Honorable
Mentions
Best
Original Dialogue or Quote
Game: All the Myths are True
Nominee: Jason Ray as Allister
Description: Regarding the combination of sheep & explosives,
“That would be a lamb mine.”
Game: All the Myths are True
Nominee: Derek Slaughter as Walking Feather
Description: A Deadwood Native American character referring to
‘tax’ collection, Walking Feather— “We take our cut off the top.”
Game: Amber Infinitum XT: Chaos Phase
Nominee: Mike Hewner as Benedict
Description: Regarding the last vestiges of humanity leaving
Dara’s eyes as she applies the full power of the Abyss upon the last
defenders of lost Amber, Mike— “Not only do you have to see it, but you
have to endure a 3 minute cut scene anytime she uses this power.”
Game: Anarchy in the UK: God Attack the Queen
Nominee: CJ Skinner as Reginald Howard
Description: CJ— “No time for thinking! Cabbages have been
cast!” (The ‘go’ word was cabbage.)
Game: Anarchy in the UK: God Attack the Queen
Nominee: CJ Skinner as Reginald Howard
Description: Regarding the opera singer simulacrum, Reginald—
“She may have a wax cylinder in her giant chest compartment... I
mean...”
Game: Aurelis
Nominee: Lee Bynum as Annabel
Description: Describing the group’s plan to the GM, Lee— “She
arrives. Her ability to leave is somewhat shut down. And
then we enter into the whole ‘Get her, Ray!’ portion of the plan.”
Game: Aurelis
Nominee: Lee Bynum as Annabel
Description: GM— “It’s a second-hand arbalest bolt you’re wearing
through your cleavage.”
Annabel— “At least she’s wearing something.”
Game: Both Alike in Dignity
Nominee: Amber Cook as Mayla
Description: "Your sister says it’s nice... I mean, sex...”
Game: Children of the Storm
Nominee: Kai Ford as April, the freaky artist chick
Description: The PCs were in jail cells. April had been
heavily drugged. Milo was sober & aware. Richard had
just woken up with no idea how he got in the cell.
Richard— “Where is this?”
Milo— “We’re in...”
April— “This is where the rats go when it gets
dark.” (in a creepy little sing-song voice)
Milo— “South Dakota. Southern South Dakota.”
Game: Dark & Stormy Night
Nominee: Jarrod Van Kirk as Spence & CJ Skinner as Lady Regina
Description: Spence— “He’s a demonologist & a Dark Arts
Master. Why would you trust him?”
Lady Regina— “He’s rather handsome.”
Game: Dust in the Wind
Nominee: Paul Bouchey as Jess Hardy
Description: Regarding the girls at the bar that he was
trying, poorly, to flirt with, Jess— “They got other girls there
protecting them!”
Game: Dust in the Wind
Nominee: David Young as Cpt Drake & Emma Sansome as Doc Gray
Description: Drake— “I know you can plug any hole, but there’s no
cure for stupid.”
Gray— “Wait until I get the book. Once I get
it, I’m going to read it through to see if drilling holes in brains has
any effect.”
Game: Eye of the Dawn
Nominee: Thaddeus Rice as William McKenzie & Murray Whittle
as himself
Description: Regarding an earlier episode in which a native
worker was devoured by a giant beast, the brave Canadian adventure
McKenzie, being chased by another giant beast, exclaims “I am not a
porter!”
Referring to McKenzie’s corpulent build, Murray—
“No, you are a stout.”
Game: Eye of the Dawn
Nominee: Sara Mueller as Dr Natasha Kovolsokaia
Description: Dr Kovolsokaia, a botanist, to Miss Elizabeth
Billingswork, an artist— “Would you have something like a piton in your
corset?”
Game: Fun Must Die
Nominee: Derrick Slaughter as Jacob, an assasin, Simone Cooper as
Paul, an assasin, & Emma Sansome as Anna, an assasin.
