2017 Game of the Year Nomination (digital)

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Opening this year's running nomination thread
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Martok

#1
I'll open things up by nominating Stars in Shadow -- for best 4x game (yes, even with Endless Space 2 on the horizon), and surprise/sleeper hit of the year. 
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Anguille

Just saw that Master of Orion CtS wasn't on the list for 2016....don't understand and couldn't vote for it.  :-[

For 2017, i say Lord of Rigel.

bayonetbrant

Quote from: Anguille on February 01, 2017, 07:02:42 AM
Just saw that Master of Orion CtS wasn't on the list for 2016....don't understand and couldn't vote for it.  :-[

For 2017, i say Lord of Rigel.

No one nominated it!
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Martok

Quote from: Anguille on February 01, 2017, 07:02:42 AM
Just saw that Master of Orion CtS wasn't on the list for 2016....don't understand and couldn't vote for it.  :-[
You'd have nominated nuMOO?  While I agree it's turned out to be a fun game, I still think it's way too light to qualify for "Best of" in any category. 



Quote from: Anguille on February 01, 2017, 07:02:42 AM
For 2017, i say Lord of Rigel.
I'm looking forward to LoR too, but it's not even out yet!  :P  Did you get in on the beta or something (and therefore have an idea of how good it is)? 

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"I like to think of it not as an excuse but more like Pavlovian Response." - Sir Slash

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"Government is so expensive that it should at least be entertaining." - airboy

"As long as there's bacon, everything will be all right." - Toonces

Anguille

#5
Can we only mention games that are already out yet? Maybe i am a dreamer but Lord of Rigel has almost all the features i want/like in a 4x...and i do hope it comes out this year. Master of Orion is not the most innovative but it is the game from 2016 i spent the most time with and had the most fun with (as did my kids)...so yeah it is our family best game of 2016  O0. Even if it was just for the fact that they brought MOO back from its grave  <:-)

mirth

Quote from: Anguille on February 03, 2017, 04:50:43 AM
Can we only mention games that are already out yet?

Nah. Nominate whatever you want. Brant's been very upfront that these awards are purely popularity contests ;)
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Steelgrave

#8
deleted due to confusion on my part about when a certain game came out   :timeout: :timeout: :timeout:

JasonPratt

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ICEBREAKER THESIS CHRONOLOGY! -- Victor Suvorov's Stalin Grand Strategy theory, in lots and lots of chronological order...
Dawn of Armageddon -- narrative AAR for Dawn of War: Soulstorm: Ultimate Apocalypse
Survive Harder! -- Two season narrative AAR, an Amazon Blood Bowl career.
PanzOrc Corpz Generals -- Fantasy Wars narrative AAR, half a combined campaign.
Khazâd du-bekâr! -- narrative dwarf AAR for LotR BfME2 RotWK campaign.
RobO Q Campaign Generator -- archived classic CMBB/CMAK tool!

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JudgeDredd

What are the rules for nomination? Just wargames? Only PC? Released between? (Jan 2017-current?)
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Barthheart

Quote from: JudgeDredd on October 17, 2017, 04:31:26 AM
What are the rules for nomination? Just wargames? Only PC? Released between? (Jan 2017-current?)

Anything you play on an electronic platform that has been released since Jan 1 2017 up to Dec. 31 2017.