It's that time of year again when the red carpet is rolled out and we celebrate the Ennies - the tabletop RPG industry awards. This year's nominees are in and pretty much all of them are well-deserved.
See the full line-up after the jump.
Best Adventure
- Delta Green: Targets of Opportunity (Arc Dream Publishing/Pagan Publishing)
- Monsters and Other Childish Things: Road Trip (Cubicle 7/Arc Dream Publishing)
- Pathfinder Adventure Path #43: The Haunting of Harrowstone (Paizo Publishing)
- Perils of the Surface World: Miracle Stone of the Amazon (Exile Game Studio)
- Saturday Night Delves #1: Revenge of the Iron Lich (Save Versus Death)
- Honorable Mention: The Dance in the Blood (Pelgrane Press/Graham Walmsley)
Best Aid/Accessory
- D&D Essentials: Dungeon Tiles Master Set – The Dungeon (Wizards of the Coast)
- Eclipse Phase Gamemaster Pack (Posthuman Studios)
- Gaming Paper Adventure Maps (Gaming Paper)
- Hero Lab (Lone Wolf Development)
- The Unspeakable Oath (Arc Dream Publishing)
- Honorable Mention: Vornheim: The Complete City Kit (Lamentations of the Flame Princess)
Best Art, Cover
- A Song of Ice and Fire Campaign Guide (Green Ronin Publishing)
- Eoris Essence (Visions of Essence LLC)
- Mutants & Masterminds Hero’s Handbook (Green Ronin Publishing)
- Shadowrun: Attitude (Catalyst Game Labs)
- The Laundry (Cubicle 7)
- Honorable Mention: The Danse Macabre (White Wolf Publishing)
Best Art, Interior
- Dark Sun Campaign Setting (Wizards of the Coast)
- DC Adventures Hero’s Handbook (Green Ronin Publishing)
- Eoris Essence (Visions of Essence LLC)
- Legend of the Five Rings, Fourth Edition (Alderac Entertainment Group)
- Pathfinder Campaign Setting: Inner Sea World Guide (Paizo Publishing)
Best Blog
Best Cartography
- Bookhounds of London (Pelgrane Press)
- Deep Vistas Map Set I – III (Maps of Mastery)
- Gaming Paper Adventure Maps (Gaming Paper)
- Heavenring Village – Virtual Boxed Set (0One Games)
- Pathfinder Campaign Setting: Inner Sea Poster Map Folio (Paizo Publishing)
- Honorable Mention: Shadowrun: Sixth World Almanac (Catalyst Game Labs)
Best Electronic Book
- Cerulean Seas Campaign Setting (Alluria Publishing)
- Continuity (Posthuman Studios)
- Shanghai Vampocalypse (Savage Mojo)
- Temporal Probability Agency: To Predict and Serve (Apathy Games)
- Aces & Eights: The Running Death (Terminal Studios)
Best Free Product
- A Time of War: The BattleTech RPG Quick-Start Rules (Catalyst Game Labs)
- Hell for Leather – Free Edition (Cobweb Games)
- Old School Hack – Basic Game (Kirin Robinson)
- Saturday Night Delves #1: Revenge of the Iron Lich (Save Versus Death)
- Aces & Eights: The Running Death (Terminal Studios)
- Honorable Mention: Ultimate Combat Playtesting PDF (Paizo Publishing)
Best Game
- Happy Birthday, Robot! (Evil Hat Productions)
- Icons Superpowered Roleplaying (Adamant Entertainment/Cubicle 7)
- Legends of Anglerre (Cubicle 7)
- Mutants & Masterminds Hero’s Handbook (Green Ronin Publishing)
- The Dresden Files RPG (Evil Hat Productions )
- Honorable Mention: The Laundry (Cubicle 7)
Best Miniatures Product
- BattleTech 25th Anniversary Introductory Boxed Set (Catalyst Game Labs)
- Deep Vistas Map Set I – III (Maps of Mastery)
- Mousling Heroes (Reaper Miniatures)
- USCR – Commissar (MERCS Miniatures)
- WARMACHINE Khador Gun Carriage (Privateer Press)
- Honorable Mention: Gaming Paper Adventure Maps (Gaming Paper)
Best Monster/Adversary
- Doctor Who: Aliens & Creatures (Cubicle 7)
- Fey Folio: Clans of the Fey (Alluria Publishing)
- Monster Vault (Wizards of the Coast)
- Mythic Menagerie: The Kingdom of Graves (Super Genius Games)
- Pathfinder Roleplaying Game: Bestiary 2 (Paizo Publishing)
Best New Game (published for the first time ever)
- A Taste for Murder (Graham Walmsley)
- Happy Birthday, Robot! (Evil Hat Productions)
- Icons Superpowered Roleplaying (Adamant Entertainment/Cubicle 7)
- The Dresden Files RPG (Evil Hat Productions )
- The Laundry (Cubicle 7)
