Re: Fwd: Some interesting stats (LONG)

Whoever voted for me, thank you very much indeed! Lovely to know I am
appreciated.

Nic 

Eureka Miniatures

At 11:28 AM 4/28/98 -0500, you wrote:
>Many of you may have already seen this, but since GZG is listed with
high 
>honors in many categories I thought that many might still like to see 
>this.	(Besides being posted in RGMW, it came across the SM list serve.
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>The 5th ANNUAL SFSFW AWARDS
>
>For gamers interest and information I have posted the results of the
5th
>Annual Society of Fantasy and Science Fiction Wargamers Awards onto the
>newsgroup.
>
>The annual Society of Fantasy and Science Fiction Wargamers Awards are
>the nearest thing there is to the  "Oscars" for the fantasy and science
>fiction industry, the votes being cast by the international membership
>of the SFSFW themselves. Voting as usual was frenetic and some of the
>voting categories very close fought. Congratulations to the winners and
>well done to all the others who received votes.
>
>Should anyone want any further information regarding any of the winners
>or runners up I am happy to try and answer them either direct or via
the
>newsgroup.
>
>Steve Blease
>
>BEST NEW RULES:
>
>1	 The Great Rail Wars (Pinnacle Entertainment): 18%
>
>Following on from last year's winner Flintloque in spirit, The Great
>Rail Wars is set in a fantasy steampunk wild west setting where the
>undead and various other nefarious creatures wreak havoc amongst all
law
>abiding citizens. Set against the background of Pinnacle Entertainments
>own Deadlands RPG, The Great Rail Wars has proved a big hit with gamers
>on both sides of the Atlantic.
>
>2	 Ranke & Vyle (Wessex Games): 16%
>
>Wessex Games' limited edition set of company level rules set in the
>world of Flintloque proved highly popular with gamers.
>
>3	 Epic 40,000 (GW): 15%
>
>Games Workshop's replacement for the unpopular Space Marine system has
>proved a big hit with traditional wargamers. Unfortunately it isn't as
>popular with regular 40K players.
>
>The rest of the votes cast are as follows:
>
>	 Battle Cattle (Wingnut Games): 13%
>	 Babylon Project: Earthforce Sourcebook (Chameleon Eclectic):
10%
>	 Tusk II (Irregular Miniatures): 10%
>	 Trash Tokyo (Wilson Clan Games): 6%
>	 Mecha Carnage (GOMI Designs): 5%
>	 Raven (Harlequin Miniatures): 5%
>	 Ball & Chain (GOMI Designs): 2%
>
>BEST FANTASY WARGAMES RULES:
>
>1	 Hordes of the Things (WRG): 31%
>
>Last years deposed champion has regained its crown from the pretender
>Flintloque. The Wargames Research Group's highly flexible quick play
>rules set are perennially popular with fantasy gamers and can handle
>most things thrown at them with consummate ease (HOTT gamers should
>check out Fantasy Rules! - Ed)
>
>2	 Flintloque (CCI): 27%
>
>The game of Napoleonic fantasy warfare may have lost its top spot
>position, but still remains a highly popular system.
>
>3	 Dresda (CCI): 12%
>
>Despite no support or advertising from its publishers, the High Fantasy
>Skirmish game Dresda  has fared surprisingly well in the votes.
>
>The rest of the votes cast are as follows:
>
>	 Fantasy Rules! (Chipco): 10%
>	 Tusk (Irregular Miniatures): 5%
>	 Deadloque (CCI): 4%
>	 Ball & Chain (GOMI Designs): 4%
>	 Raven (Harlequin Miniatures): 4%
>	 Fantasy Warriors (Stratalibri): 2%
>	 Necromancers Bane (Brigade Games): 1%
>
>BEST SF WARGAMES RULES:
>
>1	 Full Thrust (Ground Zero Games): 33%
>
>For the fifth consecutive year, Ground Zero Games' spaceship combat
game
>has held off all comers once again to win the Best SF Wargames Rules
>award. Simplicity and playability mark this game out as unique amongst
>all others of a similar genre. A true classic.
>
>2	 Iron Cow (Wessex Games): 26%
>
>Second place for the second year running, Wessex Games' 6mm SF game of
>armoured warfare has maintained its popularity with the groundpounder
>gamers.
>
>3	 Epic 40,000 (GW): 12%
>
>A surprise third place for Epic 40,000, sensible yet easy to master
>systems seem to have resulted in Workshop's 6mm armour game doing so
>well.
>
>The rest of the votes cast are as follows:
>
>	 Stargrunt II (GZG): 11%
>	 Dirtside II (GZG): 4%
>	 High Crusade (Wessex Games): 3%
>	 Necromunda (GW): 3%
>	 Princess Ryan's Space Marines (East Wind Rain): 3%
>	 Hellfire (Wessex Games): 2%
>	 Warzone (Target Games): 2%
>	 Mecha Carnage (GOMI Designs): 1%
>
>BEST FANTASY FIGURE MINIATURE MANUFACTURER (15mm plus):
>
>1	 Harlequin Miniatures: 29%
>
>1997 was a big year from Harlequin Miniatures with the release of a
huge
>range of high quality fantasy miniatures sculpted by a team of talented
>designers including Nick Collier and Kev Adams. Especially suited for
>games such as Warhammer the Fantasy Battle range proved an immensely
>popular alternative to GW following the latest Citadel price rise.
>
>2	 Alternative Armies (CCI): 19%
