Game:
Aurelius
Nominee: Jim Holthaus as Mike Cozone and Trish
? as Jorge von Rieder
Description: Mike - "The Church of
Protection is happy to help with a variety of Protection areas:
warding, self-defense, close protection, that kind of thing.
Jorge - "I'm Catholic."
Game: Big Trouble in Little Amber
Nominee: Jules Morley as Floyd, Proprietor of
"The King's Kitchen"
Description: "They're very petulant hors
d'ouevres."
Game: Brave New Gotham
Nominee: Kat Lemmer as Catwoman and Jason Ray
as Blade
Description: Catwoman - "You can't kill him -
the world
needs
Superman!"
Blade - "Superman is nothing to me, but
another, dead, vampire."
Game: Burn the Land & Boil the Sea
Nominee: Irene Schwarting as Jaine
Description: "We don't need to be constrained
by the truth here."
Game: Burn the Land & Boil the Sea
Nominee: Andy Blija as Billy
Description: "Wow. We've now separated
the team into cops and robbers."
Game: Chronoguard
Nominee: Patrick Franklin as Maevyn Succat
Description: "I'm just going to pop back ten
minutes and shoot you if you don't cooperate."
Game: Dr. Who
Nominee: Amber Cook - GM
Description: "No. Not
a doctor, THE Doctor.
The One True Doctor of whom all others are mere shadows."
Game: Grindhouse
Nominee: Amy Edwards as Mistress Serpentine
Description: "I may only have one arm, but I
can still give you the best handjob!"
Game: Grindhouse: Dead Center
Nominee: Todd Worrell as Todileus Grain
Description: While discovering his girlfriend
has been changed into a zombie, Todileus says "Well, she likes to eat
brains and she might be a zombie. But she might be a gamer!"
Game: It's Elementary
Nominee: Jill Pritts as Benedict
Description: "I just wanted to see his
(Oberon's) reaction would be if I showed up wearing Corwin."
Game: It's Elementary
Nominee: Mike Sullivan as Brand
Description: As Eric rehearse a
concocted tale of how Oberon's very most favorite beloved son, Corwin,
died, Dierdre says to Eric in a sincere and concerned voice, "Do you
think Oberon will believe you?"
Brand nearly instantly chips in with
mock reassurance, "Sure!"
Game: It's Elementary
Nominee: Todd Worrell - GM
Description: In a 100 pt game, Corwin has bee
stabbed, hacked, bludgeoned, choked, thrown to piranhas, hanged,
drowned, bludgeoned again, harpooned, fallen off a cliff, dismembered
and eaten by Hellhounds...
Player 1 (cheerily) - "So Corwin had
100 pts of Endurance!"
Player 2 (enviously) - "AND Pattern."
GM (calmly & reasonably) - "AND 50
pts of Bad Stuff."
Game: Monster Mayhem III
Nominee: Leslie Lightfoot as Keilani, first
ranked in Strength
Description: GM - "You're blind. You
can't see."
Leslie - "No problem. I just
start swinging."
Game: NINF - Breaking & Enterting
Nominee: Sara Muerller, GM, as Bleys
Description: "You have my attention, you can
get to the point at any time. No offense but the tenterhooks are
starting to chafe."
Game: Nine Pardners in Amber
Nominee: Jason Ray as Sheriff Julian
Description: While discussing the health of
the local men with Doc Gerard, Sheriff Julian comments "We don't have
the clap here, we have full standing ovations!"
Game: The Professionals
Nominee: Mickey Schultz as Miyako
Description: With a gun pressed to the back of
a PCs neck, Miyako says, "Split-u?"
Game: The Professionals
Nominee: Kai Ford as Damien
Description: Kai , OOC - "I'm too pretty to
die."
Game: The Professionals
Nominee: Mickey Schultz as Miyako
Description: During the denouement of
the game, Miyako turns to Damien and says, "You teach-u me French?"
Game: Pulp Chaos 3
Nominee: Karrin Jackson as Vinny & Jeremy
Zimmerman , GM, as Tony
Description: Vinny - "Tony, go be a presence
downstairs."
Tony - "Sure thing, boss. I love
presents."
