These results are really really late! They’re late! What can we say? We? There’s only one of us (shush Smeagol) and the Wyrdmaster was ambushed by RealLife (failed saving throw).

What does this mean? There were an extra day or two of votes and then a big delay as the database sat idle. Fear not, these results are safe and sound… next year we’re getting expert vote counters in from the sunny State of Florida to assist and so we’re sure the Weird GameWyrd Game Awards will run smoothly!

Thanks to everyone who votes – as per usual there are always hundreds of votes as other web sites rallied friends, families and complete strangers to come here and vote for their favourites. To all those complete strangers out there; come in and have a cup of tea!

Wyrd Winners

Possessor of the Wow Factor

» Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay (Black Industries)

The most innovative company in 2005

» Muse of Fire Games (Support includes: Capes)

The Writer or Artist Most Likely to be in Communion with the Great Old Ones

» Sandy Petersen (Support includes: The Call of Cthulhu 6^th, CoC, unspeakable horrors and others)

The Author Most Likely to be a Caffeine Powered Robot

» August Hahn (Support includes: Starship Troopers, D20 Heroes of Fantasy, Babylon 5: Earthforce Campaign Book )

The RPG or Supplement Most Likely to Amuse Evil GMs

» Curses! (Silven Publishing)

The RPG or Supplement Most Likely to Improve Your Campaign

» Midnight 2nd Edition (Fantasy Flight Games)

The RPG or Supplement Most Likely to Inspire Good Roleplaying

» A Game of Thrones (White Wolf)

The RPG or Supplement Most Likely to Spark the Imagination

» Mutants & Masterminds 2^nd Edition (Green Ronin)

The Most Original RPG or Supplement

» Weapons of the Gods (EOS Press)

The Most Atmospheric RPG or Supplement

» Dark Legacies Campaign Guide (Red Spire Press)

Cwor! The Sexiest Front Cover

» Exalted Cult Of The Illuminated (White Wolf)

Eek! The Scariest Front Cover

» Lancea Sanctum (White Wolf)

Voting is over and the results are in. Ladies, gentlemen, orcs and elves, we have our Wyrd Winners! Competition was fierce; we had several thousand votes and in some cases the winners in the most competitive categories won by only a handful of votes!

Thanks to everyone who has taken the time out to vote. We know comparing covers to decide between candidates in the “Cwor! The Sexiest Front Cover” category was a chore! When we say “Caffeine Powered Robot” we mean it in the “love of the industry” sort of way!

Congratulations to all the Wyrd Winners. Each Weird GameWyrd Game Award has been fought over and each one is well deserved. Congratulations also the runners up, especially those smaller and independent RPG companies and products which punched far above their weight in terms of fan base and industry awareness.

Is it over until next year? Not quite! Remember, we keep the voting booths open on the Game Awards themselves throughout the year. You can nominate a nomination to ditch, suggest a new category or do both.

Wyrd Winners

Possessor of the Wow Factor

» Eberron (Wizards of the Coast)

The most innovative company in 2004

» Green Ronin (Support includes: Blue Rose, Mythic Vistas and others)

The Most Improved Company in 2004

» Green Ronin (Support includes; Red Star, Blue Rose and others

The Author Most Likely to be a Caffeine Powered Robot

» Mike Mearls (Support includes: Arcana Unearthed: Mystic Secrets and many others!)

The RPG or Supplement Most Likely to Amuse Evil GMs

» Paranoia XP (Mongoose Publishing)

The RPG or Supplement Most Likely to Improve Your Campaign

» Dave Arneson’s Blackmoor (Goodman Games)

The RPG or Supplement Most Likely to Inspire Good Roleplaying

» World of Darkness (White Wolf)

The RPG or Supplement Most Likely to Spark the Imagination

» Eberron (Wizards of the Coast)

The Most Original RPG or Supplement

» Fireborn (Fantasy Flight Games)

The Most Atmospheric RPG or Supplement

» Iron Kingdoms (Privateer Press)

Cwor! The Sexiest Front Cover

» Savant and Sorcerer (White Wolf)

Eek! The Scariest Front Cover

» Book of Archetypes 2 (Eden Studios)

Huzzah and Bravo to the Wyrd Winners! So-close to the runners up. So close, in fact, that after writing this introduction but before putting this page live the Wyrdmaster is going to re-count the votes just to be sure.

Votes? Votes! 4, 771 votes! Thanks to the RPG internet community for making the Weird GameWyrd Game Awards so successful; these awards matter and they’re just in their first year, and just being nominated helps promote RPG companies large and small.

Is that the Weird GameWyrd Game Awards done until the end of the year? Oh no! If you thought one of the twelve awards was too boring, too silly or even if you have a better suggestion – then go forth to the Awards Awards Nomination page. There you can vote to have one of the current awards booted out and you can suggest a better one. If by the end of the year there are enough votes against an award and good suggestions for a better one then we’ll make the switch official. What’s that mean? It means one of the Wyrd Winners below might not just be the first to win the award – but might be the last too! Now that’s an exclusive award.

Wyrd Winners

Possessor of the Wow Factor

» Arcana Unearthed (Malhavoc Press)

The Most Exciting New Company to Emerge in 2003

» Valar Project (Support includes: Book of Erotic Fantasy)

The Most Improved Company in 2003

» Alderac Entertainment Group (Support includes; Stargate, Spycraft series)

The Author Most Likely to be a Caffeine Powered Robot

» Monte Cook (Support includes: Arcana Unearthed)

The RPG or Supplement Most Likely to Amuse Evil GMs

» Book of Vile Darkness (Wizards of the Coast)

The RPG or Supplement Most Likely to Improve Your Campaign

» The Ultimate Games Designer’s Companion (Mongoose Publishing)

The RPG or Supplement Most Likely to Inspire Good Roleplaying

» GM Mastery: NPC Essentials (RPGObjects)

The RPG or Supplement Most Likely to Spark the Imagination

» StarGate (Alderac Entertainment Group)

The Most Original RPG or Supplement

» Midnight (Fantasy Flight Games)

Cwor! The Sexiest Front Cover

» Pirates! (Living Imagination)

Eek! The Scariest Front Cover

» All Flesh Must Be Eaten (Eden Studios)