FftD is a semifinalist to the 2007 Origins Award

[Black Cat]

This is a news release:

The Academy of Adventure Gaming Arts and Design (AAGAD) and the Game Manufacturers Association (GAMA) proudly announce the semi-finalists in all categories for the 34th Origins Awards.

“It was a good year for the Origins awards,” said Phil Lacefield Jr., chairman of the AAGAD. “We had plenty of contenders across the board. The jury members did a great job.”

“The Origins Awards give our industry a chance to reward excellence in all facets of gaming,” said Anthony Gallela, GAMA’s executive director. “The award categories recognize games of all types, as well as fiction, non-fiction, magazines, comics, and more.”

Juries of subject matter experts in each award category selected the semifinalists from all submitted products. They narrowed the field for their category to the top 10 selections (or fewer, depending on the number of total submissions).

Starting with the semifinalist list, game retailer attendees at this week’s GAMA Trade Show in Las Vegas will select up to five finalists in each award category. From those finalists, attendees at the Origins Game Fair and members of the Academy of Adventure Gaming Arts and Design will select the ultimate winners of the 34th Origins Awards.

This year’s winners will be announced during the Origins Awards ceremony at the Origins Game Fair in Columbus, Ohio, on Saturday, June 28, at 8:00 p.m.

Submissions for 35th Origins Awards will open soon. Watch www.originsgamefair.com/aagad/submission for updates and submission forms. The final submission deadline for the 35th Origins Awards is January 15, 2009. No extensions will be given past this date! It is perfectly acceptable to submit games as they are released throughout the year.

For more information about the Origins Game Fair, visit www.originsgamefair.com. To learn more about the Academy of Adventure Gaming Arts and Design, please visit www.originsgamefair.com/aagad.

The new version of Flight from the Dark is among the semifinalists in the category of Publication, fiction among other titles:

• Astounding Hero Tales (Hero Games, Edited by James Lowder)
  
  
• Dragons of the Highlord Skies (Wizards of the Coast, Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman)
  
  
• Duty Calls (Games Workshop, Sandy Mitchell)
  
  
• Fire at Will (Roc, Blaine Lee Pardoe)
  
  
• Flight From the Dark (Mongoose Publishing, Joe Dever)
  
  
• Frontier Cthulhu (Chaosium, Edited by William Jones)
  
  
• The Orc King (Wizards of the Coast, R.A. Salvatore)
  
  
• Ravenor Rogue (Games Workshop, Dan Abnett)
  
  
• The Shae Mutiny, (from No Quarter #11, Privateer Press, Doug Seacat)
  
  
• The Time Curse (Margaret Weis Productions, James M. Ward)
  

So, if the people vote for it this week in Vegas, FftD will be a finalist for the Origins Award to be handed out in June.

[Black Cat]

Update: Sadly, FftD has not made the cut and therefore is not a Finalist for this weekend's Origins Awards. Well, there's always next year, hey?

[Doomy]

So what books are allegedly superior?

[Black Cat]

Astounding Hero Tales
Published by Hero Games
Edited by James Lowder

Dragons of the Highlord Skies
Published by Wizards of the Coast
Written by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman

Frontier Cthulhu
Published by Chaosium
Edited by William Jones

The Orc King
Published by Wizards of the Coast
Written by R.A. Salvatore

The Time Curse
Published by Margaret Weis Productions
Written by James M. Ward

[crymson]

And the winner is... Astounding Hero Tales.

Pity FftD didn't make the finals. It was my winner!

[Black Cat]

Like I said, there is always next year with the novels, the RPG and the other gamebooks.