Winding down from the excitement of Origins, so I thought I’d jump online before my flight to give you all a quick recap of the weekend. I know a lot of you are only reading this now to see if we won the Origins Award.

… and the winner is … Munchkin Impossible.

I know many of you may be upset that High School Drama didn’t win in it’s category of best card game of the year. Now I can’t give you specifics into the voting process; however, I’ll say here what our esteemed master of ceremonies, Phil Lacefield, said: “Some of the votes were extremely close and were only decided by a few ballots.”

Was Phil talking about our category or just categories in general? Was HSD, a new game by a freshman designer, really a couple votes shy of beating one of the most successful card games on the market today? It sure makes for a good plot if it were true! But in all honesty, it was a incredible honor even to be mentioned in the same company as Reiner Knizia, James Ernest and Steve Jackson. Those guys really are my gaming idols. (more…)

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Yes, we’re up for the Origins Award for Best Card Game … so, you know I’ll be at Origins this week promoting and campaigning for High School Drama! Please make sure to drop by the Shifting Skies games booth (#223) while I’m in Columbus, Ohio.

Pick up your autographed copy of HSD, grab a full set of HSD Button Men and vote for the best non-collectible card game on the market — High School Drama!