(*After 2 years a year's points decrease by 10% per year thereafter.)
- After each roleplaying event points gained are calculated by adding up all the relevant modifiers.
- Add points for each event in a year together.
- Total points are equal to total for the current year plus the total* for each previous year.
Convention Organisers
| 20 | for organising a RPG convention |
| 30 | for inventing a new RPG convention |
| +1 | per 5 people registered for the convention |
| +10 | for scheduling (but only if you take credit) |
| +5 | for recruiting games for the convention |
| +10 | for doing the entry form |
| +2 | for doing the web site |
| +2 | for working in the canteen |
| +2 | for doing the handbook |
| +5 | for advertising your convention at other conventions (also see next point!) |
| +2 | ... for being really annoying when doing so |
| +2 | for organising games sponsorship |
| +3 | for organising sponsorship with QANTAS |
| +5 | for organising games sponsorship with a games company |
| +10 | for organising a convention about conventions |
| -5 | if the entry forms are not distributed by the convention before yours |
| -5 | if you berate designers for the quality of their games or blurbs |
| -5 | if you have a falling out with other convention organisers |
| -5 | if you bitch slap another convention organiser |
| -10 | if your canteen is "substandard" (for whatever silly reason) |
| -10 | if your special guest fails to turn up |
| -20 | if you made a huge fuss out of your special guest in the first place |
| -20 | if nobody from the host city turns up to your convention |
| -30 | if you cancel a convention at short notice |
Game Designers
| 5 | for designing a convention game |
| +1 | per 5 players of the game over the whole convention |
| +5 | for writing a Tryptic/Short Sharp Shock |
| +5 | for winning a "new designer" or Inter-Varsity Challenge award |
| +10 | for having an RPG book published |
| +20 | for having a number of RPG books published |
| +15 | for being a part of the Cthulhu Conglomerate |
| +20 | for being a part of the Sydney Freeform Workshop |
| +30 | for helping to invent systemless gaming |
| -10 | if you pull your game |
| -15 | if you pull your game in the week before the convention |
| -20 | if somebody else pulls together a game to replace the game that you pulled in the week before the convention |
| -30 | if you have your game not run by not turning up to the convention and not informing the organisers (not that anyone's bitter) |
| -5 | if your game is panned by "critics" |
| -5 | if you roll dice to give out awards during prize giving ceremony |
| -5 | if your game is sponsored by RPGA |
Game Masters (not including the game designer)
| +1 | per session you run at a convention |
| +2 | per session you run of a freeform at a convention |
| -1 | per session of a crap game that you run at a convention |
Game Players
| 1 | for attending a convention/freeform campaign |
| +1 | per award you win |
| +2 | for your team wining 3+ awards |
| +5 | for clever team names (in popular opinion, not your own) |
| +5 | for your team having the same members and name for 3+ conventions in a year |
| +3 | for good costumes in freeforms |
| +5 | for having played in the infamous "Midnight-to-Dawn" con games |
| -15 | if you forgot why the "Midnight-to-Dawn" games were stopped in the first place |
| -2 | if you have disputes with convention organisers |
| -5 | if you have major disputes with convention organisers |
| -5 | if you whine pointlessly about the lack of (X) at the canteen |
| -5 | if you turned up to 50% or more "Shadowkin" sessions |
| -10 | if you still play "Shadowkin" in Canberra |
| -20 | if you wish that "Shadowkin" was still running in Sydney, 'cause your character was soooo cool |
Freeforms
| 10 | for creating a freeform campaign |
| +5 | per session of a freeform campaign you help organise |
| +10 | for writing a freeform played by over 50% of a convention's players |
| +5 | for writing a game designed to help you look at bare chested men |
| -5 | if your plots are hastily hand written notes |
| -5 | if you disappear with plots for the session |
| -15 | if your plots are stolen by players, and the game is better for it |
| -20 | if you were ever involved in "Sydney by Night 2" (sequels are always worse than the original) |
Home City
| +10 | for living in "creative" Melbourne |
| +5 | for living in "bitchy" Sydney |
| +5 | for living in "old gamers' home" Canberra |
| -1 | if you live in "that's not a real city!" Adelaide |
| -5 | if you live in "GongCon !?" Wollongong |
| -10 | if you live anywhere else in NSW |
| -10 | if you live in "pointless" Queensland |
| -20 | if you live in "who?" Western Australia |
University Club/RPG Club
| 1 | for being a club member (but see below) |
| 2 | for being a member of MURPS |
| 1 | for being a member of MURP, NUGS, SUTEKH |
| 0 | for being a member of UNSW Gamers... |
| -5 | ... if you call yourself a member of "Club Smed" |
| +3 | for being a committee member |
| +5 | for being a "committee member for life" in SUTEKH |
| -5 | if you are a committee member that doesn't do any work |
aus.games.roleplay (agr)
| +1 | for being a regular contributor to the newsgroup |
| +3 | for being a "dinosaur" |
| +5 | for leaving agr before the people who currently call themselves "dinosaurs" joined |
| +5 | for being a contributor to the agr FAQ compiled in 1996 for being a "dinosaur" |
| +1 | for being a contributor to the agr FAQ compiled in 1999 |
| +5 | for being a reader/contributor since 1996 |
| +10 | for being a reader/contributor when agr was a mailing list |
| -5 | if you post anonymously through DejaNews |
| -10 | if your identity is obvious regardless |
| -10 | if you don't attend a convention because you can hear the bitching on agr |
| -10 | if you post ridiculous reviews to agr after a convention |
| -15 | if you post ridiculous reviews whilst drunk on vodka |
Miscellaneous
| +1 | for producing an important RPG web site |
| +1 | for |
| +1 | for turning up to the after convention function |
| +5 | for going to the after-con venue but not the actual convention |
| +10 | ... for being considered part of the con scene anyway |
| +5 | for being known by a nick name |
| +10 | for being known by a nick name because people can't remember or don't know your real name |
| +5 | for legally changing your name to your role-playing nick name |
| +20 | for inventing a term such as "freeform", "theatreform", "omniform", "SMoG", or "BNG" |
| +5 | for complaining that those new card gamers were going to kill roleplaying |
| +10 | for complaining that those new Fighting Fantasy game books were going to kill roleplaying |
| +1 | for thinking of extra points modifiers -Click Here- or -Mail Here- |
| -5 | if you are a member of the Society for Creative Anachronism |
| -10 | if you refuse to be addressed by your embarrassing "real" name |
| -10 | if you play more CCGs than RPGs |
| -15 | if you are still "really into" Magic: the Gathering |
| -300 | if you are a Secret Master of Gaming, your name shouldn't be that well-known! |
|
This link takes you to the Adults Only section of the point system. The items for point allocation contained within are best viewed only by adults. They may offend some viewers.
|
| Intro | Points | Vote | Extras | Guest Book | Copyright © The BNG Awards |