RPG: ENnie Award Nominees 2019
With Gen Con around the corner now, the ENnies have announced their nominees. Come see if your favorite RPG is nominated!
Here it is folks, your list of this year’s ENnie nominees. Looks like a stellar crop this year, with Dungeon Commandr’s Plot ARMOR one of the crowd favorites. If you’re looking for a cool new rpg to try, this is a great place to check!
via The ENnie awards
Judges’ Spotlight Winners
Benjamin Adelman: The Stygian Library, Dying Stylishly Games, Author: Emmy Allen
Christopher Gath: Archives of the Sky, Aaron A. Reed, Author: Aaron A Reed
Alexander Holley: SIGMATA: This Signal Kills Fascists, Land of NOP LLC, Author: Chad Walker
Brent Jans: plot ARMOR, Mostly Harmless Games, Author: DC
Brian Nowak: The Elephant & Macaw Banner: Player’s Guide, Porcupine Publishing Author: Christopher Kastensmidt
Best Adventure
Masks of Nyarlathotep, Chaosium Inc.
Authors: Larry DiTillio, Lynn Willis, Mike Mason, Lynne Hardy, Paul Fricker, Scott Dorward
Mothership: Dead Planet, Tuesday Knight Games
Authors: Donn Stroud, Fiona Maeve Geist, Sean McCoy
Slaves of the Machine God, Monte Cook Games
Author: Bruce R. Cordell
The Persephone Extraction, Pelgrane Press
Authors: Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan, Heather Albano, Emma Marlow, Will Plant, Bill White
Winter’s Daughter, Necrotic Gnome
Authors: Gavin Norman, Frederick Münch, Nicholas Montegriffo
Best Aid/Accessory – Digital
DunGen: High Resolution Dungeon Generator for Discord, Dungeon Channel
DUNGEONFOG – Premium | Online Map Maker & Authoring Tool, DUNGEONFOG KG
Magwa’s Magic Item Compendium Mobile App, KNights of Vasteel
Paper Blossoms – An Unofficial Character Generation for L5R (FFG), Paper Blossoms
World Anvil Grandmaster Tier Worldbuilding & Campaign Management Platform, World Anvil LTD
Best Aid/Accessory – Non-Digital
Champions Character Creation Cards, High Rock Press
Dwarven Forge’s Dungeon of Doom Modular Terrain, Dwarven Forge
Masks of Nyarlathotep Gamer Prop Set, The H. P.Lovecraft Historical Society Inc.
Numenera Ruin Deck, Monte Cook Games
The Big Book of Sci-Fi Battle Mats, Loke BattleMats
Best Art, Cover
Bluebeard’s Bride: Book of Mirrors, Magpie Games
Artist: Rebecca Yanovskaya
Call of Cthulhu – Terror Australis 2nd Edition, Chaosium Inc.
Artist: M. Wayne Miller
Coriolis – Emissary Lost, Free League Publishing
Artist: Martin Grip
KULT: Divinity Lost, 4th Edition of KULT – Core Rules, Helmgast AB
Artist: Bastien Lecouffe-Deharme
Winter’s Daughter, Necrotic Gnome
Artist: Mish Scott
Best Art, Interior
Invisible Sun, Monte Cook Games
Artists: Samuel Araya, Chris Cold, Martin de Diego, Jason Engle, Inkognit, Aldo Katayanagi, Eric Lofgren, Irina Nordsol, Jim Pavelec, Roberto Pitturru, Sam Santala, David Seidman, Joe Slucher, Zoa Smalley, Lee Smith, Matt Stawicki
KULT: Divinity Lost, 4th Edition of KULT – Core Rules, Helmgast AB
Artists: Bastien Lecouffe-Deharme, Marcin Tomalak, Ander Plana, Daniel Comerci, Kamil Mickiewicz, Ashen Studios, Krzysiek Poznanski, Anton Semenov, Alfred Khamidullin, Anton Kuzko, Daniel Karlsson, Bastien Lecouffe-Deharme, Sam Denmark, Evgeny Maloshenkov
Legacy: Life Among the Ruins 2nd Edition, UFO Press Limited
Artists: Tithi Luadthong, Oli Jeffery
RuneQuest: Roleplaying in Glorantha Slipcase Set, Chaosium Inc.
