Matrix Games Wins Two Origins Game of the Year Awards
For Immediate Release July 5th 2006- On July 1st 2006 Matrix
Games, www.matrixgames.com, received two coveted Game of the
Year awards from Origins in the categories: Best Historical
Board Game and Vanguard Unique Game Awards. The recipients were
Mark H. Walker's Lock n' Load: Band of Heroes for Best
Historical Board Game and Gary Grigsby's World at War for
Vanguard Unique Game. Nicknamed the Callie awards, these
represent special selection by a panel of expert judges on the
Academy of Adventure Gaming Arts and Design (AAGAD) (
http://aagad.originsgames.com/). Both victories are notable
achievements for different reasons. Lock n' Load: Band of
Heroes is the first board game to be published by Matrix Games
and to win an award that takes most companies many years to
reach in the first outing is an important event. Lock n' Load:
Band of Heroes is an easy to learn hex-based squad level
wargame. We take great pride in having some of the best
scenario design and the most flexible combat system of any WWII
combat board game. Congratulations go to Mark H. Walker on this
victory for his outstanding work on the design and development
of Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes! Gary Grigsby's World at War is
notable as the first step in recognizing PC games as legitimate
entries into the 'hobby' game market. Gary Grigsby's World at
War is one of the first, if not the first, PC titles to win a
Callie award. This is a sign to retail hobby shops that it is
alright to accept and embrace PC "board games" as an extension
of their existing market. The Vanguards, such as the one given
to Gary Grigsby's World at War, are given to titles that are
award worthy but do not fall into an existing category.
Congratulations go to 2by3 Games - Gary Grigsby, Joel Billings
and Keith Brors - for adding a great award to their long list
of honors! Matrix Games looks forward to more PC titles
appearing and is strongly pushing for the creation of a PC
Wargame section to be added to the awards program next year.
Matrix Games thanks the Academy and Origins for voting for Lock
'n Load: Band of Heroes and Gary Grigsby's World At War - we
are honored to receive these awards! For more information on
these and other Matrix Games products visit
www.matrixgames.com. ABOUT MATRIX GAMES Matrix Games produces,
markets and publishes historical wargames as well as other
computer gaming products. Since 2000, Matrix Games has
published over three dozen titles and several award-winning
games, including War in the Pacific, Highway to the Reich, Gary
Grigsby's World At War, Flashpoint Germany, Battles In
Normandy, Starshatter and Tin Soldiers: Julius Caesar. Matrix
Games is based in Staten Island, New York. For more
information, visit the Matrix Games website at
www.matrixgames.com. Press Contact: Joseph Lieberman
JoeL@MatrixGames.com
