There's definitely some that get a big WTF from me, but there's more that I just wasn't even aware of.
I'm very happy to see Catalyst Game Labs walk away with 2 awards - especially for getting 1 for a BattleTech expansion. I'm cool with Paradigm getting the big kahuna of RPG awards -always liked their Witch Hunter stuff amongst others- but I was actually pulling for The One Ring. Despite my really liking and GM'ing the Dragon Age PnP sytem, IMO Set 2 getting nominated for best RP Supplement or Adventure is a joke. For crying out loud it's the 2nd set/stage of the core rules with the 3rd still yet to come! How's it a supplement or adventure? Me thinks the nominators and voters need a littler reeducating.
I'm also wondering how the hell Gears of War The Board Bame didn't even get a nomination for best new boardgame.
Best Roleplaying Game •WINNER:
Arcanis - Paradigm Concepts
•Abney Park’s Airship Pirates - Cubicle 7 Entertainment
•Ashen Stars - Pelgrane Press
•Leverage: The RPG - Margaret Weis Productions
•The One Ring - Cubicle 7 Entertainment
Best Roleplaying Supplement or Adventure •WINNER:
Shadows Over Scotland (Call of Cthulhu) - Cubicle 7 Entertainment
•Bookhounds of London (Trail of Cthulhu) - Pelgrane Press
•Dragon Age, Set 2 (Dragon Age) - Green Ronin Publishing
•The Great Clans (L5R 4th Edition) - AEG
•Monster Vault (D&D 4E) - Wizards of the Coast
Best Board Game •WINNER:
Conquest of Nerath - Wizards of the Coast
•Automobile - Mayfair Games
•Hibernia - Closet Nerd
•High Noon Saloon - Slugfest Games
•Pastiche - Gryphon Games
Best Traditional Card Game •WINNER:
NUTS! - Wildfire LLC
•Cthulhu Gloom - Atlas Games
•Red Dragon Inn 3 - Slugfest Games
•Star Trek Deck Building Game - BANDAI
•Struggle for Catan - Mayfair Games
Best Family, Party or Children’s Game •WINNER:
Get Bit! - Mayday Games
•BEARS! - Fireside Games
•Faux∙Cabulary - Out of the Box Publishing
•Scavengers - Zombie State Games
•Space Mission - Schmidt Spiele
Best Miniatures Figure or Line •WINNER:
Storm Strider - Privateer Press
•Forge Father Huscarl - Mantic
•Giant Sized X-Men Heroclix - Wizkids/NECA
•St. Luke - Dark Age
•Zombie Wedding Party - Studio Miniatures
Best Miniatures Rules or Expansion •WINNER:
Battletech: The Wars of Reaving - Catalyst Game Labs
•Carnevale: The Miniatures Game - Vesper-on Games
•Light Bikes - Glory Games
•Street Fighter Starter Set - Wizkids/NECA
•Tomorrow’s War - Osprey Publishing/Ambush Alley Games
•Warmachine: Wrath - Privateer Press
Best Collectible Card Game or Expansion •WINNER:
Magic the Gathering: Innistrad - Wizards of the Coast
•Legend of the Five Rings: Second City - AEG
•Pokemon Black & White: Emerging Powers - Nintendo
•World of Warcraft: Dungeon Decks - Cryptozoic Entertainment
•World of Warcraft: The Throne of the Tides - Cryptozoic Entertainment
Best Game Accessory •WINNER:
Shadowrun Runner's Toolkit - Catalyst Game Labs
•Dungeon Tiles: The Witchlight Fens - Wizards of the Coast
•Dice Earrings - GameScience
•Dungeon Masters Keep - Gale Force Nine
•Munchkin Zombies 2: Armed & Dangerous - Steve Jackson Games
Best Game-Related Publication •WINNER:
The Kobold Guide to Board Game Design - Open Design LLC
•Cliffourd the Big Red God - Atlas Games
•Designers & Dragons - Mongoose Publishing
•Untold Adventures - Wizards of the Coast
•Everything I Need to Know I Learned From Dungeons & Dragons - Wizards of the Coast
Best Historical Board Game •WINNER:
Strike of the Eagle - Academy Games
•Test of Fire: Bull Run 1861 - Mayfair Games
•Band of Brothers: Screaming Eagles - Worthington Games
•Lost Battles - Fifth Column Games
•No Retreat! The Russian Front - GMT
•World War II Barbarossa 1941 - Zvesda
Best Historical Miniatures Rules or Expansion •WINNER:
Flames of War: Cassino - Battlefront Miniatures Ltd.
•SAGA - Gripping Beast
•Waterloo - Warhammer Historical
•Command Combat: Civil War 1861 - Bandwagon Books
•Force on Force, 2nd Edition - Osprey Publishing/Ambush Alley Games
•Hail Caesar! - Warlord
Best Historical Miniatures Figure or Line •WINNER:
Bolt Action WW2 - Warlord Games
•Italian Wars - Wargames Foundry
•Sudan 1881-1885 - Perry Miniatures
•Napoleon at War - Man at War
•Tropic Lightning Vietnam War - Battlefront Miniatures Ltd.
•Anglo Zulu War - Empress Miniatures
Best Play by Mail or Correspondence Game •WINNER:
Heroic Fantasy - Flying Buffalo Inc.
•Continental Rails - Production R Danard
•Hyborian War - Reality Simulations Inc
•Phoenix: Beyond the Stellar Empire - KJC Games
•Cruenti Dei - Sardarthion Press
