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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Cthulhu's Librarian" data-source="post: 2637193" data-attributes="member: 11064">Actually, in some ways, they really aren't all that much more relevant to the judging process. BUt I'll answer anyway. In general, for games that I am running, I prefer fantasy, as it's the genre I know the most about and can do the most with. But as a player, it doesn't matter to me. I'll just as happily play in a modern, SF, historical, fantasy, superhero, or just about anything else. For reading, I'll read whatever's done well. In general, High fantasy. But I also really enjoy low fantasy, horror, modern fantasy, and historical fantasy. Depends what I am looking for. Most of the time, I'll have to say crunch, as I am always looking for things that I can use in my game. But I'll read well written fluff just for the inspiration and writing. This one I have a definite answer for-photorealism. Anime style does nothing for me on a personal level, but I can appreciate the artistry and talent that goes into it. It's just not my cup o' tea. But that didn't stop me from nominating BESM d20 for several awards 2 years ago, as it was an excellent book. Sorry, I can't do that. I was too involved in the process to be able to give an answer here that would be fair to the winners/losers I would name. As far as I am concerned, the 5 books that are nominated for each category (and the honorable mention) are all winners. There are always some that I like better than others, and some that make the final list that were not on my personal top 5 list, but none of them deserved or didn't deserve to win the public vote. In some ways, it's easier to leave the final vote up to everyone else-there has rarely been a case when I could say that one title stood out so far ahead of the other 5 that it was the clear winner in my eyes (only 1 off the top of my head, and another where a book was not entered into the awards that I felt would have blown away the competiton)</blockquote>

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