Out of Character

We’re back from Origins with a bunch of news and updates. We had an absolute blast with our podcasting friends. The high point is always visiting and socializing with our friends in the industry. One of the opportunities to do that was at a party hosted by Barfleet. This followed the Origins Awards ceremony. We want to offer our congratulations to the winners:

• Miniatures Game or Expansion of the year: HORDES: Monstrous Miniatures Combat by Privateer Press
• Miniature of Miniatures Line of the Year: Colossal Red Dragon by Wizards of the Coast
• Non-Collectable Card Game of Expansion of the Year: Munchkin Impossible by Steve Jackson Games
• Origins Vanguard Award: Pieces of Eight by Atlas Games and Harpoon 3 by Matrix Games
• CGG or Expansion of the Year: Pirates: Davy Jones' Curse by WizKids
• Historical Miniature Game of the Year: Vlad the Impaler by Warhammer Historical
• Historical Miniatures Line of the Year: 40mm American Civil War line by Sash and Saber
• Historical Board Game of the Year: Command & Colors Ancients by GMT Games
• Origins Hall of Fame Inductees: Jonathan Tweet and Alan R. Moon
• Origins Hall of Fame Inductees: Pendragon and Napoleon's Battles
• Play by Mail/Email Game of the Year: Starweb by Flying Buffalo Inc
• Non-Fiction Publication of the Year: Dragon Magazine by Paizo Publishing
• Fiction Publication of the Year: Dungeon Magazine by Paizo Publishing
• Game Accessory of the Year: Settlers of Catan Event Deck by Mayfair Games
• Roleplaying Game Supplement of the Year: Deadlands Reloaded by Pinnacle /Great White Games
• Roleplaying Game of the Year: Burning Empires by Burning Wheel
• Board Game or Expansion of the Year: Treehouse by Looney Labs

We returned home to find the ENnies nominees in our inbox. We want to wish everyone a sincere congratulations for making the list and wish good luck to all. The nominees are Fear the Boot, Have Games, Will Travel, Godzilla Gaming, Sons of Kryos, and Yog Sothoth Radio. As for ourselves, we received honorable mention.

During our feedback segment, Meeple People was mentioned.

Jeff and Caroline (Gamer: The Podcasting) join us to talk about TerrorWerks. They teamed up with PST Productions to do a live event inside of a constructed space station.

A good portion of the time at Origins was spent interviewing, promoting podcasts, and helping Bo with High School Drama. Apart from all of that, we also talked some on today’s show about Fluxx.

We will be recording once more before Gen Con. Make sure to load your mp3 player for the trip!