Happy Birthday, Robot! - Nominated for Four Ennie Awards!

Holy crap! The Ennie 2011 nominees were just announced and Happy Birthday, Robot! is nominated in four categories!

Best Game
* Happy Birthday, Robot! (Evil Hat Productions)
* Icons Superpowered Roleplaying (Adamant Entertainment/Cubicle 7)
* Legends of Anglerre (Cubicle 7)
* Mutants & Masterminds Hero’s Handbook (Green Ronin Publishing)
* The Dresden Files RPG (Evil Hat Productions )
* Honorable Mention: The Laundry (Cubicle 7)

Best New Game
* A Taste for Murder (Graham Walmsley)
* Happy Birthday, Robot! (Evil Hat Productions)
* Icons Superpowered Roleplaying (Adamant Entertainment/Cubicle 7)
* The Dresden Files RPG (Evil Hat Productions )
* The Laundry (Cubicle 7)
* Honorable Mention: Stars Without Number (Sine Nominee Publishing)

Best Production Values
* Gatecrashing (Posthuman Studios)
* Happy Birthday, Robot! (Evil Hat Productions)
* Legend of the Five Rings, Fourth Edition (Alderac Entertainment Group)
* Pathfinder Roleplaying Game: Bestiary 2 (Paizo Publishing)
* The Dresden Files RPG (Evil Hat Productions )

Product of the Year
* A Song of Ice and Fire Campaign Guide (Green Ronin Publishing)
* DC Adventures Hero’s Handbook (Green Ronin Publishing)
* D&D Gamma World Roleplaying Game (Wizards of the Coast)
* Gatecrashing (Posthuman Studios)
* Happy Birthday, Robot! (Evil Hat Productions)
* Legend of the Five Rings, Fourth Edition (Alderac Entertainment Group)
* Pathfinder Roleplaying Game: Advanced Player’s Guide (Paizo Publishing)
* Pathfinder Campaign Setting: Inner Sea World Guide (Paizo Publishing)
* The Dresden Files RPG (Evil Hat Productions )
* The Stork (DreamPunk Productions)
* Honorable Mention:Legends of Anglerre (Cubicle 7)

That's some tough and varied competition, but I'm still thrilled to be included in the company of Dresden Files and Gamma World. Yowza.

Happy Birthday, Robot! at the Tower's All-Weekend Gaming Event

Alexander Williams shares his experience running several sessions of Happy Birthday, Robot!

"I ended up running three games of HBR in a day, twice with an eleven year old and a fourteen year old and once with an all adult group. The big take-away from that? I should never play with children because they're too violent and nasty. Also, they never needed an explanation of what a complete sentence was; adults? It took them a while to figure out that complete sentences were."

» Read the stories on his blog
» Photo: CC BY Alexander Williams

Father's Day Edition of Happy Birthday, Robot!

Charles Starrett had only one wish for Father's Day: To play Happy Birthday, Robot! with the family. He posted his family's Father's Day-themed story on his blog and kindly allowed me to repost it here:

Happy Papa’s Day!
Papa walked downstairs and opened the cabinet doors to find chocolate.
Papa saw J there and she promptly ate the cake batter!
S scolded J and J bit S’s butt fiercely but silently.
S turned and made Papa punish bad J but Papa refused.
He wouldn’t dare hurt J because she’s awesome and he had received J’s bribe previously!
S protested hysterically and Mama whined but sent J to bed.
Papa made J serve him his dinner but she ate his dessert.
Papa asked, “What happened?” and ate J’s dessert but apologized.
Papa launched a world-scale invasion while riding on S’s back.
J backed down immediately.
Papa apologized and paid S’s medical bill.
Papa won anyway.

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