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Daryl McCullough wrote:

> Perhaps we should have a yearly IF "Hall of Fame" vote. There might
> be some restriction to games that are at least 1 year old (or older)
> to separate the ones that might withstand the test of time from the
> flashes in the pan. Or maybe *authors* should be in the hall of fame,
> rather than specific games.

Maybe.

An Xyzzy-like award for the "fondest remembered/best rediscovery" might be
interesting, too, for new people to chime in regarding games they've only
recently stumbled across, and for the old-timers to continually nod to the games
that have affected them.

Maybe the Hall of Fame could later be voted on from games that have won at least
one or two of these?

Or maybe I'm just rambling incoherently and not doing anything about it.  I'll
give it some more coherent thought after I've written up my lecture for
Wednesday, which is kind of the day's top priority...