Game: Random's Regular Game
Nominee: Thaddeus Rice as Merlin
Description: To Benedict at the end of the
game - "I"ll be sitting on his lap."
Game: Random's Regular Game
Nominee: Karrin Jackson as Martin
Description: Describing Merlin's arrival,
Karrin - "It's scary cousin bad touch."
Game: Random's Regular Game
Nominee: Thaddeus Rice as Merlin
Description: "Hey Bleys, what happened to your
money? You haven't even finished your fruity drink yet."
Game: Random's Regular Game
Nominee: Thaddeus Rice as Merlin
Description: PC - "I heard that Martin &
Llewella are from Rebma. Where's that?"
Merlin - "That's where your poop goes."
Game: Save the Universe
Nominee: Lee ? as Rodrigo and Jim Holthaus,
GM, as Dworkin
Description: Regarding capturing the unicorn,
Rodrigo says "I'm sorry, Dworkin, I can't do it!"
Dworkin - "Yeah. I couldn't do
her anymore either."
Game: Save the Universe
Nominee: Amber Cook as ? and Jim Holthaus, GM,
as Dworkin
Description: Amber - "Does he have any
sort of aura about him that says 'Dworkin?'"
GM - "No, he has an aura that says
'hermit.'"
Game: In Shadows & Prisms
Nominee: James Arnoldi as Rao, envoy of Despair
Description: Envoys of the Endless are being
attacked by weird gothc hard rock band members who have changed into
rudimentary sentient weapons. During the fight, Rao asks, "Did
somebody kill the cannon? I want the cannon alive to watch what I
do to the machine guns."
Game: Sign of the Heffalump
Nominee: Melissa Kocher as Maggie the Magpie
Description: King Lion - "By Royal
Decree, Pi is now 3.14."
Alexander Robin, the Fractioneer: -
"What about the 159?"
Cthuki - "That's the remainder."
Maggie the Magpie - "You have leftover
Pi!"
Game: Ultimate High School Testu No Sakana
Nominee: Don Ide, GM, as Black Shadow Clan
Leader
Description: "Why are you being served by the
Math Club?"
Game: Ultimate High School Testu No Sakana
Nominee: Randall Trimmer as Takashi
Description: "I'm proud of my stick. It
will not be removed!"
Game: Ultimate High School Testu No Sakana
Nominee: Don Ide, GM
Description: "The ninja are evolving."
Game: Wands of Avalon
Nominee: Mickey Schultz, GM
Description: As the GM was heading into a
conference with a player, another player noticed the sequins on her
jeans. Mickey responded with "That's why my butt is sparkly....
because I got tired."
Game: Wands of Avalon
Nominee: Yi -Mei Chng as Professor Patrick
Shaunnessey
Description: "Owls do not traditionally change
shape like that."
Game: When Darkness Falls
Nominee: Murray Whittle
Description: "I give Kris a hard shove.
If she doesn't move, I give her a prick."
Most Heinous Betrayal or Offense
Game: Brave New Gotham
Nominee: Jason Ray as Blade
Description: Superman was turned into a
vampire. While many of the PCs were attempting to stop him and
de-vamp him, to Blade he was only another vampire - and therefore was
killed.
Game: Neither Rewards Nor Punishments
Nominee: Eric Todd as Random
Description: All 8 players, gods of the
new-born world, agreed on a course of action to guide the creationand
development of their people. 7 went back on their word, betraying
Random.
Game: Random's Regular Game
Nominee: Andy Blija as Bleys
Description: Bleys entered the room wearing a
bright orange coat made from the skins of twenty different endangered
species.
Game: Son of the Seven Deadlies
Nominee: Amy Edwards as "Essence" Sawall
Description: Trumping to the "Source of the
Pattern," Essence found Dworkin. Dworkin did not know the
location to which the Primal Pattern had been moved, or of the Jewel of
Judgment. So Essence, who wished to destroy the Pattern and
return to Primal Chaos said, "Then you are no longer of avy use to me,"
and shot 3 times, killing Dworkin. Which pretty much began the
destruction of the universe.
Game: Supervillany
Nominee: Steve Acton as Faust
Description: After agreeing to bind the
archange Michael for Lucifer, Faust tried to bind Michael for his own
use. Lucifer did not approve.
