Hippodice Announces Winners of 2010 Game Design Contest
Hippodice Spieleclub has announced the winners, finalists and special award winners for its 2010 game design competition. First through third place goes to:
- Camel Drive, by Hans Reinhard Gottwald
- Die Staufer, by multiple Hippodice finalist Andreas Steding
- Midgard Marauders, by Yort Watson
- Archipelago, by Brett J. Gilbert
- Babylonische Träume, by Monika Lehmann & Dr. Georgios Nomikós
- CALC-IT by Jörg Domberger
- Jukers, by Brett J. Gilbert
- Monster, by Tobias Thulke
- Takla Makan, by Bernd Eisenstein
Given that a number of the winners and finalists have self-published in the past – Steding, Eisenstein, Glumpler, Risthaus – and given the strong representation of established German publishers in the jury – Ulrich Blennemann (Phalanx Games), André Bronswijk (Pegasus Spiele), Moritz Brunnhofer (Hans im Glück), Stefan Brück(Ravensburger/alea), Peter Eggert (Eggertspiele), Thorsten Gimmler (Schmidt Spiele), Wieland Herold (Jury “Spiel des Jahres"), Uwe Mölter (Amigo), Walter Scholz (Zoch) – don’t be surprised if one or more of these titles appear in print down the road. That’s one of the goals of the competition, after all!
Posted by W. Eric Martin on Mar 15, 2010 at 12:00 PM in Game News, The Industry at Large / 940
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Congrats to the winner and runners-up! Hippodice is a great contest, and as you say attracts a power-house jury. I was lucky enough to have both of my designs in the final round, and one of them has attracted interest from two of the big-name publishing companies, although it is of course very early days. I am madly crossing my fingers and hoping the game can be developed into a publishable form. Posted by Brett J. Gilbert on Mar 15, 2010 at 02:37 PM | #
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Congrats to all the winners, but I’d like to personally congratulate Yort for the #3 spot. He’s a personal friend and part of the gaming group I belong to. My fingers are crossed that Midgard Marauders gets picked up and published. Well done Yort! Posted by Scott Bartel on Mar 15, 2010 at 03:21 PM | #
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I also want to congratulate Bernd publicly. Takla Makan is a very nice middle-weight game that I’d love to see published. It feels very original, yet plays quick and intuitively. Highly recommended! (Please, Bernd, publish it through Iron Games if it doesn’t get picked up by another publisher!) Posted by Jeff Allers on Mar 15, 2010 at 06:18 PM | #
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