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Title: Best Sui Generis RPG of 2003
Post by: ethan_greer on January 06, 2004, 09:29:26 AM
Ken Hite gives MLwM the nod.  And nobody is even slightly surprised. Congrats, Paul!

Read all about it here (http://www.gamingreport.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=Sections&file=index&req=viewarticle&artid=92).
Title: Best Sui Generis RPG of 2003
Post by: joshua neff on January 06, 2004, 01:51:43 PM
I just read that this morning. Congrats, Paul!
Title: Best Sui Generis RPG of 2003
Post by: Paul Czege on January 06, 2004, 02:29:59 PM
Thanks guys. I'm terrible at acceptance speeches. Thanks Ken. The problem with being indie is that you can't put anyone else up to the microphone for the acceptance...eep!

Paul
Title: Best Sui Generis RPG of 2003
Post by: Valamir on January 06, 2004, 05:23:21 PM
What exactly is a Sui Generis?
Title: Best Sui Generis RPG of 2003
Post by: Matt Snyder on January 06, 2004, 05:30:04 PM
Unique; in a class by itself. From the Latin, "of its own kind."

(Yeah, google helps me look smarter than I really am.)

Congrats, Paul. My Life With Master is indeed in a class of its own, and it's now inspiring my own designs.
Title: Best Sui Generis RPG of 2003
Post by: Luke on January 06, 2004, 07:05:37 PM
Recently I was reflecting on the stroke of genius that is My Life with Master.

What I have created in Burning Wheel is simply a system to arbitrate, "I do this!"/"No you don't!"

What Paul has done is to actually create a legitimate game where you can win and lose, centered around the manifestation of roles and idioms.

It's playable, well-designed, beautiful to look at and agonizingly fun.

Well done, sir. You deserve all the praise you receive, and more.

-Luke
Title: Best Sui Generis RPG of 2003
Post by: Paul Czege on January 13, 2004, 03:23:15 PM
Recently I was reflecting on the stroke of genius that is My Life with Master.

Thanks Luke. I think you should be pretty proud of Burning Wheel's Outie yourself. The recognition, in my opinion, is very well deserved.

Paul