Outstanding
Performance by an Item/Creature/Shadow in a Supporting Role
Game: Betrayal of Castle Amber
Nominee: Amy Edwards, GM, for Benedict's
bloody deflowered lance
Description: Bleys seemed to have too solid a
grip on this one.
Game: Big Trouble in Little Amber
Nominee: John Kim as Harry the Wolf-Spider
Description: Harry, the terrified 3-foot-tall
wolf-spider, beat an opponent twice his size in a gladitorial cage
match.
Game: Brave New Gotham
Nominee: Baytor the Fire Demon
Description: "I am Bayor!" Need I say
more?
Game: Grindhouse
Nominee: Thaddeus Rice, GM
Description: The title monster in "Chain Gang
Amazons vs. the Snake-a-gator."
Game: Kingmaker's Shadow
Nominee: Drew Wood, GM, as Commander Raziel's
dead
love
Description: Commander Raziel's dead
love was variously mis-identified.
"Across the room is your fiance, your
daughter."
"Behold the man who will marry my wife."
Game: Spontaneous RP Fun
Nominee: Karrin Jackson as Tiny, the
7-foot-tall Muscleman
Description: Tiny was variously described as,
"The Meat Stack"
"The Steak Puppy"
"Seven Feet of Washboard Abs in Liquid
Latex"
Game: Summer Queen
Nominee: Jason Ray's cellphone
Description: While in his pocket, Jason's
cellphone was bumped and accidentally called his wife, Michelle, who
was in another game. Twice. Players in the Summer Queen
were able to hear the dialogue in Michelle's game.
Game: Supervillany
Nominee: John Schippers as Dr. Demos
Description: Beautifully role-played
evil. Especially noteworthy was his 'mascot-ization' of an NPC
therapist, who got deliberately dragged along on sprees of destruction
and murder, so that he could understand fully what progress he had
helped his patient achieve.
Most
Gratuitous and/or Inappropriate Use of a Power or Ability
Game: Big Trouble in Little Amber
Nominee: Jules Morley as Floyd, Proprietor of
"The King's Kitchen"
Description: Fiona, the "Dragon Lady," is
about to behead a PC with a cleaver. Floyd distracts her with his
superb cooking skill. "Stop! That's completely the wrong
knife to use for cutting meat. Here, use this!"
Game: Neither Rewards Nor Punishments
Nominee: Thadeus Rice as Corwin
Description: Thadeus spent a tiny amout of
Ultimate Cosmic Power (tm) to ensure that Oberon died over several
years of syphilis.
Game: Spontaneous RP Fun
Nominee: Madeline Ferwerda as Naomi, the
Singing Sparrow
Description: Naomi used her knowledge of sonic
resonance and her chirping soprano to literally bring the house down.
Special
Achievement in Spontaneous Plot Detonation
Game: Those Kids & Their Jungle Dances
Nominee: Leslie Lightfoot as Fiona
Description: For throwing caution to the wind
and telling the long lost daughter of Dworkin, in reference to Pattern
Manipulation near Chaos, "You're poaching. You can't do that
here."
Game: Monster Mayhem III
Nominee: The Players
Description: Confronted with Brand's
Laboratory to explore, they destroyed the tower by channeling the Font
of Power into an electrofied door, resulting in a 100-ft crater and a
50-ft pillar of fire.
The
Prince Brand Memorial Award for Necrotic Merit
Game: Grindhouse: House on the Hill
Nominee: James Arnoldi as Roger Ashtin for
dispatching Todd Worrell as Evan Walker
Description: After the head of the dead
cameraman falls through a hole in the floor right into Roger's hands,
Evan looks down the hole and - snick - there goes his head right after.
Game: The Professionals
Nominee: Bernie as John (Chow Yun Fat) and
Ogre as Toshi
Description: Running a beautifully
choreographed gun battle through a graveyard, complete with flying
doves as Toshi dies.
Game: Through the Door with a Gun
Nominee: Madeline Ferwerda, GM
Description: Kereina, the demon bartender, was
found in her slum apartment with her throat sliced wide open and blood
spattering the walls. The Diego police ruled it suicide.
Thanks to all who made the 2007 Obies
the great fun they were.