Scrye 4/1 - 120 - X-Files CCG: Mention
SCRYE 1996
Readership Survey
Results
Best CCG
Platinum Award: M:TG Mirage
Gold Award: X-Files
Silver Award: Mythos
Comment: Netrunner was a solid 4th.
Best CCG Expansion
Platinum Award: M:TG Alliances
Gold Award: Star Wars: A New Hope
Silver Award (tie): Middle-earth: The Dragons
Star Wars: TESB: Hoth
Best overall CCG game art
Platinum Award: M:TG Mirage
Gold Award: Middle-earth: The Wizards Ultd
Silver Award: Dark Age
Best overall CCG expansion art
Platinum Award: Middie-earth: The Dragons
Gold Award: Magic: The Gathering Alliances
Silver Award: Guardians: Drifter's Nexus
Best Graphic Design
Platinum Award: X-Files
Gold Award: Star Wars: A New Hope
Silver Award: Mythos
Readership Survey
Results
Best CCG
Platinum Award: M:TG Mirage
Gold Award: X-Files
Silver Award: Mythos
Comment: Netrunner was a solid 4th.
Best CCG Expansion
Platinum Award: M:TG Alliances
Gold Award: Star Wars: A New Hope
Silver Award (tie): Middle-earth: The Dragons
Star Wars: TESB: Hoth
Best overall CCG game art
Platinum Award: M:TG Mirage
Gold Award: Middle-earth: The Wizards Ultd
Silver Award: Dark Age
Best overall CCG expansion art
Platinum Award: Middie-earth: The Dragons
Gold Award: Magic: The Gathering Alliances
Silver Award: Guardians: Drifter's Nexus
Best Graphic Design
Platinum Award: X-Files
Gold Award: Star Wars: A New Hope
Silver Award: Mythos
Most Underrated CCG Game/Expansion
Platinum Award: Mythes
Gold Award: Rage
Silver Award: Legend of the Five Rings
Comments: Just about every CCG got a vote or
three... even M:TG! Arcadia: The Wyld Hunt,
Guardians, Highlander, V:TES, Guardians: Drifter's
Nexus, Netrunner, and M:TG Fallen Empires were
about tied for fourth.
Best CCG player's book/game guide
Platinum Award (tie):
Middle-earth Wizard's companion
Middle-earth Player's Guide
Silver Award (tie): The Art of Playing Mythos
Guardians: The Traveller's
Guide to the Mid Realms
Comment: Both of the Middle-earth books had more
than twice as many votes as any other book.
Best CCG Publisher
Platinum Award: Wizards of the Coast
Gold Award: Decipher
Silver Award (tie): Iron Crown Enterprises
White Wolf
Comments: No contest - WotC had five times the
number of votes of Decipher. No one was close
to Decipher for second.
Platinum Award: Mythes
Gold Award: Rage
Silver Award: Legend of the Five Rings
Comments: Just about every CCG got a vote or
three... even M:TG! Arcadia: The Wyld Hunt,
Guardians, Highlander, V:TES, Guardians: Drifter's
Nexus, Netrunner, and M:TG Fallen Empires were
about tied for fourth.
Best CCG player's book/game guide
Platinum Award (tie):
Middle-earth Wizard's companion
Middle-earth Player's Guide
Silver Award (tie): The Art of Playing Mythos
Guardians: The Traveller's
Guide to the Mid Realms
Comment: Both of the Middle-earth books had more
than twice as many votes as any other book.
Best CCG Publisher
Platinum Award: Wizards of the Coast
Gold Award: Decipher
Silver Award (tie): Iron Crown Enterprises
White Wolf
Comments: No contest - WotC had five times the
number of votes of Decipher. No one was close
to Decipher for second.
Best CCG Illustrator
Platinum Award (tie): Brom
Richard Kane Ferguson
Quinton Hoover
Comment: These three were far and away the most
popular illustrators.
Best CCG Advertisement
A few ads really caught the attention of our readers:
Decipher's Star Wars: A New Hope, USPC's 2-page
X-File ad and WotC's BattleTech ads (especially Tap
This! and No Apologies.)