Description: Assigned to kil Mr. Fun, the assasins discuss
collateral damage, Jacob— “Are we killing the protege?”
Anna— “No, I don’t kill people for fun.”
Paul— “You kill Fun for people.”
Game: Fun Must Die
Nominee: Drew Wood, GM, Simone Cooper as Paul, an assasin, &
Emma Sansome as Anna, an assasin.
Description: Fun, a Chinese gangster— “I give gifts to children.”
Anna— “Like Father Christmas.”
Paul— “But with more opium.”
Fun— “In the modern era, we’ve had to diversify.”
Game: Fun Must Die
Nominee: Emma Sansome as Anna, an assasin.
Description: While discussing the technology, weapons &
preparations necessary to conduct an assisination at the Vancouver
Olympics, Anna comments on a seemingly insoluble problem, Anna— “Being
Canadian is the least of our worries.”
Game: Get Shao-Ji
Nominee: Murray Whittle as Tavy the Hotshot Mechanic & a Car
Ouside the Room as the Souped-Up Aircar
Description: In the vicinity of a loud & illegal happening,
Shepherd Zeke— “Let’s not be here. Fast.”
Tavy— “I can do that.”
Outside the window a car attempts to start.
And fails.
Game: Get Shao-Ji
Nominee: Chris Lightfoot as Sheperd Zeke & Nick Lightfoot as
Sergeant Sheridan
Description: As Sergeant Sheridan is being assaulted by an
escaped prisoner, Nick— “I hit him in the nuts with the wrench.”
Zeke (deadpan)— “Is that the right gauge wrench for
those nuts?”
Game: Giants in the Playground
Nominee: Daric Jackson as Corwin playing Sabine & Kris
Fazzari as Dara playing Haley
Description: The Ballad of the Field of Ruins by Corwin
There once was a swamp that was mucky
I slept on a spot that was sucky
With Dara on top
I slept not a lot
And woke up next morning all yucky.
Game: Giants in the Playground
Nominee: Daric Jackson as Corwin playing Sabine
Description: GM— “You’re in the swamp. There’s a noxious,
noxious smell.”
Corwin— “I thought we didn’t bring Jurt.”
Game: Grindhouse: Slaughter High
Nominee: Jen Decker as The Chad
Description: “Score!” (with gesture— two-handed fist pump
with index and pinkie fingers extended)
Game: The Hooded Men
Nominee: Madeline Ferwerda as Ixbii, Mickey Schultz as Bronwyn
& Ben Bernard as Edwin.
Description: Edwin— “You’ll die for love but not to save the
world?”
Bronwyn— “Not dying for you.”
Edwin— “Bitches.”
Ixbii— “Bitches who will die for anyone but you.”
Game: The Kolvir Prince
Nominee: Todd Worrell as Eric
Description: As Flora is trapped beneath Gerard who is sitting on
her, Eric— “Flora. It isn’t the first time you’ve had a 400 pound
man on you. But it could be the last.”
Game: The Kolvir Prince
Nominee: John Henderon as Corwin
Description: “Eric, stop smiling at me— that’s just weird.”
Game: Mook’s Life
Nominee: James Craig Ryan, Mook #6— the Hard Case
Description: ?— “Who does foreplay with an unconscious partner?”
James— “A Southern Gentleman.”
Game: Mook’s Life
Nominee: Cort Oderkirk as Mook #5— The Stud
Description: “I will suck on my own lactation until I once again
feel fit!”
Game: Order of the Stick
Nominee: Jason Ray as Gerard playing Durkon
Description: “D&D— combining the excitement of watching ice
melt with the joys of double-entry bookkeeping.”
Game: Princess of Heffalumps
Nominee: Jeremy Zimmerman, GM, as Brand
Description: While Florimelle, the Queen Bee, is plotting with
Brand via Trumps, Brand— “May I come through?”
Florimelle— “Of course. We’re in the Courts of
Heffalumps.”
Brand— “I’ll try not to get pounced on by Jagulars.”
