2004 Ennie Award Categories and Rules of Entry

[Cthulhu's Librarian]

Hello-

The judges for the 2004 Ennie Awards have finalized the list of categories and entry rules which are posted below. We will be posting instructions on entering products soon. Once we receive all entries, the judges will compile the short list for each category, which will then be voted on by the gaming community and presented at GenCon 2004.
Thank you!

The 2004 Ennie Judges,

Chris Gath (Crothian)
Rich Miller (Cthulhu's Librarian)
Joe G Kushner (JoeGKushner)
Alan Kohler (Psion)
Jeff Ranger (Teflon Billy)

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Open to any RPG book and any RPG Company
Best Aid or Accessory
Best Art (Interior)
Best Cartography
Best Graphic Design & Layout
Best Art (Cover)
Best Official Website
Best Publisher (Overall)

RPGs based on d20 or OGL
Best d20/OGL Game
Best Adventure
Best Campaign Setting
Best Setting Supplement
Best Rules Supplement
Best Monster Supplement
Best Revision/Update/Compilation

General (non-d20) RPGs
Best non-d20 game
Best non-d20 supplement
Best non-d20 setting or setting sourcebook
Best non-d20 adventure

Licensed Games
Best Game
Best Game Supplement

Electronic Products
Best Electronic Product (not free)
Best Free Product or Web Enhancement
Best Software

Fan sites for any RPG system
Best Resource Fan Site
Best Campaign Fan Site

Special Peer Award
In addition to these categories, an award committee composed of RPG professionals will be judging a peer award category. This category is separate, and does not require solicitation for inclusion.

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Rules for product entry

1. Products released between June 1, 2003 and May 31, 2004 are eligible for this years awards.

2. Products may be entered in as many categories as they are eligible for; being entered in one category does not disqualify a product from being entered in another category.

3. Products that appear in both PDF and Print formats within the same year of eligibility may be entered, but only one of the formats may be considered (to be decided by the publisher at time of submission).

4. Products that contain material from products considered in previous years will not be considered for any categories except for the compilation/revision category unless they contain at least 20% new material. For this purpose, the determination of which material is being considered is according to the category, i.e., percentage of game text for content related categories, art for art related categories.

5. To be eligible for the compilation/revision category, a product must consist of 50% previously published material, whether or not that material was drawn from works considered in previous years.

6. In the category of Licensed Games, the definition of a license that is being used is: An agreement between two companies for the use of Company A's Intellectual Property by Company B in a game, whether the property originated from a game company or outside the gaming industry (movies, television, comic books, novels, preexisting game, etc.) This category does not refer to the OGL or the d20 license.

7. Only products that have been submitted for judging by the publisher will be considered for nominations. No other products will be taken into consideration, regardless of quality.

8. Categories must have a minimum of 7 entries. If a category does not receive the minimum number of entries, the judges have the right to merge the category with one that is closely related.

9. The judges have the right to move submissions between the categories, and to place entries into categories for which they were not originally entered if they feel that they are eligible for other (or additional) categories.

10. The placement of entries in the final categories (and the categories themselves) is the sole decision of the judges, and all their decisions are final.

 

[Mark]

I see that as low vote-getter they are making you make the announcements...


Thank you, Sir! May I have another...?

 

[Eosin the Red]

That was darned funny Mark!

 

[Cthulhu's Librarian]

I see that as low vote-getter they are making you make the announcements...

Yeah, I guess so.

 

[Psion]

Where there's a whip, there's a way!

 

[Vigilance]

And to think my gf kept shushing me when I would continually break into "where there's a whip there's a way" during ROTK (no not in the theaters lol).

Nice to see I am not the only one with fond memories of that song. Or at least memories lol.

Chuck

 

[Mark]

8. Categories must have a minimum of 7 entries. If a category does not receive the minimum number of entries, the judges have the right to merge the category with one that is closely related.

9. The judges have the right to move submissions between the categories, and to place entries into categories for which they were not originally entered if they feel that they are eligible for other (or additional) categories.

10. The placement of entries in the final categories (and the categories themselves) is the sole decision of the judges, and all their decisions are final.

You should add the stipulation that a publisher has the final decision if the entry can be moved. A publisher might wish to withdraw an entry if it is being considered for movement from one category to another and that is certainly their right to do so.

Furthermore, it should be stipulated what use can be made of materials sent into the ENnies. A publisher should have the right to determine if any cursory use of their materials can be legally made beyond being used for the purposes of nomination consideration for the ENnies. There should be option boxes on the submission forms regarding usage of the materials for subsequent contests, reviewing, selling through e-bay or other venues, etc. Anything beyond the nomination consideration of the materials and the rentention of those materials by the individual nomination committee members should require the approval of the submitting publisher.

 

[Rasyr]

So does that non-d20 category mean OGL only games, or could other games be entered there (i.e. things like BESM, Unisystem, HARP, etc...)?

 

[kingpaul]

You should add the stipulation that a publisher has the final decision if the entry can be moved. A publisher might wish to withdraw an entry if it is being considered for movement from one category to another and that is certainly their right to do so.

I agree with Mark on this. The publisher should have the right to not allow their work to be moved and/or added to another category.

 

[Crothian]

So does that non-d20 category mean OGL only games, or could other games be entered there (i.e. things like BESM, Unisystem, HARP, etc...)?

Actually d20 and OGL games are together. But the General Gaming category is anything non d20. It could be Vampire, Rifts, Gurps, Unisystem, Harp, etc. There is a category that fits any RPG no matter what rule system or who it was published under.