Post by Gilvan Blight on Aug 3, 2006 20:52:02 GMT -5
Ogre's Cave is a website dedicated to non-console, non-computer games and has made quite a name for themselves. They make my little corner of the net seem like a speck of dust
Every year pretty much just after the Origins awards and just before the ENies (GenCon) awards they put out their yearly list.
And here it is:
2006 Ogre's Choice Awards
Winners and Runners Up
Best Miniatures Game
Infinity: the Game (Releases throughout the year of 2005) (Corvus Belli)
Hordes (Privateer Press)
Confrontation, 3rd edition (Rackham)
*** WINNER: Infinity (Corvus Belli) ***
Best Roleplaying Game
Artesia (Arcaia Studios Press)
True 20 (Green Ronin Publishing)
A Game of Thrones (Guardians of Order)
*** WINNER: True 20 (Green Ronin Publishing) ***
Best RPG Supplement
Shackled City Campaign (Paizo Publishing, LLC)
Perplex City (Mind Candy Design)
Player's Handbook 2 (Wizards of the Coast)
*** WINNER: Player's Handbook 2 (Wizards of the Coast) ***
Best Boardgame
Fury of Dracula (Fantasy Flight Games)
Caylus (Rio Grande Games)
Vegas Showdown (Avalon Hill)
*** WINNER: Caylus (Rio Grande Games) ***
Best Card Game
The Shab-Al_Hiri Roach (Jason Morningstar, Buley Pulpit Games)
Perplex City (Mind Candy Design)
Paranoia Mandatory Bonus Fun Card Game (Mongoose Publishing)
Battleground: Fantasy Warfare (Your Move Games, Inc.)
*** WINNER: Perplex City (Mind Candy Design) ***
Best Collectible Game
Pirates of the Spanish Main, continued releases for (WizKids Games, LLC)
D&D Miniatures (Wizards of the Coast)
Star Wars Miniatures (Wizards of the Coast)
Magic the Gathering: Ravnica (Wizards of the Coast)
*** WINNER: Pirates (WizKids Games, LLC) ***
Best Accessory
Gale Force 9 products (The Whine and Cheese Counters, Island Terrain sets, Pirates mat, etc)
The Cheap and Cheesy Adventure Generator aka the "Clinton Oracle" (Vincent Baker and Clinton R. Nixon)
Game Mastery: Map packs (Paizo Publishing)
*** WINNER: Island Terrain Set #1 (Gale Force 9) ***
Most Influential
Indie Press Revolution
WizKids
*** WINNER: Indie Press Revolution ***
State of the Industry Award
Awarded to a trend in the industry, as proven by specific examples.
Really poor product-demand predictions: Caylus (Rio Grande Games);
Battlestar Galactica CCG (WizKids)
Sluggish CCG market: Hecatomb (Wizards of the Coast)
*** WINNER: Really poor product-demand predictions
Proof: Caylus (Rio Grande Games) being underprinted; Battlestar Galactica CCG (WizKids) selling poorly, despite license ***
Check out their cave here:
www.ogrecave.com
Every year pretty much just after the Origins awards and just before the ENies (GenCon) awards they put out their yearly list.
And here it is:
2006 Ogre's Choice Awards
Winners and Runners Up
Best Miniatures Game
Infinity: the Game (Releases throughout the year of 2005) (Corvus Belli)
Hordes (Privateer Press)
Confrontation, 3rd edition (Rackham)
*** WINNER: Infinity (Corvus Belli) ***
Best Roleplaying Game
Artesia (Arcaia Studios Press)
True 20 (Green Ronin Publishing)
A Game of Thrones (Guardians of Order)
*** WINNER: True 20 (Green Ronin Publishing) ***
Best RPG Supplement
Shackled City Campaign (Paizo Publishing, LLC)
Perplex City (Mind Candy Design)
Player's Handbook 2 (Wizards of the Coast)
*** WINNER: Player's Handbook 2 (Wizards of the Coast) ***
Best Boardgame
Fury of Dracula (Fantasy Flight Games)
Caylus (Rio Grande Games)
Vegas Showdown (Avalon Hill)
*** WINNER: Caylus (Rio Grande Games) ***
Best Card Game
The Shab-Al_Hiri Roach (Jason Morningstar, Buley Pulpit Games)
Perplex City (Mind Candy Design)
Paranoia Mandatory Bonus Fun Card Game (Mongoose Publishing)
Battleground: Fantasy Warfare (Your Move Games, Inc.)
*** WINNER: Perplex City (Mind Candy Design) ***
Best Collectible Game
Pirates of the Spanish Main, continued releases for (WizKids Games, LLC)
D&D Miniatures (Wizards of the Coast)
Star Wars Miniatures (Wizards of the Coast)
Magic the Gathering: Ravnica (Wizards of the Coast)
*** WINNER: Pirates (WizKids Games, LLC) ***
Best Accessory
Gale Force 9 products (The Whine and Cheese Counters, Island Terrain sets, Pirates mat, etc)
The Cheap and Cheesy Adventure Generator aka the "Clinton Oracle" (Vincent Baker and Clinton R. Nixon)
Game Mastery: Map packs (Paizo Publishing)
*** WINNER: Island Terrain Set #1 (Gale Force 9) ***
Most Influential
Indie Press Revolution
WizKids
*** WINNER: Indie Press Revolution ***
State of the Industry Award
Awarded to a trend in the industry, as proven by specific examples.
Really poor product-demand predictions: Caylus (Rio Grande Games);
Battlestar Galactica CCG (WizKids)
Sluggish CCG market: Hecatomb (Wizards of the Coast)
*** WINNER: Really poor product-demand predictions
Proof: Caylus (Rio Grande Games) being underprinted; Battlestar Galactica CCG (WizKids) selling poorly, despite license ***
Check out their cave here:
www.ogrecave.com