I won a "Pour Encourager Les Autres" (PELA) award at the Historical Miniatures Gaming Society (HMGS) Historicon 2016 convention, for the Herero War games I ran at that con. This is my second PELA award: at Fall-In 2013 Eric Alvarado and I won a PELA for our Herero War game "The Trenches of Onganjira".
PELA's are awarded based on the following criteria:
- Appearance: Impressive & appealing figures, terrain, models, gaming tools and overall table layout.
- Participation: Players are visibly enjoying the game, and all players asked respond enthusiastically.
- Innovation: Unique methods, techniques or craftsmanship, GM showmanship and any other exceptional methods evident to produce a high quality event.
- GM Effort: For a GM going "above-and-beyond" to run many events, and/or large fun games or over a dozen gamers, informative/educational or multimedia efforts such as historical posters, flags, AV etc.