ENnies Presenting the nominees for the 2009 ENnie Awards

[reveal]

Hello once again from the ENnies!

After going through hundreds of entries, the judges have narrowed the field and selected the nominees for each of the 19 categories. On behalf of the judges and the Board of Directors, please allow me to congratulate each publisher for their nomination(s) for the Ninth Annual ENnie Awards. Voting for the ENnies will begin on July 24th. Until then, feel free to view the nominees and offer your own congratulations.

2009 ENnie Award Nominees

All nominees can visit the ENnies Graphics Page to download images to post on their website, announcing that they have been nominated.

The ENnie Awards -- Graphics

You can also do your part to advertise the ENnies. Print out copies of the appropriate flyer linked to below and hand them out at your FLGS.

http://www.ennie-awards.com/pdf/09flyer_Letter.pdf
http://www.ennie-awards.com/pdf/09flyer_Legal.pdf

Best Adventure
Howl of the Carrion King (Paizo Publishing)
King of the Trollhaunt Warrens (Wizards of the Coast)
Lands of Darkness #1: The Barrow Grounds (Expeditious Retreat Press)
Purge the Unclean (Fantasy Flight Games)
The Rose-Bride’s Plight (White Wolf Publishing)

Best Aid or Accessory
D&D Insider (Wizards of the Coast)
Dwarven Sweatshoppe Dice Tray (Dwarven Sweatshoppe)
Hunter Horror Recognition Guide (White Wolf Publishing)
Kobold Quarterly (Open Design)
Mutants and Masterminds Deluxe GM?Screen (Green Ronin Publishing)

Best Art, Cover
3:16 Carnage Amongst the Stars (BoxNinja)
CthulhuTech (Catalyst Game Labs)
Forgotten Realms Campaign Guide (Wizards of the Coast)
Howl of the Carrion King (Paizo Publishing)
Scion: Ragnarok (White Wolf Publishing)

Best Art, Interior
CthulhuTech (Catalyst Game Labs)
Dark Heresy RPG (Fantasy Flight Games)
Hellas (Khepera Publishing)
Mutants and Masterminds:?Wild Cards (Green Ronin Publishing)
Mouse Guard (Kunoichi/Archaia Studios Press)

Best Cartography
0One’s Blueprints: The Great City, The Saltshacks (0One Games)
Dungeon Crawl Classics 53:?Sellswords of Punjar (Goodman Games)
Modern Floorplans: Victorian Style Mansion (Fabled Environments)
Pathfinder Second Darkness Map Folio (Paizo Publishing)
Star Wars Saga: Scum & Villiany (Wizards of the Coast)

Best Electronic Book
Blood of the Gorgon (Open Design)
Collection of Horrors: Razorkids (CCP Games)
The Death-Mother (One Bad Egg)
Hard Boiled Armies (One Bad Egg)
Tales of Zobeck (Open Design)

Best Free Product
BattleRun (Catalyst Game Labs)
Hunter: The Vigil Quickstart (The Hunt) (White Wolf Publishing)
A Song of Ice and Fire Quickstart (Green Ronin Publishing)
Swords & Wizardry (Mythmere Games)
Trial & Terror: SVU (Imagination Sweatshop)

Best Game
CthulhuTech (Catalyst Game Labs)
Dungeons and Dragons 4E (Wizards of the Coast)
Dark Heresy (Fantasy Flight Games)
A Song of Ice and Fire (Green Ronin Publishing)
Starblazer Adventures (Cubicle 7 Entertainment)

Best Miniature Product
The Clone Wars: Starter Set (Wizards of the Coast)
E-Z Terrain: Cliffs and Mountains (Fat Dragon Games)
GameMastery Flip-Mat: Waterfront Tavern (Paizo Publishing)
Halls of the Giant Kings: DU1 - Dungeon Tiles (Wizards of the Coast)
Neo-Markers (Alea Tools)

Best Monster/Adversary
Dungeons and Dragons 4E: Monster Manual (Wizards of the Coast)
Dark Heresy: Creatures Anathema (Fantasy Flight Games)
Freedom's Most Wanted (Green Ronin Publishing)
Night Horrors: Grim Fears (White Wolf Publishing)
Witch Hunter: The Grand Tome of Adversaries (Paradigm Concepts)

