RPG: Gen Con “And the ENnie goes to…”
The ENnies for RPGs have been awarded, find out who won big!
That’s right folks. It’s that time of year again, and now that Gen Con is in full swing the winners of this year’s ENnies have been announced. A few surprising results and lots to get excited for. So without further adieu, let’s dive in and take a look at your award-winning RPGs for 2017-2018.
via EN World
Best Adventure
- Gold: Blood in the Chocolate (Lamentations of the Flame Princess)
- Silver: Doors to Darkness (Chaosium)
Best Aid/Accessory
- Gold: Call of Cthulhu Keepers Screen Pack(Chaosium)
- Silver: Kobold Guide to Plots Campaigns (Kobold Press)
Best Cover Art
- Gold: Call of Cthulhu Investigator Handbook(Chaosium)
- Silver: Torment Tides of Numenera The Explorers Guide (Monte Cook Games)
Best Interior Art
- Gold: Tales from the Loop Roleplaying in the 80s That Never Was (Free League Publishing)
- Silver: S Petersens Field Guide to Lovecraftian Horrors (Chaosium)
Best Blog
- Gold: Gnome Stew The Gaming Blog
- Silver: Age of Ravens
Best Cartography
- Gold: Call of Cthulhu Keepers Screen Pack(Chaosium)
- Silver: 7th Sea Map of Thah (John Wick Presents)
Best Electronic Book
- Gold: The Things We Leave Behind (Stygian Fox Publishing)
- Silver: Hubris A World of Visceral Adventure (DIY RPG Productions)
Best Family Game
- Gold: Bubblegumshoe (Evil Hat)
- Silver: Masks A New Generation (Magpie Games)
Best Free Product
- Gold: 7th Sea Basic Rules (John Wick Presents)
- Silver: City of Mist Free PDF Starter Set (Son of Oak Game Studio)
Best Game
- Gold: Tales from the Loop Roleplaying in the 80s That Never Was (Free League Publishing)
- Silver: 7th Sea Core Rulebook (John Wick Presents)
Best Miniatures Product
- Gold: Achtung Cthulhu Skirmish Servitors of Nyarlathotep (Modiphius Entertainment)
- Silver: Dungeons Dragons: Molzurs Marvelous Miniatures (WizKids)
Best Monster/Adversary
- Gold: S Petersens Field Guide to Lovecraftian Horrors (Chaosium)
- Silver: Veins of the Earth (Lamentations of the Flame Princess)
Best Podcast
- Gold: Ken and Robin Talk About Stuff
- Silver: Spellburn
Best Production Values
- Gold: Call of Cthulhu 7th Edition Slipcase Set(Chaosium)
- Silver: Unknown Armies Deluxe Set (Atlas Games)
Best RPG Related Product
- Gold: Call of Cthulhu The Coloring Book(Chaosium)
- Silver: The ABCs of RPGs (Hunter Books)
Best Rules
- Gold: 7th Sea Core Rulebook (John Wick Presents)
- Silver: Adventures in Middle Earth Players Guide(Cubicle 7 Entertainment)
Best Setting
- Gold: Tales from the Loop Roleplaying in the 80s That Never Was (Free League Publishing)
- Silver: The Dark Eye Aventuria Almanac (Ulisses North America)
Best Supplement
- Gold: Pulp Cthulhu (Chaosium)
- Silver: 7th Sea Pirate Nations (John Wick Presents)
Best Website
Best Writing
- Gold: Tales from the Loop Roleplaying in the 80s That Never Was (Free League Publishing)
- Silver: Veins of the Earth (Lamentations of the Flame Princess)
Fan’s Choice for Best Publisher
- Gold: Wizards of the Coast
- Silver: Chaosium
Product Of The Year
- Gold: Tales from the Loop Roleplaying in the 80s That Never Was (Free League Publishing)
- Silver: 7th Sea Core Rulebook (John Wick Presents)
Some rather big news this time around. Chaosium had an incredibly strong presence with their various Cthulhu related ephemera. The Coloring Book is amazing, the GM Screen is incredibly useful, and Pulp Cthulhu offers you the kind of two-fisted adventure you’ve probably always been playing in Call of Cthulhu anyway. And it’s nice to see the new 7th Sea picking up some awards for both cartography and rules.
But far and away the big winner this year was Tales from the Loop with its fantastic, sci-fi take on the 80’s that never was. Equal parts Stranger Things, the Goonies, and a heaping helping of ET–this game captures that spirit of childlike adventure in the best way. Its rules provide a solid framework for getting into character, as players deal with problems like Homework and Trouble at Home while also facing the mysterious forces from the Loop–a massive supercollider built under rural Sweden (or wherever else you decide to set your game).
Well that’s it for this round, but we’ll be sure to have more Gen Con news for you as the con wears on.
Happy Adventuring!
