Now Accepting Nominations for the 2025 Tournament of Simulations (ToS)
Now that we are finally back on track, it’s time to stay on track: The 2025 Tournament of Simulations (ToS) is hereby officially open to receive nominations through May 3rd, 2026!
For those who might be unfamiliar with ToS, this is an annual event where you can enter your role play or sim to potentially win a prize at no cost or risk to you! Judges from across the community go through all of the nominations and evaluate them in three different categories: story, characters, and readability.
As has been our tradition for many years now, play-by-post games will be graded on 10 consecutive posts while chat games will be graded on a single chat session. All sims will be considered regardless of club or fleet affiliation. We then present awards to the top-scoring games. The sims that do not place are not announced. That’s right: you’ve got nothing to lose, so why not enter?
With that out of the way, how about we get on with the nominations…
First, read this article: How Does the Tournament of Simulations (ToS) Work?
Second, take a look some of at the past winners: 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024
Third, submit your nomination(s) using the form below by May 3, 2026:
- Your name
- Your email address
- Nominee name
- Nominee URL
- Nominee genre (e.g., Star Trek, Star Wars, X-Men, fantasy, horror, etc.)
- Nominee club or fleet affiliation (if applicable)
- Role play type
- Play-by-Chat
- Play-by-Post (includes email, message board, Nova, etc.)
- URL
- Play-by-Chat: URL with a transcript of the chat session
- chat session must have occurred in 2025
- must not be password protected, require login, or be a Discord invite
- Play-by-Post: URL of first post to read (the judges will read this and the next 9 posts for 10 total posts)
- first post and subsequent 9 posts must have been posted in 2025
- must not be password protected, require login, or be a Discord invite
- Play-by-Chat: URL with a transcript of the chat session
- Backstory (≤ 250 words, optional for context)
- Poststory (≤ 250 words, optional for context)
- Yes/No – I am interested in also serving as a judge
- This will not affect your nominee’s chances of winning in any way
Rules
- Anyone may enter any game that they are a part of:
- Players: role plays they participate in
- Hosts: role plays they lead
- Club leaders: role plays in their clubs
- Plus anyone else
- We will deconflict any double or triple nominations
- There is no limit to the number of nominations one may make
- Games that do not place will not be announced–so there’s nothing to lose from entering!
- But don’t throw a temper tantrum if you don’t win!
- Not everyone can win!
- All posts and chat logs must have been originally posted in 2025
- Posts and chat logs must be open for public viewing and not password protected
Due May 3rd
We (always) need Judges!
As always, please contact me at star [dot] idf [at] gmail [dot] com if you’re interested in serving as a judge. The more judges we have, the quicker we can announce winners. Thank you to all who continue to serve the community in this capacity!
New Sponsor!
After an incredible 11 year run as the sponsor of the Tournament of Simulations, we recently decided to transfer it to the Simming League, back where it all began in 1999. We have greatly enjoyed our run with this incredible institution for more than a decade, but feel this is the right move for the role playing environment today. But don’t worry: Ongoing Worlds will continue to support ToS, the Simming League, and the rest of the community in any and every way that we can.