Game: Pulp Chaos
Nominee: Karrin Jackson as Vinnie the Bat
Description: After his kitchen is overrun by brooches, pins,
tchochkes, etc and trying to fence a pendant, Vinnie— “It’s got a bit
of magic in it. I don’t know what it does. It might make
you irresistable to knick-knacks.”
Game: The Rocky Horror Chaos Show
Nominee: Cort Oderkirk as Frank N. Furter, Lord of Chaos & Todd
Worrell as Riff-Raff of House Transylvania
Description: Riff-Raff— “I can’t understand you with Taffy
in your mouth.”
Frank N. Furter— “By now you should be able to
understand me with anything in my mouth!”
Game: The Rocky Horror Chaos Show
Nominee: Cort Oderkirk as Frank N. Furter
Description: "Where is my monster? I’m losing my erection!”
Game: The Ruikei Project
Nominee: Ogre Whiteside, GM, as all the Henchmen
Description: Whenever Boss Tanaka spoke, all the players shouted
in unison “Yes, Boss Tanaka!”
Game: Scooby-Doo and the Black Road Mystery
Nominee: Stephanie McMehan as Fred
Description: "Let’s go check out the Black Road. That
should be safe.”
Game: ShadowWorld
Nominee: John Schippers as ?
Description: John— “The thing is, I need to do miracles in order
to create whiskey.”
Game: ShadowWorld: Crime League
Nominee: Rob Haight, GM, & ?? as Paul de Thouers
Description: ??— “I am a man of honour.”
GM— “’Person of Interest’ is the term you want.”
Game: ShadowWorld: Crime League
Nominee: Joe Saul as Felipe
Description: “Necropedophilia? Now that’s just really wrong.”
Game: Sign of the Unicorn and Zombies
Nominee: JP Brannan as Corwin
Description: In the library, after Gerard beat Corwin up (but not
in front of the whole family) there were some questions, Llewella—
“What did you do today?”
Corwin— “I woke up... I collected Caine’s body...”
Llewella— “I ask because of your black eye.”
Corwin— “I walked into a door.”
Game: Stand and Deliver
Nominee: Stephanie McMehan as Amelia & Anneke Floor as Beth
Description: Amelia— “I would like to hire one of your urchins.”
Beth— “Well, I hope you’re not going to involve him
in anything dangerous. (pause) Because that would cost more.”
Most Heinous Betrayal or Offense
Game: Take the Sky
Nominee: All the players as the Captain and Creww of the
Resolution
Description: While carrying the pseudo-dead Juliet-analog past a
crowd of enraged visiting Capulet-analogs who were beating the
Romeo-analog to a bloody pulp, the crew resolutely declared, “That’s
none of our business. We drive pass. The idiot deserves it.”
Outstanding Performance by an
Item, Creature or Shadow in a Supporting Role
Game: ??
Nominee: John Nienart as Mr. Kallikanzanros, Joe Zottola, fill-in
GM, & Ogre Whiteside as ?
Description: Mr. Kallikanzanros— “What does the Arabic say?”
Joe— “Do not remove under penalty of law.”
Ogre— “Great. It’s Satan’s mattress tag.”
Game: Aurellis (the First One)
Nominee: Patrick Franklin as Orion Turner
Description: “Wait. We’re asking a space vessel to come
into O’Hare.”
Game: The End of Everything
Nominee: Thaddeus Rice, GM, for the talking Coyote
Description: Regarding a talking Coyote that the players
mistakenly took for Dworkin, when Coyote realized that he was being
seduced, “Are you into bestiality?!?”
Amy— “No.”
Coyote— “NEITHER AM I!!!”
Game: Kissed by Chaos
Nominee: Chris Lightfoot & Jennifer Zimmerman, GMs, for the
Tentacle Monsters
Description: Hentai-trained Tentacle Monsters who gave repeated
assistance in all manner of x-rated fashions to forward the players’
corporate ambitions; reducing inhibitions and rescuing Benedict from
the energy-draining Swedish Bikini Team.
