Russ “Morrus” Morrissey

But before we do that, very quickly, because I think that's going to be our sort of finishing thing... We've got some news about the Origins Awards. Very quickly, the Origins Awards nominations have opened up, announced by Gamma, the Game Manufacturers Association. So the Origins Award nomination 2025 will happen on January the 9th. When is that? Is that today? That was yesterday.

But before we do that, very quickly, because I think that's going to be our sort of finishing thing... We've got some news about the Origins Awards. Very quickly, the Origins Awards nominations have opened up, announced by Gamma, the Game Manufacturers Association. So the Origins Award nomination 2025 will happen on January the 9th. When is that? Is that today? That was yesterday.

That was yesterday. OK. That was yesterday.

That was yesterday. OK. That was yesterday.

even later into this podcast yeah um the categories have been changed yet again um this year they are oh i don't want to list them well there's lots of categories yeah yeah listing all the categories isn't fun podcasting but um the categories have changed slightly yet again um kind of trading card games and trading card game accessories have kind of been left out this time oh yeah

even later into this podcast yeah um the categories have been changed yet again um this year they are oh i don't want to list them well there's lots of categories yeah yeah listing all the categories isn't fun podcasting but um the categories have changed slightly yet again um kind of trading card games and trading card game accessories have kind of been left out this time oh yeah

which is interesting. It sucks to be trading card games, which also very strange choice. Yeah. I mean, they're still valid for like product of the year and things like that. But as a separate category, they're no longer there. Oh, weird.

which is interesting. It sucks to be trading card games, which also very strange choice. Yeah. I mean, they're still valid for like product of the year and things like that. But as a separate category, they're no longer there. Oh, weird.

Yeah. So basically there's a link you can make your nominations for the origins awards via that link and the finalists get announced i think it's at the end of february ish and then of course the winners are announced at origins game fair in the summer yeah yeah

Yeah. So basically there's a link you can make your nominations for the origins awards via that link and the finalists get announced i think it's at the end of february ish and then of course the winners are announced at origins game fair in the summer yeah yeah

Nice. Yeah. Yeah. Well, there's various places you can go. You can go there. I don't go there because I don't use Reddit.

Nice. Yeah. Yeah. Well, there's various places you can go. You can go there. I don't go there because I don't use Reddit.

Yeah. There's Discord. There's the Facebook group, which obviously you can no longer use because you're no longer... Yes. Mark Zuckerberg is no longer... For no good reason. It's like... You've been zucked, apparently. Yeah. And there's the EN World Forum as well.

Yeah. There's Discord. There's the Facebook group, which obviously you can no longer use because you're no longer... Yes. Mark Zuckerberg is no longer... For no good reason. It's like... You've been zucked, apparently. Yeah. And there's the EN World Forum as well.

Let's take a break and then we'll come back and we will talk about the 10 most anticipated tabletop RPGs of 2025. We are back and we have got the top 10 tabletop RPGs of 2025 to talk about. Amazing. How exciting. It is exciting. Yeah. So we do this every year. And what happens is I do it on EN World and I've done it since 2014, I think. So this is like the 10th year.

Let's take a break and then we'll come back and we will talk about the 10 most anticipated tabletop RPGs of 2025. We are back and we have got the top 10 tabletop RPGs of 2025 to talk about. Amazing. How exciting. It is exciting. Yeah. So we do this every year. And what happens is I do it on EN World and I've done it since 2014, I think. So this is like the 10th year.

And what we do is we get the entire community to nominate whatever tabletop RPGs they're excited about in the coming year. So Table Top RPGs, which they have a, let's say, a reasonable belief will be released in 2025. Sorry. Because 13th Age was in the most anticipated list like two or three years in a row. Yeah. And some other things happened as well in the past.

And what we do is we get the entire community to nominate whatever tabletop RPGs they're excited about in the coming year. So Table Top RPGs, which they have a, let's say, a reasonable belief will be released in 2025. Sorry. Because 13th Age was in the most anticipated list like two or three years in a row. Yeah. And some other things happened as well in the past.

It's hard getting games out. Anyway, so basically something like 40-odd different games were nominated. There's a few criteria. It has to be a standalone game. So it can't be an adventure. It can't be a supplement. It has to be a standalone tabletop role-playing game. And We had about 40 nominated. Then the big old poll went out for people to vote on those 40 or so.

It's hard getting games out. Anyway, so basically something like 40-odd different games were nominated. There's a few criteria. It has to be a standalone game. So it can't be an adventure. It can't be a supplement. It has to be a standalone tabletop role-playing game. And We had about 40 nominated. Then the big old poll went out for people to vote on those 40 or so.