Tramite il suo account Faccialibro Frederik ha segnalato (in realtà è stato Wrigstad a fargli i complimenti prima che lui potesse dire qualcosa) che Montsegur è entrato nella shortlist dei Diana Jones Award, ovvero nella selezione di 4-5 titoli da cui emergerà il vincitore assoluto, ad Agosto, appena prima di GenCon.
Ecco la motivazione:
Montsegur1244, by Frederik Jensen, uses actual history to frame a tightly
focused game that explores faith, loyalty, and the bonds of kinship.
Using the final, brutal siege in the Catholic crusade against the Cathar
heresy as a backdrop, players take the roles of true believers trapped
in the fortress of Montsegur. As the inevitable endgame draws closer,
each player must decide—will their character abandon their faith and
recant, or will they burn for what they believe? This single, simple
choice drives the entire game. Montsegur1244 succeeds brilliantly in
evoking the horror and pathos of the doomed Cathars, and combines the
best of Nordic and North American roleplaying traditions. The game is
carefully structured where it needs to be and completely freeform where
it doesn’t. Elegant, simple mechanics support play that is often
surprisingly emotional. The choices players are presented with are
impossible to reconcile. The tangled web of family, love, duty and
belief only amplify the difficulty of the decision each must eventually
make.
For more information about the award, see
http://www.dianajonesaward.org/