- Honorable Mention: Stars Without Number (Sine Nominee Publishing)
Best Podcast
- Atomic Array
- Chronicles: Pathfinder Podcast
- Flagons and Dragons
- The Dungeon Master Guys Podcast
- Yog-Sothoth
- Honorable Mention: Kicked In The DiceBags
Best Production Values
- Gatecrashing (Posthuman Studios)
- Happy Birthday, Robot! (Evil Hat Productions)
- Legend of the Five Rings, Fourth Edition (Alderac Entertainment Group)
- Pathfinder Roleplaying Game: Bestiary 2 (Paizo Publishing)
- The Dresden Files RPG (Evil Hat Productions )
Best RPG Related Product
- BattleTech 25th Anniversary Introductory Boxed Set (Catalyst Game Labs)
- Castle Ravenloft Boardgame (Wizards of the Coast)
- Hamlet’s Hit Points (Gamplaywright Press)
- Tall Pencil Strap Dragon Chow Dice Bag (Dragon Chow Dice Bags)
- The Bones – Us and Our Dice (Gameplaywright Press/Atomic Overmind Press)
Best Rules
- D&D Rules Compendium (Wizards of the Coast)
- Icons Superpowered Roleplaying (Adamant Entertainment/Cubicle 7)
- Legends of Anglerre (Cubicle 7)
- Mutants & Masterminds Hero’s Handbook (Green Ronin Publishing)
- The Dresden Files RPG (Evil Hat Productions )
- Honorable Mention: D&D Gamma World Roleplaying Game (Wizards of the Coast)
Best Setting
- A Song of Ice and Fire Campaign Guide (Green Ronin Publishing)
- Dark Sun Campaign Setting (Wizards of the Coast)
- Pathfinder Campaign Setting: Inner Sea World Guide (Paizo Publishing)
- Progenitor (Arc Dream Publishing)
- Space 1889: Red Sands (Savage Worlds) (Pinnacle Entertainment Group)
- Honorable Mention: Bookhounds of London (Pelgrane Press)
Best Supplement
- Block by Bloody Block (Print Version) (White Wolf Publishing)
- Gatecrashing (Posthuman Studios)
- Pathfinder Roleplaying Game: Advanced Player’s Guide (Paizo Publishing)
- Shadowrun: Attitude (Catalyst Game Labs)
- Space 1889: Red Sands (Savage Worlds) (Pinnacle Entertainment Group)
- Honorable Mention: The Danse Macabre (White Wolf Publishing)
Best Website
Best Writing
- The Danse Macabre (White Wolf Publishing)
- Delta Green: Targets of Opportunity (Arc Dream Publishing/Pagan Publishing)
- Gatecrashing (Posthuman Studios)
- The Dance in the Blood (Pelgrane Press/Graham Walmsley)
- The Dresden Files RPG (Evil Hat Productions )
Product of the Year
- A Song of Ice and Fire Campaign Guide (Green Ronin Publishing)
- DC Adventures Hero’s Handbook (Green Ronin Publishing)
- D&D Gamma World Roleplaying Game (Wizards of the Coast)
- Gatecrashing (Posthuman Studios)
- Happy Birthday, Robot! (Evil Hat Productions)
- Legend of the Five Rings, Fourth Edition (Alderac Entertainment Group)
- Pathfinder Roleplaying Game: Advanced Player’s Guide (Paizo Publishing)
- Pathfinder Campaign Setting: Inner Sea World Guide (Paizo Publishing)
- The Dresden Files RPG (Evil Hat Productions )
- The Stork (DreamPunk Productions)
- Honorable Mention:Legends of Anglerre (Cubicle 7)
You say "pretty much" all of them are well-deserved. Which aren't, in your opinion?
ReplyDeleteHm, almost all of those nominations are meaningless to me... makes me notice how out of touch I am with the mainstream "RPG industry"! (A situation I am quite happy with :)
ReplyDelete@uwarr I don't know, I just think it may have been a bit of a cop-out to put the D&D Rules Compendium in there. Yeah, good layout but it's not wholly new ground.
ReplyDeleteI just read about Gameplaywright Press in Kobold Quaarterly. I hope they win for their products.
ReplyDeleteWhat does "Honourable Mention" mean?
ReplyDeleteGenerally speaking, Honorable Mention means you performed well in a competition but fallen just outside the prize category.
ReplyDeleteWhat this means as far as the Ennie is concerned is that the Honorable Mentions listed are not eligible to receive votes for 1st-2nd-3rd (etc.) prize in their respective categories. I believe voting starts this week.
I saw a tweet from the Ennies today saying that voting opens on Friday. I'll provide a link when the time comes.
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