Third Official Dan Bryan Awards - The Results

Hello everyone,

Sadly I didn't have anything special planned for this year's DBAs, and I hope this does not disappoint, but it was nonetheless my pleasure to hold these awards. As I've stated before, these awards will be properly reflected on the Campaign Trail Showcase site, and I've even been in talks with Jet to include bronze and silver trophies for mods that got 3rd and 2nd place in each category, respectively. I have enjoyed all of the positive feedback I've gotten for these awards and it'll be my pleasure to hold them again for 2025. I fully plan to do things differently than this year, potentially including brand new categories.

Many of these results might not have been much of a surprise to many of you, and I'm sure we all expected that one mod in particular would've swept the awards in all but a few categories. But without further adieu, here are the full results of this year's Dan Bryan Awards:

2024 DBA for Most Fun Candidate to Play

  • 1st: Donald Trump (American Carnage) (38.6%)
  • 2nd: George W. Bush (W.) (23.1%)
  • 3rd: Ted Turner (Mouths of the South) (17.2%)
  • 4th: Gary Johnson (2016 Gary) (12.5%)
  • 5th: Richard Nixon (1964N) (8.6%)

2024 DBA for Best CYOA Implementation

  • 1st: W. (34.2%)
  • 2nd: 2024: Democracy's Martyrdom (26.9%)
  • 3rd: American Carnage (19.2%)
  • 4th: 2012 - Obamanation (10.8%)
  • 5th: The End of History - 1996 (8.9%)

2024 Gus Hall Award for Best Soundtrack

  • 1st: American Carnage (34.2%)
  • 2nd: W. (21.7%)
  • 3rd: 1932: Happy Days Are Here Again! (15.6%)
  • 4th: 2012 - Obamanation (14.7%)
  • 5th: Slick '88 (13.9%)

2024 DBA for Best Writing

  • 1st: W. (37.2%)
  • 2nd: American Carnage (23.6%)
  • 3rd: Big Deal; Biden '92 (18.9%)
  • 4th: 1980: For Common Sense (15%)
  • 5th: 2012 - Obamanation (5.3%)

2024 DBA for Best Gameplay

  • 1st: W. (36.4%)
  • 2nd: 2024: Democracy's Martyrdom (22.2%)
  • 3rd: American Carnage (21.4%)
  • 4th: 2016 Gary (10.3%)
  • 5th: 2012 - Obamanation (9.7%)

2024 DBA for Most Challenging Mod

  • 1st: 2012 - Obamanation (30.8%)
  • 2nd: 1964 - The Eighth Crisis (29.7%)
  • 3rd: 1980: For Common Sense (19.7%)
  • 4th: 2024: Democracy's Martyrdom (10%)
  • 5th: W. (9.7%)

2024 Homer Simpson Award for Best Joke Mod - decided by first round supermajority

  • 1st: 1992 The Simpsons (86%)
  • 2nd: 2013 NJ (6%)
  • 3rd: 2024 Christmas (4%)
  • 4th: 2024: Tommy Wiseau (2%)
  • 5th: CFM 2016 (2%)

2024 Bache Award for Most Immersive Mod

  • 1st: American Carnage (31.4%)
  • 2nd: W. (20.3%)
  • 3rd: 2024: Democracy's Martyrdom (18.6%)
  • 4th: The End of History - 1996 (17.8%)
  • 5th: 1964N (11.9%)

2024 DBA for Technical Innovation

  • 1st: 2024: Democracy's Martyrdom (30.8%)
  • 2nd: W. (27.8%)
  • 3rd: 2023 WOKE (21.1%)
  • 4th: The End of History - 1996 (12.8%)
  • 5th: American Carnage (7.5%)

2024 DBA for Best International Mod

  • 1st: 2017 United Kingdom and 2023 Netherlands (both 34.7%)
  • 2nd: 2024 Lithuania (19.7%)
  • 3rd: 2016 Brexit (9.4%)
  • 4th: 2001 Australia (1.4%)

2024 DBA for Best Alternate History Mod

  • 1st: W. (33.3%)
  • 2nd: 1964N (20%)
  • 3rd: 2024: Democracy's Martyrdom (17.5%)
  • 4th: The End of History - 1996 (16.1%)
  • 5th: 2004 Sundance (13.1%)

2024 DBA for Best Historical Mod

  • 1st: American Carnage (38.1%)
  • 2nd: 1924: The Silent Decade (32.8%)
  • 3rd: 1960 Kennedy (12.2%)
  • 4th: 1980: For Common Sense (10.6%)
  • 5th: 1934: A Party Is Born (6.4%)

2024 DBA for Best Endings

  • 1st: American Carnage (32.8%)
  • 2nd: W. (30%)
  • 3rd: 2012 - Obamanation (15.8%)
  • 4th: 2008 - Liberty and Liberalism (12.8%)
  • 5th: 2024: Democracy's Martyrdom (8.6%)

2024 DBA for Modder of the Year

2024 DBA for Mod of the Year

  • 1st: W. (42.2%)
  • 2nd: American Carnage (30%)
  • 3rd: 2024: Democracy's Martyrdom (11.1%)
  • 4th: 2008 - Liberty and Liberalism (9.2%)
  • 5th: 2012 - Obamanation (7.5%)

As stated before, it has been nothing short of a pleasure to host these awards, and I look forward to doing so again next year. I believe that I have made several mistakes in hosting these awards and made some decisions along the way that I'm sure at least a few people may take issue with. It is my goal to rectify these problems in full by the time I get around to hosting these awards again.

Thank you all for your participation, these awards could not have happened without you guys.

Cheers!

- Mack A. Rony

UPDATE: 2023 NL and 2017 UK are now both tied for 1st, and now 2024 Lithuania has been bumped up to 2nd place and 2016 Brexit to 3rd.