Theory From the Closet

A punk perspective on tabletop RPG’s, their theory, and design.

Show032: 2007 Swinnies

So here’s that award show I promised. Here’s the Breakdown:

Best Actual Play:

  1. Burning Wheel (10)
  2. Inspectres (5), Don’t Rest Your Head (5)
  3. Act’s of Evil (3), Trollbabe (3), 44 (3), Panty Explosion (3), Agon (3), Dust Devils (3), Dogs in the Vineyard (3), Prime Time Adventures (3), Burning Empires (3), The Mountain Witch (3), Other Worlds (3)

Favorite game that the friends wouldn’t play, aka best read:

  1. Mountain Witch (6)
  2. It Was A Mutual Decision (5)
  3. Hero’s Banner (3), Death’s Door (3), Reign (3), Conspiracy of Shadows (3), Mob Justice(3), Inspectres (3), Schizonauts (3), Contenders (3), Burning Empires (3), Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay (3)

The Rising Phoenix, or game I hadn’t heard of last year, but am exciting about this finding out more this year:

  1. Perfect (6), Contenders (6)
  2. Best Friends (5)
  3. Polaris (3), Full Light Full Steam (3), Dogs in the Vineyard (3), Galactic (3), It Was A Mutual Decision (3)

The new game I’m most excited about:

  1. Poison’D (12)
  2. Steal Away Jordan (6)
  3. Grey Ranks (5), Savage Adventures of Solomon Kane (5), BW: The Blossoms are Falling (5)

Here’s a link to the Google spreadsheet that has all the vote tallies.

3 Comments

  1. Len
    11:00 pm on April 2nd, 2008

    Very interesting and informative award show.

    Strange that I have played MW numerouse times, but so many others have not. Maybe a regional thing? Makes Forge Con that much more interesting…

  2. clyde
    11:46 pm on April 2nd, 2008

    Hey Len,

    I’m not sure informative would be the term I would use. Heh. I wouldn’t read too much into these results, there really aren’t enough for any kind of statistical significance.

  3. Holy crap, Schizonauts!