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4 o en 1. e i d Lo 9n oi t . www.northUmberlandtoday.com e e n en s ce mt mc â€" e y h6 e4 N s Local News _ 27w ce Pss _ e C Fume _ 12/08 recognized: Ed Greenwood - The following information is edited from _ by coâ€"author Brian R. James) and Best & an article in the GAMEVINE Gamers‘ Roleplaying Game Supplement (for the Report and tells of the achievements of «Castlemourn" hardcover game setting, | Cramahe resident Ed Greenwood. from Margaret Weis Productions). \ f E Mr. Greenwood also contributed to four | * In a year in which roleplaying gaming . other 2007 Origins nominees. In the Best | j lost its Grandest Old Master, the gaming Publication, Nonâ€"Fiction category: "©40 f : c industry seems poised to bestow its Years of Gen Con" from Atlas Games, | highest awards on another Grand Old compiled by Robin D. Laws (another Master. celebrated Canadian game designer); The "Grandest Old Master" was E. Gary _ "Hobby Games: ‘The 100 Best" from Green | Gygax, coâ€"creator of the Dungeons & Ronin Publishing, edited by James Dragons® game. Mr. Gygax, who died in â€" Lowder; and "Kobold Quarterly" magazine March, aged 69, is widely considered the from Open Design, edited by Wolfgang founder of the roleplaying game industry. _ Baur. In the Best Publication, Fiction { The Grand Old Master still standing is _ category, Greenwood was a contributor to Canadian librarian and Cramahe the nominated pulp fiction anthology | Township resident Ed Greenwood, creator "Astounding Hero Tales" from Hero * 5 of The Forgotten Realms® world setting Games, edited by James Lowder. for the Dungeons and Dragons® game and This is the largest number of Origins prolific fantasy author and game designer. Awards nominations garnered by any â€" , _ The Origins Awards, informally known individual in one year, and also marks the as "the Callies" because the trophies are most nominations ever for a nonâ€" ' surmounted by an image of Calliope, the American (legendary German game Greek muse of epic (heroic) poetry, are the designer Reiner Knitzia has amassed Oscars of the gaming industry. almost as many nominations, over the last Callies are awarded annually by the . two decades). â€" : 7 Academy of Adventure Gaming Arts and Ed Greenwood coâ€"won a Callie in 1990 Design (AAGAD) and the Game _ for Best Roleplaying Game Supplement for 7 a Manufacturers Association (GAMA) at the the Forgotten Realms Adventures and . |â€"Origins Game Fair held in Columbus, Ohio â€" again in 2001 for Best Roleplaying Game ‘[ every June. This year‘s 34th awards will Supplement for the "Forgotten Realms" honour achievements in the gaming field â€" 3rd Edition D&D® hardcover game setting. during 2007. He also received a second exclusive ; This year, â€" Mr. Greenwood is â€" Origins statue for his GAMA Hall of Fame f nominated in two categories: Best â€" induction in 2003. He also contributed to Publication, Nonâ€"Fiction (for "The Grand award winners in 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, History of the Realms" hardcover from. 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1998, E Wizards of the Coast, a nomination shared . 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2003. fiâ€"â€"â€"'â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"’â€"’_’â€"â€" Shane Peacock wins Arthur Ellis Award ; Shane Peacock is the winner of the 2008 â€" when a string is pulled. | ; & Arthur Ellis Award for Best Juvenile Born in 1957 in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Crime Fiction, Canada‘s premier award for Mr. Peacock‘s resume includes work as a excellence in the crime genre. The biographer, journalist, and screenwriter. 2 announcement came June 5. He is also the author of six novels and : | Shane Peacock‘s nominated novel, Eye of | three plays, and has been nominated for the Crow, describes the world of an two previous Arthur Ellis Awards for adolescent Sherlock Holmes as he tries to â€" crime fiction. j solve his first mystery. Mr. Peacock‘s boyâ€" This marks the 25th year for the Arthur ’ Sherlock begins his crimeâ€"solving career at Ellis Awards. The Crime Writers of : the age of 13, only to find he is accused of Canada is a national organization for â€" . the very crime he‘s trying to solve. Canadian crime writers, associated The award itself, the Arthur, is handâ€" â€" professionals, and fans of Canadian crime carved by Canadian artisan Barry writing. ‘ Lambeck and based on a design and In addition to the Arthur Ellis Awards, prototype by artist Peter Blais. Arthur is a . the CWC publishes a quarterly newsletter wooden articulated jumpingâ€"jack figure (Fingerprints) and hosts a series of popular with a noose around its neck that "dances" â€" literary events. 7 : a A,._____,_,..._â€"â€"â€"â€"-v,,_____g::?â€",.â€"â€"-â€"â€"â€".â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"'â€"' x i @