Comments on: Diana Jones Award Party https://www.forbeck.com/2006/07/29/diana-jones-award-party-2/ Award-winning & New York Times-bestselling author and game designer Sat, 12 Aug 2006 09:46:01 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: Matt Forbeck https://www.forbeck.com/2006/07/29/diana-jones-award-party-2/#comment-3646 Sat, 12 Aug 2006 09:46:01 +0000 http://www.forbeck.com/?p=669#comment-3646 It went to the Irish Gaming Convention Charity Auctions. More later on the DJA site and in my con report.

]]> By: Matt Forbeck https://www.forbeck.com/2006/07/29/diana-jones-award-party-2/#comment-50340 Sat, 12 Aug 2006 09:46:00 +0000 http://www.forbeck.com/?p=669#comment-50340 It went to the Irish Gaming Convention Charity Auctions. More later on the DJA site and in my con report.

]]> By: asg https://www.forbeck.com/2006/07/29/diana-jones-award-party-2/#comment-3645 Fri, 11 Aug 2006 23:13:46 +0000 http://www.forbeck.com/?p=669#comment-3645 So who won it this year?

]]> By: asg https://www.forbeck.com/2006/07/29/diana-jones-award-party-2/#comment-50339 Fri, 11 Aug 2006 23:13:00 +0000 http://www.forbeck.com/?p=669#comment-50339 So who won it this year?

]]> By: Matt Forbeck https://www.forbeck.com/2006/07/29/diana-jones-award-party-2/#comment-3595 Tue, 01 Aug 2006 02:11:54 +0000 http://www.forbeck.com/?p=669#comment-3595 Christian, I understand your concerns about the DJA committee’s secrecy, but here’s the rub: as a whole, we don’t much care if anyone pays attention to the awards. They’re mostly an excuse for a group of professionals to chat about the best games of the year and then have a party at Gen Con. We try not to take ourselves or the award too seriously, although we do put a great number of keystrokes into discussing it.

]]> By: Matt Forbeck https://www.forbeck.com/2006/07/29/diana-jones-award-party-2/#comment-50338 Tue, 01 Aug 2006 02:11:00 +0000 http://www.forbeck.com/?p=669#comment-50338 Christian, I understand your concerns about the DJA committee’s secrecy, but here’s the rub: as a whole, we don’t much care if anyone pays attention to the awards. They’re mostly an excuse for a group of professionals to chat about the best games of the year and then have a party at Gen Con. We try not to take ourselves or the award too seriously, although we do put a great number of keystrokes into discussing it.

]]> By: Christian Johnson https://www.forbeck.com/2006/07/29/diana-jones-award-party-2/#comment-3594 Mon, 31 Jul 2006 21:50:11 +0000 http://www.forbeck.com/?p=669#comment-3594 Before I sound like I am coming off as snarky, let me say that I think that the Diana Jones Award is a very good idea. I think we need more awards given out by industry professionals. There is a reason, or at least there is supposed to be, that there are the Oscars and the People’s Choice Awards. One is supposed to be merit and the other popularity.

This, and what I will be snarky about, are stated as goals of the Diana Jones Award on the website you link. “The Diana Jones Award is decided on merit, not popularity or commercial success.” When you add to that the secrecy/selection criteria of the committee “It is up to each member of the judging committee to decide whether they will reveal their membership, but the full membership list will not be made public. Most of the members of the Diana Jones judging committee are anonymous, but Peter Adkison, Matt Forbeck, John Kovalic and James Wallis have all revealed their membership.” It can lead one to wonder just how pretentious/snobby/undemocratic the group is.

That is until you read a description of the physical Award itself. “The trophy is a four-sided pyramid made of Perspex, standing ten centimetres high and mounted on a wooden base. Sealed within the Perspex are the burnt remains of the last copy of the Indiana Jones RPG, including two still-recognizable cardboard ’Naziâ„¢’ figures, as recorded in gaming folklore.” Comic Gold. Very funny indeed.

I only have one critique. I own a copy of the Indiana Jones Roleplaying Game, I have run sessions of the Indiana Jones Roleplaying Game, and of the nominees none are an Indiana Jones Roleplaying Game.

]]> By: Christian Johnson https://www.forbeck.com/2006/07/29/diana-jones-award-party-2/#comment-50337 Mon, 31 Jul 2006 21:50:00 +0000 http://www.forbeck.com/?p=669#comment-50337 Before I sound like I am coming off as snarky, let me say that I think that the Diana Jones Award is a very good idea. I think we need more awards given out by industry professionals. There is a reason, or at least there is supposed to be, that there are the Oscars and the People’s Choice Awards. One is supposed to be merit and the other popularity.

This, and what I will be snarky about, are stated as goals of the Diana Jones Award on the website you link. “The Diana Jones Award is decided on merit, not popularity or commercial success.” When you add to that the secrecy/selection criteria of the committee “It is up to each member of the judging committee to decide whether they will reveal their membership, but the full membership list will not be made public. Most of the members of the Diana Jones judging committee are anonymous, but Peter Adkison, Matt Forbeck, John Kovalic and James Wallis have all revealed their membership.” It can lead one to wonder just how pretentious/snobby/undemocratic the group is.

That is until you read a description of the physical Award itself. “The trophy is a four-sided pyramid made of Perspex, standing ten centimetres high and mounted on a wooden base. Sealed within the Perspex are the burnt remains of the last copy of the Indiana Jones RPG, including two still-recognizable cardboard ’Naziâ„¢’ figures, as recorded in gaming folklore.” Comic Gold. Very funny indeed.

I only have one critique. I own a copy of the Indiana Jones Roleplaying Game, I have run sessions of the Indiana Jones Roleplaying Game, and of the nominees none are an Indiana Jones Roleplaying Game.

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