THE PREMIO ARCHIMEDE 2014
GOES TO
NEA POLIS BY
CIRO FACCIOLLI AND SARA RUBINO
PRESS RELEASE
The final ceremony of the Premio Archimede 2014, organized by studiogiochi, took place on October 4 at the Sala San Leonardo in Venice. This XII Edition has been a real success.
Alex Randolph, the “Master” of game authors, to whom this event is dedicated, has been remembered and honored this year with a Geister Tournament (one of his most beautiful games). The tournament took place before the prize giving and the winner was Dario Zaccariotto who beated Umberto Rosin (the Venice "Tana dei Goblin" president) at the final.
The number of prototypes in this year's competition, mainly games from Italy, but also from many other countries in and outside Europe, was 144: very close to the 2012 record of 146 participants.
The exhibition showed the 60 prototypes admitted to the final. There were games of all kinds: strategy, luck, abstract, with particular settings, simple, complex, all with new and original ideas, with a level that is increasing each year.During the final ceremony, the proclamation of the TOP 15 (13 boardgames plus the first two card games among the 4 that competed for the Cartamundi prize), and then the final live voting of the international jury.
The Premio Archimede 2014 goes Nea Polis by Ciro Facciolli and Sara Rubino, that also won the Speciale Prize IdeaG given to the best author that never published a game. Second place goes to Approdo del re by David Zanotto and third to Borgogna, again by David Zanotto.
The first three places received also a special prize from Niek Neuwahl on behalf of the J.P. Halvah Foundation, created by Randolph with the purpose of helping emerging game authors.
To be mentioned also the Special Prizes: the Sebastiano Izzo Special Prize to Approdo del re by David Zanotto and the Cartamundi Prize to Rus in urbe by Marco Franchin. Two special prizes have been given to the most professional realizations of prototypes: Apollo 11 by Nicola Montagner and Jules Verne Prophecy by Maurizio Turinetto. The Special Prize Pencil&Paper Game went to Line2Dots by Chong Veng Cheang (China).
The international jury's work has been really admirable: Niek Neuwahl the president, Michael Bruinsma (Phalanx, Netherlands), Bernd and Moritz Brunnhofer (Hans im Glück, Germany), Silvio De Pecher (la tana dei Goblin, Italy), Dario De Toffoli (studiogiochi, Italy), Uwe Molter (Amigo, Germany), Philipp Sprick (Ravensburger, Germany) replaced by Wim de Boer because of indisposition, Dieter Strehl (Piatnik, Austria), Albrecht Werstein (Zoch, Germany).
Incredibly supportive and important was the work of the selection jury, directed by Leo Colovini, with Giuseppe Baggio, Mauro Gaffo, Paolo Munini, Federico Colovini and Alessandro Zucchini, and the work done by the staff members for the website, secretary and graphics (Giulia Franceschini, Giorgia Marchesin, Elisa Marzorati, Rossana Nardo, Dario Zaccariotto and Fabrizio Berger).
The City of Venice offered the possibility to use the beautiful Sala San Leonardo, underlining the importance of the real ludic culture in contrast with the increasing slot-machine reality.
GioNa, the National Association of the playing city, through its president, Furio Honsell Mayor of the city of Udine, praised events like this that give importance to the social and cultural aspects of games.
The Musée suisse de jeu will be expose the best finalists.
Special thanks to the companies and Association that partecipated to the Event such as Old Boys (for the trophies), 999, Amigo, Asterion, Cartamundi, Hans im Glueck, Hasbro, IDG, La tana dei Goblin, Lego, Piatnik, Ravensburger, ScriBabs, Zoch; Logika, the official magazine of the Premio Archimede 2014; Ares, Clementoni, DVGiochi, Oliphante, Schmidt, Spielmaterial, for all the boardgames and puzzles offered as prizes for the finalist authors.
Premio Archimede 2014
Winner
NEA POLIS by Ciro Facciolli and Sara Rubino
2nd palce
APPRODO DEL RE by David Zanotto
3rd place
BORGOGNA by David Zanotto
4th place
LES HALLES by Enrico Feresin
5th place
LA ZATTERA DEL TESORO by Guido Albini
6th place
CARDO MAXIMUS by Emanuele Ornella
7th place
ISOLA TAKUKI by Nestore Mangone
and
RUS IN URBE by Marco Franchin
9th place
MESSTI by Peter Verhaeghe
and
SOCCORSO ALPINO by Antonio Scrittore
11th place
GHOST TOWN by Alessandro Dentis
12th place
ALIEN CORPORATE INVADERS by Mauro Vanetti
and
TORNEO by Cielo Doro
14th place
KHEFREN by Francesco and Laura Frittelli
and
RECYCLE INC by Marco Pozzi and Laura Nicolini
Premio Speciale Carta Mundi
to the best card game
RUS IN URBE by Marco Franchin
Premio Speciale “Sebastiano Izzo”
to the game that would have been appreciated by Sebastiano Izzo, our beloved “games buddy” that we like to remember during every edition
APPRODO DEL RE
by David Zanotto
Premio Speciale IdeaG
for the best game entirely created by a non professional game author (an author that never published one of his games yet)
NEA POLIS by Ciro Facciolli and Sara Rubino
Special Prize
to the most professional realizations of prototypes
APOLLO 11 by Nicola Montagner
and
JULES VERNE PROPHECY by Maurizio Turinetto
Special Prize
Pen&Paper Game
LINE2DOTS by Chong Veng Cheang
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