The Diana Jones Award is an annual award created to publicly acknowledge excellence in gaming. The award was first made for the year 2000, and the first award ceremony was on August 4, 2001.
More information:
- About the Diana Jones Award
- Nominations & Deadlines
- Contact the Award committee
The Awards:
- The tenth DJ Award (2010)
- The ninth DJ Award (2009)
- The eighth DJ Award (2008)
- The seventh DJ Award (2007)
- The sixth DJ Award (2006)
- The fifth DJ Award (2005)
- The fourth DJ Award (2004)
- The third DJ Award (2003)
- The second DJ Award (2002)
- The first DJ Award (2001)
2010 Diana Jones Award Winner Announced
The Trophy Goes to BoardGameGeek.com!
The Diana Jones The 2010 Diana Jones Award for Excellence in Gaming has been given to Boardgamegeek.com, a website edited by Scott Alden and Derk Solko. Visit our 2010 Winner page for details about BoardGameGeek.com and why it won the award.
Visit our 2010 Nominees page for more about this year's nominees and why they made the shortlist.
The winner of the 2010 Diana Jones Award was announced on the evening of Wednesday 4th August, at the annual Diana Jones Award and Freelancer Party in Indianapolis, the unofficial start of the Gen Con Indy games convention. Many thanks to the sponsors of this year’s ceremony: Adamant Entertainment, Anthony Gallela, Conan Properties/Paradox Entertainment, Dwarven Forge, Eden Studios, ElfinWerks, Matt Forbeck, Gen Con, ProFantasy and Pelgrane Press, Ryan Macklin, Janice Sellers/Sellers Editorial Services, Super Genius Games, 10x10Toon.com, Paul Tevis, and War Pig Radio.
About the Award
The Diana Jones Award for Excellence in Gaming was founded and first awarded in 2001. It is presented annually to the person, product, company, event or any other thing that has, in the opinion of its committee, best demonstrated the quality of “excellence” in the world of hobby-gaming in the previous year. The winner of the Award receives the Diana Jones trophy.
Past winners include industry figures Peter Adkison, Wolfgang Baur, Jordan Weisman, the board game Ticket to Ride, the card game Dominion, the role-playing games Grey Ranks, My Life with Master, Nobilis, and Sorcerer, the role-playing game supplement The Great Pendragon Campaign, and Irish game convention charity auctions. This year, 2010, is the tenth year of the Award.