So This Happened.

Mon 8

Aug

2011

Posted by kirin at 10:33 am. Filed under: Announcements, Inspiration

The great thing about fan awards is that really the award belongs to the fans. You guys have been great, and I can’t thank you enough. In a lot of ways many of you are not just fans, too, but co-creators of the game.

In danger of forgetting to mention some of you (and worse, not actually knowing all of your names), I still want to give some very important shout-outs:

I could not have made this game without the awesome help of Scott Moore, Luke Withrow, Matthew Breen, Matt Glickman, Mark Causey, Corey Reid, Susan Applegate, my awesome gaming group, my lovely wife Sabrina and of course Eric Provost (I would love your email, Eric, this award is at least half yours!).
Secondarily I want to thank the awesome advocates of the game, please check out their great blogs: Tim Ballew (Risus Monkey), Nakia Pope (Professor Pope), Corey Reid (Scratch Factory), Andy Hauge (Player’s Side of the Screen), Matt Jackson (Lapsus Calumni), Dyson Logos (A Character For Every Game), Rob Lang (The Free RPG BlogÂ and 1km1kt), the Kobold Courier and of course John Harper (website surge FTW!). I’m sure I’ve forgotten people, please let me know!

Thank you all! You’ll be pleased to know that winning has really lit a creative fire, and I’m ready to dive in and get a new revision out!

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11 Comments on “So This Happened.”

1 John Harper said at 10:42 am on August 8th, 2011:
Congratulations, Kirin! It’s well deserved. OSH given me some of the most fun hack-and-slash game sessions I’ve ever had. Thanks for such a great game!
2 kirin said at 10:49 am on August 8th, 2011:
Thanks, John!

The most flattering comment I got at this GenCon was “I would love to see a panel on the importance of Graphic Design in RPGs with John Harper, Daniel Solis, and you.”
3 fett527 said at 11:05 am on August 8th, 2011:
Well deserved Kirin Glad we got to share the cab and chat back to the airport. Glad I got to play OSH last year with you running it at Gencon.
4 Nakia Pope said at 11:34 am on August 8th, 2011:
Big congrats to you! The game is ridiculously fun and deserves everything it won. Thanks for the shout out, as well.
5 Whisk said at 12:16 pm on August 8th, 2011:
Much Congrats
6 matt jackson said at 8:33 am on August 9th, 2011:
Congrats! The game certainly deserves the praise it has gotten. I have had few gaming experiences like running OSH: wild crazy creative fun!
7 Scott Moore said at 12:13 pm on August 9th, 2011:
We played what I introduced as “The ENnie Award Winning Old School Hack” on Saturday and it was one of the best one-shot games I’ve ever run. Great time and thanks for bringing this awesome game to us, Kirin!
8 Ikaros said at 8:05 pm on August 9th, 2011:
Congratulations! You deserve it!!
9 JC said at 10:31 am on August 11th, 2011:
Congrats again, Kirin!

You’ve done a fab job on this game and deserve all the praise that goes with it. Considering it’s already given me and dozens of friends many hours of fun so far … well … that kinda says it all!

Here’s to hoping we game again soon in person.
10 The Fool on the Hill said at 10:13 am on August 13th, 2011:
Well deserved, indeed. Your game is absolutely awesome. I can’t wait to play it with my group.
TFotH
11 RisusMonkey said at 7:00 pm on August 17th, 2011:
Best D&D-like experience that my group has had in like forever. Our last session was the fourth installment of what has become the longest running one-shot in our group’s rotation. Sweetastic!