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The developers on Paizo's boards have been feeding the rumormill for a while now about a 1-20 level fighter-mage base class. A vocal sub-set of Paizo posters haven't been satisfied with a multiclass build that prestiges into Eldritch Knight and have been demanding a g-i-s-h since the core rules...

After a few quick updates (mostly to classes: things like the PF skill system and bumping up HD), you should be good to go. 3.5 psionics added to Pathfinder will be about as balanced as they were in a regular 3.5 game. Possibly a bit better balanced since PF upped the power slightly. Good...

Death Frost Doom received an Honorable Mention for Best Cartography. -Skeld

Umbran - Speaking solely for myself, I'm not a regular at any of those sites. however, there was some vigorous discussion on those sites and i tried to follow and participate in those threads. Whether my participation amounted to anything is another matter entirely. ;) -Mark

You'll see what you want to see in the list of nominations. Paizo puts out some darn good material (on a monthly basis, no less) and they also had what was generally considered the biggest product launch at GenCon last year (Pathfinder RPG) which in itself is a modification of a ruleset that's...

As an ENnies judge for the past year, this kind of statement makes me sad. In my own humble opinion, we weren't biased at all this year against WotC or any other publisher. As JediSoth pointed out, we are only allowed to review and nominate material if it was submitted, so right off the bat...

I've notified the ENnies folks. Try reloading the voting page, vote, and submit ... that worked for me. Also, if you're so kind, throw a vote to Mark Green for 2011 ENnies Judge. ;) -Mark

This was not the case for the 2010 nominations list. We (the judges) talked about awarding HMs from the very beginning (I think it first came up within days of the 2009 awards). We went into deliberations with HMs in mind. Also, speaking solely for myself (Other judges might want to chime...

Not necessarily. I approached it more as the big "wrap up" category, which takes into account the total product instead of focusing on the individual components. For example, a product could have awesome art, but have dull game mechanics. It might get a nom for Best Art, but the...

If Bioware wishes to enter in the future, I will gladly help review/judge their games. This includes the forthcoming Star Wars MMO. Are you listening Bioware? -Mark

Did he submit anything this year? We can't nominate products that aren't submitted. -Mark

That's a testament to how well those older games endure. Besides, the games might be old, but the products themselves were all published within the last year or so, making them valid entrants (as jay pointed out with the LL example above). Also, since I'm a big fan of OSR and Retro-Clone...

Congrats to all the nominees for this year's ENnies and thank you for entering. Best of luck to each of you in the general vote! -Mark Remember when you vote for your favorite products this year, also vote for Mark Green for ENnies Judge 2011!

Unlike some of the other judges, I don't do reviews for public consumption (that wasn't my thing coming into the ENnies, while CW and Megan were already established reviewers). As such, I've made an effort to not say much publicly about the products that were submitted this year. The staff...

A fair amount of information is disseminated by podcasts and blogs these days. Product reviews, designer/developer interviews, opinion, game/con information, and so on. I don't know how much influence blogs and podcasts have either, but I also don't think "influence" is a necessary metric for...

Yes, the list of submissions is public knowledge. There wouldn't be any surprises there. Or it might have a bearing what got nominated if my favorite product(s) happened to be other judges' favorites also. That's just the kind of conjecture I'd just as soon avoid until after the 2010 awards...

I don't think we can answer that until after the awards are over. Since nominations haven't even been announced yet, any answer (other than "no comment") would be met with undue speculation and might be a violation of the NDA. -Mark EDIT: Since it would be hard for me to pick just one, I'll...

Last year (2010) and going forward, I stand behind podcasts and blogs each having their own separate categories (Best Blog and Best Podcast). I think there are enough differences between the two types of media to warrant each having its own category. However, there's a critical part that...

This would be my recommendation as well. Excellent story arc, about the right size (you can trim an encounter or two if needed), good balance of RP/combat, etc. It should work nicely. Failing that, you can try running some of the Pathfinder Society scenarios. They are good for about a 4-6...

I'm Mark Green and I'm in the running to be an ENnies judge again this year. I've served for the last year as an ENnies judge, participating in this years review, awards, and nomination process. You can read my my full profile on the ENnies website. Just a s a quick summary: I've been an...