Artists: Rick Becker, Bernard Bittler, Simon Bray, William Church, Miguel Coronado, Gene Day, Andrey Fetisov, Piotr Foksowicz, Lisa Free, Merle Insigna, Tomasz Jedruszek, Kalin Kadiev, Roman Kisyov, Rachel Kahn, Jennifer Lange, Rhonda Libbey, Michelle Lockamy
Symbaroum Monster Codex, Järnringen / Free League Publishing
Artists: Martin Grip
Best Cartography
A New Map of Hot Springs Island, Swordfish Islands
Cartographer: Jason Thompson
Forbidden Lands – Retro Open-World Survival Fantasy RPG, Free League Publishing
Cartographers: Tobias Tranell and Nils Gulliksson
Lamp’s Light Sanitarium: A Horror Campaign for 5e, Saturday Morning Scenarios
Cartographer: Toby Lancaster
Silent Titans, Swordfish Islands
Cartographer: Dirk Detweiler Leichty
The Midderlands Expanded, MonkeyBlood Design & Publishing
Cartographer: Glynn Seal
Best Electronic Book
Dinosaur Princesses, Ardens Ludere
Authors: Hamish Cameron, Dana Cameron, Mary Rosalind Valentine
Fear’s Sharp Little Needles, Stygian Fox Publishing
Authors: Christopher Smith Adair, Joe Trier, Glynn Owen Barrass, Simon Brake, Stuart Boon, Chad Bowser, Brian Courtemanche, Scott Dorward, Adam Gauntlett, Allan Goodall, Helen Gould, Tyler Hudak, Jo Kreil, Jeff Moeller, Andi Newton, Oscar Rios, Brian M. Sammons, Matthew Sanderson, Jennifer Thrasher, Joe Trier, Jason Williams, Matt Wiseman, Simon Yee
Ironsworn, Shawn Tomkin
Author: Shawn Tomkin
Sly Flourish’s Return of the Lazy Dungeon Master, Last Word Audio
Author: Michael E. Shea
Uncaged Volume 1, Ashley Warren Writes
Authors: Alicia Furness, Alison Huang, Annabeth Lennon, Asa Wheatley, Awkward Bard, Bianca Bickford, Catherine Evans, Dierdre Donlon, Elise Cretel, Emily Smith, lourescentWolf, Gwen Bassett, Hla Rosa, Jen Vaughn, Jessica L. Washburn, Jessica Marcrum, Jessica Ross, Johanna Taylor, Judy Black, Johanna Taylor, Kat Kruger, Kayla Cline, Kelly Dayton, Kristina Sisto Kindel, Liz Gist, Luciella Elisabeth Scarlett, Lynne M. Meyer, Lysa Chen, Ma’at Crook, Maryska Connolly, Masha Lepire, Mellanie Black, Natalie Wallace, Sammy Ward, Samantha Darcy, Wouter Florusse
Best Family Game / Product
Dinosaur Princesses, Ardens Ludere
Authors: Hamish Cameron, Dana Cameron, Mary Rosalind Valentine
The Hidden Halls of Hazakor, Insane Angel Studios
Author: Scott Fitzgerald Gray
Kids on Bikes, Renegade Game Studios/Hunters Entertainment
Authors: Doug Levandowski and Jonathan Gilmour
Power Outage: Core Guide Book, Go Nerdy LLC
Author: Bebarce El-Tayib
The Tragedies of Middle School, 9th Level Games
Authors: Jacqueline Bryk, Banana Chan, Patrick Clapp, MIichael Faulk, Glenn Given, Doug Levandowski, Kira Magrann, Alex McConnaughey, Brian Neff, Tim Notcon, Ty Oden, Chris O’Neill, Heather O’Neill, Hannah Shaffer, Moira Slater, Scott Slater, Barret Stowe, James Stowe, Tim Notcon, Jay E Treat III, Heather Wilson
Best Free Game / Product
Die Laughing, Sliced Up, NerdBurger Games
Author: Craig Campbell
Ironsworn, Shawn Tomkin
Author: Shawn Tomkin
The Executioner’s Daughter, Ashley Warren Writes
Author: Ashley Warren
The Ultraviolet Grasslands – Free Introduction, Hydra Cooperative
Author: Luka Rejec
Wayfinder #18: Fey and the First World, Paizo Fans United