Best Podcast
All Games Considered (All Games Considered Podcast)
Brilliant Gameologists (Brilliant Gameologists Podcast)
Voice of the Revolution (Indie Press Revolution)
Order 66 (Order 66 Podcast)
Return to Northmoor (Northmoor Podcast)

Best Production Values
Anima RPG (Fantasy Flight Games)
CthulhuTech (Catalyst Game Labs)
Dark Heresy RPG (Fantasy Flight Games)
Hellas: Worlds of Sun and Stone (Khepera Publishing)
Mouse Guard (Kunoichi/Archaia Studios Press)

Best Regalia
The Art of Exalted (White Wolf Publishing)
BattleTech: The Corps (Catalyst Game Labs)
Hunter: Deadly Prey (White Wolf Publishing)
Planet Stories: Infernal Sorceress (Paizo Publishing)
Worlds of Dungeons & Dragons, Vol. 2 (Devil’s Due Publishing)

Best Rules
Dungeons and Dragons 4E: Players Handbook (Wizards of the Coast)
Dark Heresy RPG (Fantasy Flight Games)
Hunter: The Vigil (White Wolf Publishing)
A Song of Ice and Fire (Green Ronin Publishing)
Starblazer Adventures (Cubicle 7 Entertainment)

Best Setting
The Dreadful Secrets of Candlewick Manor (Arc Dream Publishing)
Hot War (Contested Ground Studios)
Pathfinder: Campaign Setting (Paizo Publishing)
Slipstream (Pinnacle Entertainment Group)
Swashbucklers of the 7 Skies (Atomic Sock Monkey Press/Evil Hat Productions)

Best Supplement
CthulhuTech: Vade Mecum (Catalyst Game Labs)
Dark Heresy: Disciples of the Dark Gods (Fantasy Flight Games)
Hunter: The Vigil (White Wolf Publishing)
Scion: Ragnarok (White Wolf Publishing)
Star Wars: The Clone Wars (Wizards of the Coast)

Best Website
Critical Hits
Dungeon-A-Day
Kobold Quarterly
Mad Brew Labs
Obsidian Portal

Best Writing
Don't Lose Your Mind (Evil Hat Productions)
The Extraordinary Adventures of Baron Munchausen (Magnum Opus Press)
Hot War (Contested Ground Studios)
Hunter Horror Recognition Guide (White Wolf Publishing)
Kobold Quarterly (Open Design)

Product of the Year
Dungeons and Dragons 4E: Players Handbook (Wizards of the Coast)
Dark Heresy: Disciples of the Dark Gods (Fantasy Flight Games)
Don't Lose Your Mind (Evil Hat Productions)
Hunter: The Vigil (White Wolf Publishing)
Mouse Guard (Kunoichi/Archaia Studios Press)
Scion: Ragnarok (White Wolf Publishing)
A Song of Ice and Fire (Green Ronin Publishing)
Star Wars: The Clone Wars (Wizards of the Coast)
Starblazer Adventures (Cubicle 7 Entertainment)
Swashbucklers of the 7 Skies (Atomic Sock Monkey Press/Evil Hat Productions)

As always, if you have any questions, I will be happy to answer them. You can either reply here or e-mail me directly at pr@ennieawards.com.

Tony Law
ENnies PR Coordinator

[Rodrigo Istalindir]

Congratulations to all the nominees, and good luck in the voting. It was an honor and pleasure to serve as an ENnies judge this year, and I appreciate the outstanding work the publishers, podcasters, bloggers and webmasters have done. It was a herculean task, and narrowing down the field to the final five (or 10 for Product of the Year) was difficult and sometimes depressing, but I'm very happy with the results.

And don't forget to vote starting on the 24th!

[Man-thing]

Congratulations to all the nominees.

[mach1.9pants]

Congrats to them all, when do we start voting or have I missed the boat?

[Rodrigo Istalindir]

Originally Posted by mach1.9pants

Congrats to them all, when do we start voting or have I missed the boat?

