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…

Announcing the 2024 ToS Winners!

The 64 outstanding nominations received from the community were evaluated, and now we have some winners! Before we announce those amazing games, in case anyone is unfamiliar with this program: the Tournament of Simulations (ToS) is an annual competition, sponsored and run by Ongoing Worlds, that is open to all sims and online role-playing games, regardless of format or genre.

This year’s tournament resulted in 26 unique winners. As it is seemingly every year, the participation and excellence displayed among the entire field is a true testament to the ongoing strength of our simming and online role playing community, despite the naysayers out there.

As I frequently remind myself and others: evaluating sims is a subjective art, and this is true with ToS.  We’re not here to identify the best games as this is impossible.  Instead, we’re here to identify what we think are outstanding sims that exude excellence.  A different set of judges might very well chose a completely different set of winners.  And that’s okay! If you’re interested, this is how we select the winners. With that on the record once again, here are your 2024 Tournament of Simulation winners:

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2023 Tournament of Simulations open for nominations… Finally!

It’s long past time for us to hold the next Tournament of Simulations (ToS)… before it’s 2025! Speaking of years, ToS is the oldest and longest-running award in the simming and online role playing community.

For those who might be unfamiliar with ToS, this is where you can enter your role play to potentially win a prize at no cost or risk to you! Judges from across the community go through all of the entries and grade them on story, characters, and readability.

As has been our tradition for several 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 don’t place are not announced. That’s right: you’ve got nothing to lose, so why not enter?

Okay, enough on that. How about we get on with the nominations…