Author: Charlie Brooks, Calder CaDavid, Robert Cameron, Benjamin Chason-Sokol, Jeremy Corff, Jason Daugherty, Matthew Duval, Robert Feather, Kim Frandsen, Wojciech Gruchała, Amy C. Goodenough, Taylor Hubler, Luke Hudek, Chris L. Kimball, John Laffan, Crystal Malarsky, Randal Meyer, Jacob W. Michaels, Daniel Angelo Monaco, Stewart Moyer, Dennis Muldoon, Andrew Mullen, Dave Nelson, Nicholas S. Orvis, Emily Parks, Lyn Perrine, Amanda Plageman, Matt Roth, André Roy, Stephen J. Smith, Kendra Leigh Speedling, Jeff Taft, Brendan Ward, Christopher Wasko, Nicholas Wasko, Kerney Williams
Best Game
Companions’ Tale, Sweet Potato Press
Author: Laura Simpson
Dialect: A Game about Language and How it Dies, Thorny Games
Authors: Kathryn Hymes and Hakan Seyalioglu
Dream Askew/Dream Apart, Buried Without Ceremony Games
Authors: Avery Alder and Benjamin Rosenbaum
Liminal, Wordplay Games
Author: Paul Mitchener
Mothership: Player’s Survival Guide, Tuesday Knight Games
Author: Sean McCoy
Best Layout and Design
Bluebeard’s Bride: Book of Mirrors, Magpie Games – Miguel Angel Espinoza
Mini-Dungeon Tome, AAW Games – Justin Andrew Mason and Thomas Baumbach
Secrets of Silent Streets, Monte Cook Games – Bear Weiter
Symbaroum Monster Codex, Järnringen / Free League Publishing – Johan Nohr
The Black Hack 2nd Edition, Squarehex – David Black
Best Monster/Adversary
Creature Codex for 5th Edition, Kobold Press
Authors: Wolfgang Baur, Dan Dillon, Richard Green, James Haeck, Jeremy Hochhalter, James Introcaso, Jon Sawatsky, Chris Harris
Hideous Creatures: A Bestiary of the Cthulhu Mythos, Pelgrane Press
Authors: Kenneth Hite, Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan, Becky Annison, Helen Gould, Ruth Tillman
Sandy Petersen’s Cthulhu Mythos for 5e, Petersen Games
Author: Sandy Petersen
Symbaroum Monster Codex, Järnringen / Free League Publishing
Authors: Martin Grip, Mattia Lilja, Mattias Johnsson
Tyrants & Hellions, 2CGaming, LLC
Authors: Steven Gordon, Ryan Servis, and Johnathon Kelly
Best Online Content
Cannibal Halfling Gaming, Cannibal Halfling Gaming
Molten Sulfur Blog, Molten Sulfur Press
Seth Skorkowsky, Seth Skorkowsky
The Alexandrian, The Alexandrian
Questing Beast Podcast, Questing Beast
Best Organized Play
Cypher Play Numenera Season 18-2: Building Amber Keep, Monte Cook Games – Sean K. Reynolds and Bruce R. Cordell
Heir of Orcus Verses I & II, Anthony Joyce
Minsc and Boo’s Guide to Stuff and Things, Adventure League Admins and Rich Lescouflair
Ooze There?, Neo Tokyo Project – Darryl Ho and Jason Koh
Vacant, Ma’at Crook
Best Podcast
Asians Represent!
Ken and Robin Talk About Stuff
Plot Points
Red Moon Roleplaying
She’s a Super Geek
Best Production Values
Faerie Fire, a 5e Supplemental, Astrolago Press
Forbidden Lands – Retro Open-World Survival Fantasy RPG, Free League Publishing
Invisible Sun Black Cube, Monte Cook Games
Numenera 2: Discover and Destiny Slipcase Set, Monte Cook Games
Silent Titans, Swordfish Islands
Best RPG Related Product
Bluebeard’s Bride: Book of Lore, Magpie Games
Dark Adventure Radio Theatre: Masks of Nyarlathotep, The H. P. Lovecraft Historical Society Inc.
Deven Rue Map Weights Set, Campaign Coins
Miskatonic University: The Restricted Collection, Chaosium Inc.
Best Rules
Call of Cthulhu Starter Set, Chaosium Inc.
