Entries and results of the fourth Competition
The third Competition ran from January 25th, 2004 to March 8th, 2005. There were eleven entries, and eight voters. The winner was Hextris, by David J. Bush.
Entries and results of the third Competition
The second Competition ran from October 16th to December 3rd, 2004. There were six entries, and seven voters. The winner was Undercut, by Joseph Kisenwether.
Entries and results of the second Competition
The first Competition ran from August 14th to September 10th, 2004. There were eleven entries, and ten voters. The winner was Sprawl, by Jonathan A. Leistiko.
Entries and results of the first Competition
The Competition was tossed up as an idea around Origins 2004, inspired by the Piecepack Design Contests. Much mailing-list discussion ensued (notably Ryan McGuire, Mike Sugarbaker, Dan Isaac, Josh Kronengold, Allen Firstenberg, Greg Filpus, Andrew Plotkin, and anyone I forgot). At Origins, I (Andrew Plotkin) raised my hand and volunteered to stick it into the molten lead of fame, shielded only by the Leidenfrost Effect of... of... I can't make this metaphor work.
Even more discussion ensued, but I got a set of rules hammered out. The Competition was more or less officially announced on July 14th.