Game: Scientific Progress Goes Boom!
Nominee: Julian Morley, GM, Leslie Lightfoot as Wolfgar (female)
& Yi Mei Chng as ? for the Seraglio
Description: What began as an innocent visit to a Seraglio was soon
improvised by a mad genius to include a giant squid, a holocaust cloak
and a half-dozen oiled Mohamadi.
Game: Ultimate High School Tetsu No Sakana
Nominee: Don Ide, GM, for the Math Bunny-Man
Description: The breaking of the space-time continuum, turned a member
of the Math Club member into a bunny with glasses, who was forced to
give dirty looks and write out his family tree to prove that he was
human.
The Prince Brand Memorial Award
for Necrotic Merit
Game: The End of Everything
Nominee: Amy Edwards as ?
Description: Amy’s character went directly up against the Unicorn
and was skewered on its horn while emptying her contructed 6-shooter
direcly into its head.
Game: Jokers Wild
Nominee: John Kim as Contingency 3
Description: In a surprising fit of family ‘teamwork’, Cymnea
& Finndo are a little jumpy on the trigger when they see a Trump of
Oberon being considered by the Regent of Undershadow, “It seems a shame
to wast a perfectly good queen like that.”
Game: Paranoia Amber
Nominee: Ogre Whiteside as Brand (David Bowie), Anne Goldberg as
Random (Johnny Rotten), James Ryan Craig as Bleys & Patrick
Franklin as Corwin
Description: Brand, a loyalty officer and Random, morale officer,
take drugs and make out as Corwin attack Bleys on the steps of Kolvir
with a stick figure Trump and a chainsaw. Bleys counterattackes
with a fireball blowing them both off the cliffside.
Game: Scientifc Progress Goes Boom
Nominee: Julian Morley, GM, as Dr Kartopekoff
Description: After being punched in the nuts by two PC’s, he goes
flying through the air to land screamingupon exploding fiendish
marchinery.
Game: Stalemate
Nominee: Louisa McGuiness as Susprira
Description: Given a chance to take out Fiona, Gerard, Flora,
Julian and Corwin, Suspria sacrificed herself to do so against the
intervention of others, securing a key military goal (getting Flora and
Julian.)
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The People’s Choice Award
Game: Before Time Began 2: Old Gods
Nominee: Leslie Lightfoot as Daleth
Description: For being the character that everyone winced at ever
agreeing with.
Game: Firefly: Burn the Lands
Nominee: Emma Sansome, GM
Description: Though adroit handling of the plot and NPCs, Emma
got all of the players to rescue the stupid girl. After we had
all voted NO.
Game: Get Shao-Ji
Nominee: Murray Whittle as Tavy the Hotshot Mechanic
Description: Murray’s mechanic’s costume, complete with overalls
and carefully researched Blue Sun logo, lovingly printed and stapled to
the pocket.
Game: Get Shao-Ji
Nominee: Madeline Ferwerda as the Captain
Description: As the ship was being halied, Madeline received a
text message on her cell phone.
Game: The Kolvir Prince
Nominee: Pol Jackson, GM & Jim Groves as Caine
Description: After a weird Trump talk with ‘another Caine,’ Caine
“eavesdrops on his own Trump.
Caine— “Is it in use?”
GM— “Yes. It appears someone is listening in
on it.”
Game: Pulp Chaos
Nominee: Karrin Jackson as Vinnie the Bat
Description: “Show me on the doll where Jeremy’s game touched
you.”
Game: Pulp Chaos
Nominee: Michelle Ray as Precious
Description: “Glitter is the herpes of craft supplies.”
Game: The Sable Game
Nominee: Trish Hart, GM
Description: For forcing mental images of fluffy kittens to
defeat the evil energy vampire.
Thanks to all who made the 2009 Obies
the great fun they were.