana Jones Award for Excellence in Gaming: Ticket to Ride.
Oddly, the other two contenders were an RPG (Dogs in the Vineyard) and a online chat RPG (Code of Unaris).
Those are three completely different types of games you can't really compare which makes it a bit unfair, IMHO.

It's like giving an award for the best item of clothing and the shortlist consists of a pair of boots, a lumberjack shirt and a pair of combat trousers.

Comments

[angusabranson.livejournal.com]

Depending on the boots they'd get my vote. Combat trousers second.

[feanelwa.livejournal.com]

Combat trousers win every time, you can't keep your stuff in the others.

[eddyfate.livejournal.com]

Well, the "online chat RPG" is actually a book. It's just a system that's geared to be USED via online chat. But yes, two RPGs against a board game is a bit odd.

[gbsteve.livejournal.com]

Last year they had 4 rpgs (3 tabletop, 1 LARP) up against the Scandanavian Gaming Community. I don't know who would have picked up the award had the Scandanavians won.

But I don't mind, I like the crazy mixed up idealism of the whole thing. It's more fun than the Origins, at least the Diana Jones people have an award ceremony.

[kyrthira.livejournal.com]

But what kind of boots?

[jholloway.livejournal.com]

Unaris, rather than Uranus. But yeah.

[karohemd.livejournal.com]

Heh, I only copied and pasted...