Prizes
Money and Gift Certificates
- A $50 gift certificate to Circuit City, Best Buy, or CompUSA, donated by Mark Musante.
- A $15 gift certificate to ThinkGeek or J!NX, donated by David Good. (2 prizes)
- $400 US, to be sent by PayPal, donated by Martin Braun.
- $100 US and a free copy of Quest Pro and QuestNet Server Pro, donated by Alex Warren.
- A $25 gift certificate to mymusic.com, donated by Karl Ove Hufthammer.
- A $25 US gift certificate to Threadless, donated by Matt Chamberlin.
- $75 US, to be sent by PayPal, donated by Kate McKee.
- A $50 gift certificate to J!NX, donated by J!NX.
Games
- The Lost Treasures of Infocom, Volume 1, on 3.5" disks, donated by Ibrahim Gucukoglu. (If chosen by an author who does not live in the UK or Europe, some of the postage costs must be borne by that author.)
- A nearly-complete set of Perplex City cards, containing every red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple card from Waves 1-4; all the rare Black cards from Waves 1-3 (except for 194-202, 205, 212, 215, and 219); black card 224 from Wave 4; three of the ultra-rare Silver cards: 242, 243, and 247; and promotional card P01, donated by Riff Conner.
- Two unopened packs of Wave 1-3 Perplex City cards, donated by Riff Conner.
- Polaris, winner of the 2005 Independent Role-Playing Game of the Year award, donated by Victor Gijsbers.
- Four pre-constructed Magic: The Gathering decks: Stampede and Special Forces decks from the Fifth Dawn expansion, the Rat's Nest deck from the Betrayers of Kamigawa expansion, and the Spikes deck from The Rath Cycle: Stronghold expansion, donated by Nate Dovel.
- Darwinia for Windows, donated by Jimmy Maher.
- Syberia II for Windows, donated by Jimmy Maher.
- The Longest Journey for Windows, donated by Jimmy Maher.
- Gothic II for Windows, donated by Jimmy Maher.
Books and Magazines
- A hardcover copy of the Inform Designer's Manual, donated by Dan Sanderson.
- A used copy of Enchanter, Robin W. Bailey's novel based on the Infocom game of the same name, donated by Jon Rosebaugh.
- A new copy of The Final Reflection, by John M. Ford, and a $20 donation in the winner's name to the John M. Ford Book Endowment, donated by Jon Rosebaugh.
- A signed paperback copy of Twisty Little Passages, donated by Nick Montfort.
Non-Game Software
- Two Infocomics, Lane Mastadon and Gamma Force, for the Apple II, donated by Nate Dovel.
Clothing
Special Prizes
- The Golden Banana of Discord, Mark II, which is to go to the game whose scores have the highest standard deviation, donated by Zach Flynn.
Most any and all prizes are acceptable. If you have a prize you'd
like to donate, please mail
the organizer. I'll have you keep the prize until the competition is over,
then mail it directly to the author who chooses it as their prize.