The 2006 Gone Gaming: Board Game Internet Awards nominations are now closed. A big thank you to everyone who participated in the nomination process. You have nominated a diverse range of excellent material. The nominations in each category are listed below.If your site was nominated, you may display the "Nominee" image here on your site as follows:
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Some nominations were not in the correct category, and I moved these to a more appropriate category.
The Gone Gaming staff will now retreat to our secret location to discuss and vote on our picks for each category. The results will be published around January 13, 2006. Good luck to all nominees.
The valid nominations are as follows:
Best Game Resource Site:
AxisandAllies.org
http://www.axisandallies.org
Board Game Awards
http://boardgameawards.blogspot.com
BoardGameGeek
http://www.boardgamegeek.com
Boardgame News
http://www.boardgamenews.com
Bruno Faidutti's Game Site
http://www.faidutti.com
Rick Heli's Spotlight on Games
http://spotlightongames.com
Best Game Publisher Site:
Days of Wonder
http://www.daysofwonder.com
Edge Entertainment
http://www.edgeent.com
Fantasy Flight Games
http://www.fantasyflightgames.com
Mayfair Games
http://www.mayfairgames.com
Wizards of the Coast (and Avalon Hill)
http://www.wizards.com
Z-Man Games
http://www.zmangames.com
Best Game Club Site:
Columbia Strategic Simulation Society
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/csss
East Tennessee Gamers
http://www.easttennesseegamers.com
Long Island Boardgaming Organization
http://www.libogroup.com
San Antonio Board Gamers
http://saboardgamers.blogspot.com
Best Online Game Magazine:
INDEPTH
http://www.libogroup.com/indepth.htm
Journal of Boardgame Design
http://www.jbdgames.blogspot.com
Best Online Gaming Site:
BrettspielWelt
http://www.brettspielwelt.de
FlexGames
http://www.flexgames.com
Little Golem
http://www.littlegolem.net
MaBi Web
http://www.mabiweb.com
SpielByWeb
http://www.spielbyweb.com
Super Duper Games
http://www.superdupergames.org
Best Game Blog:
Boardgame Cafe Community
http://boardgamecafe.net/community/blogs/default.aspx?GroupID=6
Chris Farrel's Gaming Blog
http://homepage.mac.com/c_farrell/iblog
Gamer's Mind
http://ekted.blogspot.com
Gamer's Notebook
http://www.funagain.com/control/viewblog?contentBlogId=1
Gathering of Engineers
http://pdxgaming.blogspot.com
Journal of Boardgame Design
http://jbdgames.blogspot.com
Mike Doyle's Art Play
http://mdoyle.blogspot.com
Musings and Mental Meanderings
http://www.thesmerf.com/blog
NYC Gamer
http://www.columbia.edu/~tir2101/nycgamer.html
Pawnstar
http://fellonmyhead.blogspot.com
Playing With Myself
http://sologamer.blogspot.com
The Tao of Gaming
http://gaming.powerblogs.com
Yehuda
http://jergames.blogspot.com
Best Game Podcast/Videocast:
Boardgame Babylon
http://boardgamebabylon.libsyn.com
Boardgames to Go
http://boardgamestogo.com/
Board Games With Scott
http://www.boardgameswithscott.com
Garrett's Games & Geekiness
http://www.garrettsgames.com
Into the Gamescape
http://www.thegamescape.co.uk
Point 2 Point
http://point2pointsource.com
Roll 2d6
http://www.roll2d6.com
The Dice Tower
http://www.thedicetower.com
Best New Site (2006):
Board Game Awards
http://boardgameawards.blogspot.com
Board Games - Creation And Play
http://creationandplay.blogspot.com
Gamer's Notebook
http://www.funagain.com/control/viewblog?contentBlogId=1
Journal of Boardgame Design
http://jbdgames.blogspot.com
Mike Doyle's Art Play
http://mdoyle.blogspot.com/
NYC Gamer
http://www.columbia.edu/~tir2101/nycgamer.html
The Battlelore blog
http://blog.battlelore.com
Best Strategy Article (2006):
Board Game Geek
A Treatise On Dice Rolling Strategy
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/thread/114580
Board Game Geek
Probability and Game Theory
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/thread/124805
The Tao of Gaming
6,000 Words about Caylus
http://gaming.powerblogs.com/posts/1136415294.shtml
Best Review Article (2006):
AxisandAllies.org
Axis & Allies: D-Day Review
http://www.axisandallies.org/node/15
Board Game Geek
Perikles: First Play, First Impressions
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/thread/130493
Board Game Geek
Carcassonne as heavy as Tigris and Caylus?!
