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Buckets of Dice 2000 Awards
The following people received awards for their activities at BoD this year. Congratulations.
For the LRPG
The Jellyfish Award - Craig Mundy-Smith (Ambassador Juzo) for selling out above and beyond the call of duty.
Best Costume - Dennis McFaull (Kosh) for the Green Vorlon Suit.
Best Overall Performance - Belle and Matt (Ambassador J'Dor and Aide Ar'Loc).
Shock Value Award - Brian O'Sullivan (Sam Tate), for declaring martial law when the GM wasn't in the room.
Best new player in an LRPG - Lesley Elms (Ambassador Qwal'mizra).
Good Sportsman Award - Dougal Gunn (Attache Maris), for accepting misfortune with good grace.
For the Tabletop Roleplaying events
A Good Character Award to Kirk "Longstaff", for Consistent Characterisation of a S.N.A.G. under difficult circumstances.
A Crazy Stunt Award to Dougal Gunn for the Paraponting Imp.
A Quotable Quote Award to Fitz for "Huge heavily lipsticked bespangled mincing Alien Queen", or something like that.
A Wanton Violence Award to Angela Kingston-Smith for Needlessly eliminating the party by firing a sub-Tac Nuke in close-quarters Combat.
Best Ranked GM went to Hamish Cameron, running "Station 2".
A GM Above and Beyond Award was given to Dillon Burke, for Major Contribution to the schedule of events at Buckets of Dice 2000.
Meritous GM Awards went to Peter Lee (League of Alternative Super Heroes) and Nick Adams (Cothas Last Stand).
Best Ranked Player went to Dougal Gunn.
Meritous players were Matthew Belcher, Craig Mundy-Smith, Michael Cohen and Theuns Verwood.
Buckets of Dice 2000 Photo Album
Here we present for your viewing pleasure some of the photographs which were taken during BoD 2000. These have been resized for webspace purposes. We apologise to anyone who may feel we missed them out.
If there is a photo here that you would like removed, or to recieve a copy of the original, or to arrange to see the full set, please contact Robert here.
If you wish to know more about any of the events shown, or offer feedback please contact us here.
The Babylon 5 Live Roleplaying Event
"Mr Morbid"; Kosh, Shadow agent and Vorlon Ambassador.
J'Dor; Ar'Loc, Narn Ambassador and Ambassadors Assistant, and again.
Arturo Juzo, Centauri Ambassador.
Karyo Maris, Centauri Attache.
Feylenn; Dannaar, Minbari Aide and Minbari Ambassador.
Durlann, Worker Caste Minbari Grey Council.
Cas Tagawa; James Salinger, Commercial Telepath and Station Captain.
Sam Tate, Station XO.
Kalika Qwal'mizra, Abbai Ambassador.
Lethke Zum Bartardo, Brakiri Ambassador.
Vizak, Drazi Ambassador.
Sally Pierce, Human Reporter and 'reformed' killer.
Lord Kiefer; Lyssa Tyrel, Centauri Noble and Centauri Lady.
Y'Doc; J'Kal, Narn Captain and Narn Aide
Tristan Sommers, Commercial Telepath.
Rene Deverau, Free Mars representative, conversing with Ar'Loc.
Teelan; Harkar, Minbari Ranger and Drazi Pilot.
"Its hot in here." Vorlon unmasked, with Fashar, Markab Ambassador in the background.
Murky Dealings Benedict Singer, Human Billionaire, holds talks with the Narn.
Politics Arturo Juzo and Feylenn.
Warnings Lord Kiefer crosses paths with Kosh.
Group photo
Crowd shots. One Two Three Four Five
The B.O.R.G team responsible. Daniel (center), Peter and Cody, Alasdair.
The Decline and Fall of the First Solar Empire
The Empire,
from the players perspective.
And a more accurate version,
for the GMs to ponder.
All hail Dillon Burke, game designer extrodinaire.
These tables will become,
battlefields in space.
Fleets mass for the Final Battle, (Empire on the left, rebels on the right)
and the carnage begins.
A Trench Too Far
The Battlefield
On the left, the British.
On the right, the Germans.
Clarification: the happy looking fellow who appears in both the above photos was not in fact a defector, he was refereeing the game. Thank you, Brian.
Advancing on a juncture.
Is this an advance or a retreat?
A Few Miscellaneous Pictures
Game abandoned on account of food.
The Matrix System games were popular with spectators as well as players.
Caught by my own camera.
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