Abbiamo gia festeggiato la vittoria dei due premi conseguiti dall’italianissimo Bang!.
Ora esaminiamo la lista di tutti i vincitori della 2004 Origins International Game Expo a Columbus, per ogni categoria…
2003 Origins Awards Winners
Game of the Year: Indy HeroClix — WizKids
Abstract Board Game: Zendo — Looney Labs
Board Expansion: Zombies 3: Mallwalkers — Twilight Creations
Card Expansion: Game of Thrones: Fire & Ice Expansion — FFG
Fantasy Minis Rules: WarMachine — Privateer Press
Fantasy Minis Series: WarMachine — Privateer Press
Fiction, Long: Book of Final Flesh — Eden
Fiction, Short: Podo and the Magic Shield — WizKids
Fiction, Graphic: Everybody Loves Gilly — Dork Storm
Periodical: Dragon — Paizo
Book Design: Redhurst Academy of Magic — Human Head
Card Design: Bang! — Mayfair
Board Design: A Game of Thrones — FFG
Historical Board: Attack! — Eagle Games
Historical Minis Rules: El Cid — Warhammer Historical
Historical Minis Series: 28mm Ancient Celts — Renegade Miniatures
Minis Accessories or Terrain: Aurora Class Drop Ship — WizKids
PBM: Starweb — Flying Buffalo
RPG Adventure: Black Sails over Freeport — Green Ronin Publishing
RPG: Angel — Eden
RPG Supplement: Redhurst Academy of Magic — Human Head
Sci-Fi Minis Rules: Shadowrun Duels — WizKids
Sci-Fi Minis Series: Mechwarrior Liao Incursion — WizKids
TCG: .hack//ENEMY — Decipher
Traditional Board: A Game of Thrones — Fantasy Flight Games
Traditional Card: Bang! — Mayfair
Gamers’ Choice Awards
Board Game: A Game of Thrones Board Game — FFG
Card Game: Munchkin Fu — Steve Jackson
RPG: Savage Worlds — Pinnacle/Great White Games
Minis: War Machine — Privateer Press
Periodical: Knights of the Dinner Table — Kenzer & Company
PBM: Middle Earth Play-By-Mail — GSI
Game Aid: Bag o’ Zombies — Twilight Creations
Electronic: Pyramid Online — Steve Jackson
Historical: Settlers of the Stone Age — Mayfair
Per quanto la lista conti molti giochi famosi, Þ chiaro che la selezione ha premiato principalmente il mercato americano. Vi segnalo anche la lista delle nomination per avere un quadro completo della selezione.
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