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/thread/133252
Board Game Geek
Friese’s Fiddly Funkenschlag Flop
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/thread/136370
Board Game Geek
What's all this then?
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/thread/119271
Board Game Geek
Deflexion vs. Laser Battle
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/thread/120826
Cameron Turner
Miscellaneous Musings - 11 Best Geek Board Games
http://www.camturner.com/archives/11-best-geek-board-games
Gamer's Notebook
Emira and Canal Mania
http://www.funagain.com/control/viewblogpost?contentBlogPostId=10030&contentBlogId=1
Pawnstar
Canal Mania - An Overview
http://fellonmyhead.blogspot.com/2006/07/canal-mania-overview.html
Best Session Report (2006):
Board Game Geek
Pappenheimer Surprise (Wallenstein)
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/thread/135957
Board Game Geek
Heart stopping action and excitement
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/thread/94166
Board Game Geek
A Session with the Doctor (Poisson d'Avril)
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/thread/129537
Board Game Geek
So You Think I Can't Dance?
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/thread/123409
Board Game Geek
How To Play Doom Like A Girl!
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/thread/101526
Board Game Geek
Once more into the blocks, dear friends.
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/thread/94155
Board Game Geek
A Round of Torture Followed by a Round of Carcassonne
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/thread/93324
Board Game Geek
Starting a Game of Caylus
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/thread/94332
Tom Vasel
Invasion of the Little People
http://www.thedicetower.com/blog/index.php?/archives/26-Invasion-of-the-Little-People.html
Best Industry Article (2006):
Board Game Geek
Board Game Geek Gift Guide
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/wiki/page/Gift_Guide
Board Game Geek
Essen - Reflections on New Releases
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/thread/132001
Board Game Geek
So You've Always Wanted to Know What an 18xx Game is Like
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/thread/99300
Board Game Geek
How to Ask for a Wargame Recommendation
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/thread/111674
Board Game News
The Unknown, the Mysterious, the Unexplainable / Verticon
http://www.boardgamenews.com/index.php/boardgamenews/comments/frank_branham_the_unknown_the_mysterious_the_unexplainable
Boardgamers' Pastime
Fill in the Blank
http://boardgamerspastime.com/?p=33
Chris Farrell
Revisiting Republic of Rome
http://homepage.mac.com/c_farrell/iblog/C2097221587/E20061004171213/index.html
Chris Farrell
Ra vs. Beowulf
http://homepage.mac.com/c_farrell/iblog/C2097221587/E20060726170425/index.html
Chris Farrell
Here I Stand and Big Decks
http://homepage.mac.com/c_farrell/iblog/C1070818615/E20060501180817/index.html
Gamer's Mind
So You Play Games?
