Congratulations to the 2015 ENnies Award Winners!

Tonight in the Union Station Grand Hall, Indianapolis, the 2015 Gen Con EN World RPG Awards ceremony took place - and the winners were announced! Hosted by Mike Selinker, with guest presenters including Amanda Valentine, John Adamus, Kevin Kulp, and Matt McElroy, the ENnies this year were sponsored by DriveThruRPG and Campaign Coins.

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Best Adventure
Silver: A Red & Pleasant Land (Lamentations of the Flame Princess)
Gold: Horror on the Orient Express (Chaosium)

Best Aid/Accessory
Silver: Black Green Call of Cthulhu 7th Edition RPG Dice Set (Q-Workshop)
Gold: Dungeons & Dragons Dungeon Masters Screen (Wizards of the Coast)

Best Cover Art
Silver: Achtung! Cthulhu: Terrors of the Secret War (Modiphius Entertainment Ltd)
Gold: Rise of Tiamat (Wizards of the Coast)

Best Interior Art
Silver: The Strange (Monte Cook Games, LLC)
Gold: Dungeons & Dragons Monster Manual (Wizards of the Coast)

Best Blog
Silver: Gnome Stew
Gold: ConTessa Tabletop Gaming by Women for Everyone

Best Cartography
Silver: The Guide to Glorantha (Moon Design Publications)
Gold: Ninth World Guidebook (Monte Cook Games, LLC)

Best Electronic Book
Silver: Ken Writes About Stuff Volume 2 (Pelgrane Press)
Gold: Basic Rules for Dungeons & Dragons (Wizards of the Coast)

Best Family Game
Silver: Atomic Robo The Roleplaying Game (Evil Hat Productions)
Gold: Dungeons & Dragons Starter Set (Wizards of the Coast)

Best Free Product
Silver: 13th Age The Archmages Orrery (Pelgrane Press)
Gold: Basic Rules for Dungeons & Dragons (Wizards of the Coast)

Best Game
Silver: The Strange (Monte Cook Games, LLC)
Gold: Dungeons & Dragons Players Handbook (Wizards of the Coast)

Best Miniatures Product
Silver: Pathfinder Pawns Inner Sea Pawn Box (Paizo Inc.)
Gold: Dungeons & Dragons Icons of the Realms Elemental Evil Boosters (WizKids)

Best Monster/Adversary
Silver: Achtung! Cthulhu: Terrors of the Secret War (Modiphius Entertainment Ltd)
Gold: Dungeons & Dragons Monster Manual (Wizards of the Coast)

Best Podcast
Silver: Miskatonic University Podcast
Gold: Ken and Robin Talk About Stuff

Best Production Values
Silver: Horror on the Orient Express (Chaosium)
Gold: Dungeons & Dragons Starter Set (Wizards of the Coast)

Best RPG Related Product
Silver: Temple of Elemental Evil (WizKids)
Gold: Designers & Dragons: A History of the Roleplaying Game Industry (Evil Hat Productions)

Best Rules
Silver: MUTANT Year Zero The Roleplaying Game (Modiphius Entertainment Ltd)
Gold: Dungeons & Dragons Players Handbook (Wizards of the Coast)

Best Setting
Silver: The Strange (Monte Cook Games, LLC)
Gold: A Red & Pleasant Land (Lamentations of the Flame Princess)

Best Software
Silver: HeroLab (Lone Wolf Development)
Gold: Roll20 (Roll 20)

Best Supplement
Silver: Pathfinder RPG: Pathfinder Unchained (Paizo Inc.)
Gold: Dungeons & Dragons Dungeon Masters Guide (Wizards of the Coast)

Best Website
Silver: Tabletop Audio
Gold: The Escapist

Best Writing
Silver: D&D Player’s Handbook by Jeremy Crawford, James Wyatt, Robert J. Schwalb, Bruce R. Cordell (Wizards of the Coast)
Gold: A Red & Pleasant Land by Zak S (Lamentations of the Flame Princess)

Fan's Choice for Best Publisher
Silver: Paizo Inc
Gold: Wizards of the Coast.

Product Of The Year
Silver: A Red & Pleasant Land (Lamentations of the Flame Princess)
Gold: Dungeons & Dragons Players Handbook (Wizards of the Coast)

2016 ENnies Judges
Jakub Nowosad
Kayra KeriKupcu
Kiel Cheiner
Kurt Wiegel
Stacy Muth

 

[Jiggawatts]

Congrats to all the winners! I have to say though, I own the 5E Starter Set, I love the 5E starter set, but Horror on the Orient Express is the best box set in years. Its better than the Pathfinder Beginner Box, its better than the Dragon Age box sets, its the best one since the old TSR days, and it losing to the 5E Starter Set for production values is a travesty (in the context of an awards ceremony).

 

[Maxboy]

Wow!!!!
Thank you!!!

Congrats mate, well deserved

 

[Queer Venger]

Congrats to all the winners and nominees!! D&D 5 deserves these accolades and the whole team deserves thanks from their stellar work.

 

[Dragonblade]

Wow, I've never seen such a total domination by any one company! 5th edition appears to have really resonated with a ton of fans. Good job, WotC!

 

[Henry]

D&D really made a comeback this year - they did put in a lot of time and effort, and it shows. Congrats to WotC's crew, and to all the winners for 2015!

 

[EthanSental]

Agreed, WoTC should be proud of the various products they've put out for 5e, top game in my book and many others apparently.

 

[Bugleyman]

Lots of well-deserved accolades for 5th Edition. However, I'm not clear how a game that sports books that LITERALLY HAVE NO COVERS won for "Best Production Values."

 

[Maxboy]

I heard on twitter, that some people walked out of the ceremony? is that true

 

[Jester David]

No real surprises other than the Starter Set production values and the fan choice for Best Publisher. WotC beating out Paizo is a bit of a shock.
Congrats to WotC.

Actually, now I look, only seeing Paizo pick up three Silvers is a bit of a surprise. Quite a fall Ennie wise.

 

[mach1.9pants]

Lots of well-deserved accolades for 5th Edition. However, I'm not clear how a game that sports books that LITERALLY HAVE NO COVERS won for "Best Production Values."

The thing is, if you are voting for the ENNIES and you come to a category you only have one thing in it, or have only seen one thing in it. You'll vote for it. The Starter Set was very popular and it's all over the place, so yeah. Vote for what you know. So any fan voted awards are pretty much coming down to who sold the most, exceptions aside. Websites, podcasts and to a lesser extent free stuff.