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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Queen_Dopplepopolis" data-source="post: 3641744" data-attributes="member: 14323">Well - for starters I'd like to thank everyone for sending their thanks to the judges.  The group this year was tenacious and I think we developed a pretty good dynamic.  The other four judges are intelligent, articulate, and among the most awesomest gamers and I'm happy to call them my friends.  They taught me a lot about the game and, while I was concerned that I would somehow be treated differently for being a woman, no such inequity occurred.In short, my experience as a judge rocked socks.  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />One of the things that I found the most delightful about being an ENnies judge was the opportunity to get to know publishers and products that I wouldn't have otherwise.  I consider myself a pretty avid gamer, as well, but there are products that I absolutely loved, but had never seen in a game store and probably wouldn't have purchased if it weren't for being selected as a judge.In that respect, I think the ENnies is a great place to compile your list of Must Haves.  If you haven't heard of a book that is nominated: pick it up.  It'll be worth your money and you will expand your horizons and support some fantastic publishers.</blockquote>