Voting starts July 24th, and runs to the 1st of August.

ENnies website.

[Mark]

Congrats to all the nominees!

[madwabbit]

Kudos to the judges for what must have been a process akin to childbirth, and congrats to all the nominees!

[carmachu]

Niceto see Dark heresy getiing some props there.....

[PIM68]

Obviously disappointed our DVD didn't make it, but congratulations to all those who were. Well deserved!

[JVisgaitis]

Congrats to all the nominees.

Do the organizers still send an email out to the publishers? I haven't received one in a few years. Just curious if I need to keep an eye out for next year...

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Originally Posted by JVisgaitis

Congrats to all the nominees.

Do the organizers still send an email out to the publishers? I haven't received one in a few years. Just curious if I need to keep an eye out for next year...

We do indeed. Hans Cummings, the Submissions Coordinator, is gathering the e-mail addresses of all the nominees and will focus on getting a letter to folks within the next couple of days.

[seskis281]

Congrats to all the nominees...


I am saddened that Castle Zagyg: Upper Works is nowhere to be seen, for whatever reasons (perhaps was not even submitted when the IP was pulled), because it is truly one of the best RPG products I have had the pleasure to hold in my hands in many, many years. It is sad that E.G.G.'s last work alongside the talent of Jeffrey Talanian, Peter Bradley and those involved aren't getting the recognition they deserve and this product was like the flickering candle in the wind.... it's flame was extinguished just as it was lit and started to burn brightly.

[Tush Hog]

Glad to see A Song of Ice and Fire get some much deserved attention!

[Gregor Hutton]

Wow.

Congratulations to all the nominees. Especially to Contested Ground Studios for Hot War -- the two nominations are bang on; Malcolm Craig is a great writer and the setting that he and Paul Bourne create in that book is highly worthy of nomination. And I'm excited to see Epidiah Ravachol and his Trial & Terror: SVU get a nomination in the free product category too.

For me, I'm thrilled that Paul's awesome artwork, and my cover design, for 3:16 get a nomination. Beyond words.

Wow.

[jgbrowning]

Thanks to all the judges for their hard work!

joe b.

[davethegame]

Wow! We made it! I'm so excited! (But man is that a tough category).

Congrats to all the nominees, and thanks to the judges for their hard work.

[Master of the Game]

Originally Posted by seskis281

Congrats to all the nominees...


I am saddened that Castle Zagyg: Upper Works is nowhere to be seen, for whatever reasons (perhaps was not even submitted when the IP was pulled), because it is truly one of the best RPG products I have had the pleasure to hold in my hands in many, many years. It is sad that E.G.G.'s last work alongside the talent of Jeffrey Talanian, Peter Bradley and those involved aren't getting the recognition they deserve and this product was like the flickering candle in the wind.... it's flame was extinguished just as it was lit and started to burn brightly.

Unfortunately it wasn't submitted this year.

[Erik Mona]

Originally Posted by seskis281

Congrats to all the nominees...


I am saddened that Castle Zagyg: Upper Works is nowhere to be seen, for whatever reasons (perhaps was not even submitted when the IP was pulled), because it is truly one of the best RPG products I have had the pleasure to hold in my hands in many, many years. It is sad that E.G.G.'s last work alongside the talent of Jeffrey Talanian, Peter Bradley and those involved aren't getting the recognition they deserve and this product was like the flickering candle in the wind.... it's flame was extinguished just as it was lit and started to burn brightly.

That is a bummer. On the other hand, Gary Gygax fans might want to take a look at the "Best Regalia" category, where Gary's final novel, "Infernal Sorceress," is up for an award!

Thanks, judges! I know what a struggle it must have been to get through all of the great submissions this year. Speaking on behalf of all of Paizo, we are honored to be among such august company this year!

--Erik Mona
Publisher
Paizo Publishing

[Master01]

Grats to all the nominees, and many thanks to the judges for their hard work.

[Scott_Rouse]

Congratulations to all the nominees!

Deepest thanks to all the judges and volunteers who make this event happen. For me, it has become a personal highlight of GenCon and it is very important for WotC to take part in the awards.