http://ekted.blogspot.com/2006/08/so-you-play-games.html
Gamer's Notebook
Essen 2006 Report
http://www.funagain.com/control/viewblogpost?contentBlogPostId=10041&contentBlogId=1
Journal of Board Game Design
Taking Care of Business Games
http://jbdgames.blogspot.com/2006/04/taking-care-of-business-games.html
King Lud IC
Calvin and Hobbes Blur The Magic Square
http://kingludic.blogspot.com/2006/06/calvin-and-hobbes-blur-magic-square.html
My Play
An Introduction to Elegance
http://linnaeus.wordpress.com/2006/08/14/an-introduction-to-elegance
The Tao of Gaming
A theory of semi-cooperative games, applied to Shadows over Camelot
http://gaming.powerblogs.com/posts/1142104317.shtml
Yehuda
Learn to Love Board Games Again: 100+ Ways to Rejuvenate the Games You Already Own
http://jergames.blogspot.com/2006/10/learn-to-love-board-games-again100.html
Yehuda
No Thanks - A Study in Mechanics
http://jergames.blogspot.com/2006/08/no-thanks-study-in-mechanics.html
Yehuda
The Four Challenges That Games Provide
http://jergames.blogspot.com/2006/07/four-challenges-that-games-provide.html
Best Humorous Article (2006):
Board Game Geek
Agincourt - In Which I School a Sixth-Grader, If Only Just
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/thread/139690
Board Game Geek
A Session with the Doctor
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/thread/129537
Board Game Geek
A Treatise On Dice Rolling Strategy
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/thread/114580
Board Game Geek
So You Think I Can't Dance?
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/thread/123409
Board Game Geek
How To Play Doom Like A Girl!
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/thread/101526
Board Game Geek
All I Did Was Drop A Meeple - A Valentine Tale
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/thread/99627
Board Game News
'Twas The Week Before Christmas
http://www.boardgamenews.com/index.php/boardgamenews/comments/scott_tepper_twas_the_week_before_christmas
Gamer's Mind
Meeting of the Minds
http://ekted.blogspot.com/2006/04/meeting-of-minds.html
Pawnstar
Halloween Horror
http://fellonmyhead.blogspot.com/2006/10/halloween-horror.html
Yehuda
An Interview with the Designer
http://jergames.blogspot.com/2006/01/interview-with-designer.html
Yehuda
Green Eggs and Tom
http://jergames.blogspot.com/2006/03/green-eggs-and-tom.html
Yehuda
The Ballad of a Game of Dvonn
http://jergames.blogspot.com/2006/03/ballad-of-game-of-dvonn.html
Best Article Series (2006):
Axis and Allies.org
Saburo Sakai's A&A Pacific Essays
http://www.axisandallies.org/node/118
http://www.axisandallies.org/node/224
http://www.axisandallies.org/node/228
http://www.axisandallies.org/forums/index.php?topic=7581.0
http://www.axisandallies.org/forums/index.php?topic=7627.0
http://www.axisandallies.org/forums/index.php?topic=7674.0
http://www.axisandallies.org/forums/index.php?topic=8082.0
Board Game Babylon
The Demise and Rise of the FLGS
http://boardgamebabylon.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=104576
Board Game Geek
The Lamont Brothers: Hameln - Designers' Notes
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/thread/136722
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/thread/137735
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/thread/138999
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/thread/140339
Board Game News
Postcards From Berlin
http://www.boardgamenews.com/index.php/boardgamenews/C71/
Gamer's Mind
ASL Primer
http://ekted.blogspot.com/2006/05/asl-primer-i.html
http://ekted.blogspot.com/2006/05/asl-primer-ii.html
The One Hundred
The One Hundred
http://fluffysnoop.blogspot.com/
Best Downloadable Board Game:
3J Games
Dueling Nobles
http://www.freewebs.com/3jgames/duelingnobles.pdf
Axis and Allies .org
Axis & Allies Revised Historical Edition
http://www.axisandallies.org/node/223
City of Timbuktu
Web of Power: The Cardgame
http://spiele-aus-timbuktu.de/downloadkkk.html
PiecePack Wiki
Hanging Gardens
http://www.ludism.org/ppwiki/HangingGardens
Scott
PocketCiv
http://home.comcast.net/~doho123/games/PocketCiv/html/index.htm
The Gone Gaming Staff
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