Authors: Mike Mason, Paul Fricker, Lynne Hardy, Sandy Petersen, Lynn Willis
Forbidden Lands – Retro Open-World Survival Fantasy RPG, Free League Publishing
Authors: Tomas Härenstam, Erik Granström, Christian Granath, Nils Karlén, Kosta Kostulas
Legacy: Life Among the Ruins 2nd Edition, UFO Press Limited
Authors: Jay Iles, Douglas Santana Mota, Elizabeth Iles, Jason D’Angelo, Rebecca Curran
Mothership: Player’s Survival Guide, Tuesday Knight Games
Author: Sean McCoy
Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay Core Rulebook, Cubicle Seven Entertainment Ltd.
Authors: Dave Allen, Gary Astleford, Graeme Davis, Jude Hornborg, Andy Law, Lindsay Law, Andrew Leask, TS Luikart, Dominic McDowall, Clive Oldfield
Best Setting
Call of Cthulhu – Terror Australis 2nd Edition, Chaosium Inc.
Authors: Penelope Love, Mark Morrison, Dean Engelhardt, Marion Anderson, Phil Anderson, Geoff Gillan, Richard Watts, Darren Watson, Vian Lawson, John Hughes, Tristan Goss, James Haughton, Sandy Petersen, Brian M. Sammons, with Mike Mason, Lynne Hardy
Dream Askew/Dream Apart, Buried Without Ceremony Games
Authors: Avery Alder and Benjamin Rosenbaum
Forbidden Lands – Retro Open-World Survival Fantasy RPG, Free League Publishing
Authors: Tomas Härenstam, Erik Granström, Christian Granath, Nils Karlén, Kosta Kostulas
Invisible Sun, Monte Cook Games
Author: Monte Cook
The Fall of DELTA GREEN, Pelgrane Press
Author: Kenneth Hite
Best Supplement
Faerie Fire, a 5e Supplemental, Astrolago Press
Authors: Shannon Campbell, Dillon MacPherson, Malcolm Wilson
Star Trek Adventures: The Sciences Division Supplemental Rulebook, Modiphius Entertainment
Authors: Elizabeth Chaipraditkul, Meghan Fitzgerald, Jack Geiger, Aaron Pollyea, John Snead
The 7th Edition Guide to Cthulhu Invictus, Golden Goblin Press
Authors: Oscar Rios, William Adcock, Stuart Boon, Chad Bowser, Charles Gerard, Jon Hook, Mike Mason, Jeffrey Moeller
The Book of Ages, Pelgrane Press
Author: Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan
The Glorantha Sourcebook, Chaosium Inc.
Authors: Greg Stafford, Jeff Richard, Michael O’Brien, Sandy Petersen
Best Writing
KULT: Divinity Lost, 4th Edition of KULT – Core Rules, Helmgast AB
Authors: Marco Behrmann, Martin Fröjdh, Ola Jentzsch, Robin Liljenberg, Petter Nallo, Andreas Nordlund, Krister Sundelin, Anton Wahnström
Liminal, Wordplay Games
Author: Paul Mitchener
Silent Titans, Swordfish Islands
Author: Patrick Stuart
Troika! Numinous Edition, Melsonian Arts Council
Author: Daniel Sell
Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay Core Rulebook, Cubicle Seven Entertainment Ltd.
Authors: Dave Allen, Gary Astleford, Graeme Davis, Jude Hornborg, Andy Law, Lindsay Law, Andrew Leask, TS Luikart, Dominic McDowall, Clive Oldfield
Product of the Year
Companions’ Tale, Sweet Potato Press
Dialect: A Game about Language and How it Dies, Thorny Games
Dinosaur Princesses, Ardens Ludere
Dream Askew/Dream Apart, Buried Without Ceremony Games
Forbidden Lands – Retro Open-World Survival Fantasy RPG, Free League Publishing
Invisible Sun, Monte Cook Games
Liminal, Wordplay Games
Masks of Nyarlathotep Gamer Prop Set, The H. P.Lovecraft Historical Society Inc.
Mothership: Player’s Survival Guide, Tuesday Knight Games
Silent Titans, Swordfish Islands
Awards will be announced at Gen Con on August 2nd at 8:00 PM EDT at the ENnies 2019 Ceremony at the Union Station, Indianapolis, Indiana. Come help us celebrate our 19th year! Tickets are free via Gen Con event registration.
Stay tuned for results after Gen Con – Happy Adventuring!
