Announcing the Golden Fez Awards

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The Golden Fez Awards for tabletop RPGs are being presented by TotalCon and Solarian Games for the first time at TotalCon on February 22, 2025.

Nominations are open now through Dec. 31st at Home - The Golden Fez Awards

We're presenting the awards in memorial of James Carpio, Solarian co-founder who passed away this year. The focus will be on the kind of innovative indie games that James loved.

The categories are

• The Holy Hand Grenade Award for best new game mechanic
• The Pick Up & Play Award for easiest game to learn
• The Velvet Smooth Award for best design & production
• The Everlasting Fun Factory Award for best game published prior to 2024
• The Forge of Destiny Award for worldbuilding
• The Hack The Planet Award for most unexpected idea
• The Bucket of Blood Award for best combat rules
• The Golden Fez Game of the Year Award

It's a short and easy form to submit, you don't have to be present at TotalCon to win. Happy to answer any questions here!