>
>Last years winners saw a huge slump in their vote share (down from 41%)
>possibly due to a irregular production schedule, some poor releases
such
>as the Goblin Heavy Cavalry and Winter Special and nothing new on the
>ideas front other than more Flintloque.
>
>3	 Ral Partha: 13%
>
>The slumbering US giant did surprisingly well given the many rumours of
>its imminent demise, however the release of the new Battlestorm range
>and an increase in figure scale to 28mm seem to mark a welcome return
>for one of the oldest F/SF miniatures companies around.
>
>The rest of the votes cast are as follows:
>
>	 Irregular Miniatures: 7%
>	 Citadel (GW): 6%
>	 Chariot Miniatures: 4%
>	 Jenesis: 4%
>	 Lancashire Games: 4%
>	 Peter Pig: 4%
>	 Pendraken: 3%
>	 Reaper: 3%
>	 Wessex Games: 3%
>	 Mayhem Miniatures: 1%
>
>BEST SF FIGURE MINIATURE MANUFACTURER (15mm plus):
>
>1	 Ground Zero Games: 43%
>
>This really was no surprise given the size of the excellent Stargrunt
II
>25mm SF miniatures line, its variety and the fact that GZG  ensure that
>their lines contain all the heavy weapons troopers etc needed to finish
>off units. GZG don't leave the gamer hanging with half finished units.
>
>2	 Heartbreaker (Target Games): 14%
>
>The Warzone range is gaining in popularity as a worthy alternative to
>the official WH40K  figures and contains some really fine miniatures.
>
>3	 Blade Miniatures: 8%
>=	 Citadel (GW): 8%
>=	 Denizen Miniatures: 8%
>
>The rest of the votes cast are as follows:
>
>	 Harlequin Miniatures: 7%
>	 Eureka Miniatures: 6%
>	 Special Vehicle Force: 4%
>	 Snapdragon Studio: 1%
>	 Valley Design: 1%
>
>BEST FANTASY FIGURE MINIATURE MANUFACTURER (10mm down):
>
>1	 Irregular Miniatures: 48%
>
>No real surprise here given the the size of Irregular's impressive 6mm
>fantasy range. The epic nature of small scale fantasy battles seems to
>have been overlooked by many, strange when most battles in fantasy
>literature are generally of a massive size.
>
>2	 Pendraken: 37%
>
>Pendraken's 10mm line proves remarkably popular giving many of the
>benefits of 6mm, yet not being too far removed from 15mm.
>
>3	 Conflict Miniatures: 9%
>
>Another a 10mm manufacturer showing the popularity of this unusual
>scale. Conflict's fantasy range is quite small but worthy of
>investigation.
>
>The rest of the votes cast are as follows:
>
>	 AIM: 6%
>
>BEST SF FIGURE MINIATURE MANUFACTURER (10mm down):
>
>1	 Ground Zero Games: 27%
>
>This was a very close fought category with GZG winning by one vote. The
>Dirtside  II  range is of the highest quality and comprises of much of
>the excellent old Copelands Designs range as well as some excellent new
>vehicles sculpted by Kev White.
>
>2	 Brigade Miniatures: 26%
>
>Running GZG a very close second come Brigade with their superb and low
>priced Spaceships and 6mm armour lines.
>
>3	 Games Workshop: 13%
>
>The new Epic line is far better than the original releases and the
>flexibility of making up different variants of tanks (such as the Leman
>Rus) has obviously proved popular.
>
>The rest of the votes cast are as follows:
>
>	 Pendraken: 11%
>	 Irregular Miniatures: 9%
>	 Micro Machines (Galoob): 6%
>	 Dark Star (Adler Miniatures): 4%
>	 Scotia: 4%
>
>BEST COMMERCIAL GAMING MAGAZINE:
>
>1	 Practical Wargamer (Nexus): 31%
>
>Stuart Asquith's Practical Wargamer continues to prove popular even up
>against F/SF gaming magazines in this new category, through its
>continued editorial policy of treating F/SF as just another period from
>a wargaming point of view and not excluding it as other wargaming
>magazines have chosen to (though interestingly now all three UK
newstand
>wargames mags now include F/SF, not just Practical as in years gone
by).
>
>2	 MARS (UME): 20%
>
>A superb performance by the relatively new F/SF miniatures gaming
>magazine Mars, edited by John Fletcher, especially up against many
>established titles.
>
>3	 Valkyrie (Partizan Press): 12%
>
>Despite a very irregular printing schedule, Valkyrie edited by Dave
>Renton continues to receive a good share of the votes.
>
>The rest of the votes cast are as follows:
>
>	 Wargames Illustrated (Stratagem): 11%
>	 Orcs in the Hills (CCI): 10%
>	 White Dwarf (GW): 9%
>	 Miniature Wargames (Pireme): 7%
>
>BEST GAMES COMPANY:
>
>1	 Ground Zero Games: 25%
>What can we say... This seems to be Ground Zero Games year!
>Congratulations to Jon Tuffley & Co.
>
>2	 Wessex Games: 13%
>
>3	 Peter Pig: 12%
>
>The rest of the votes cast are as follows:
>
>	 Irregular Miniatures: 11%
>	 Foundry: 6%
>	 Brigade Miniatures: 6%
>	 Chariot Miniatures: 4%
>	 Crescent City Industries: 4%
>	 Donnington Miniatures: 4%
>	 Felix Enterprises: 4%
>	 Travelling Man: 4%
>	 Gomi Designs: 2%
>	 Lancashire Games: 2%
>	 Scotia: 2%
>	 Eureka Miniatures: 1%
>
>The results will be officially published in Ragnarok 29.
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