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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Crothian" data-source="post: 2599718" data-attributes="member: 232">With luck yes, but this will actually depend more on when the product gets to the judges.Last year I reviewed some of the books before the voting, and I imagine those that are judges will be able to this year as well.For three years I've had to take off of work to get the reading done.  Being a Judge has been very much like a second job, and sometimes a third.  We had over 200 products last year, so imagine how long it will take you to read that many.  Some are small PDFs some are big books like Arcana Evolved.  Be prepared to teach yourself a new RPG, or 5.  Depending on how many games you are familar with, this can vary.  But for instance we usually get a bit of books from Hero Games.  And if you doin't know the system, you can't judge it so in addition to reading all the books you might have to track down a main book to learn the rules so you can judge the item.  This is in addition to the new games that get submitted that need to be learned.  The same goes for settings, if you don't understand Midnight and FFG send in some of the books, they are going to be near impossible to judge fairly.  If you have loved ones that like to see you, mention this to them before you choose to become a ENnie Judge.  I'm not married and I don't know how the other guys balance work, family, and the ENnies but I imagine it has something to do with very understanding wives.  I do know myt first year of judging cost me a girlfriend.  You might not have time for a lot of other things, I usually stop gaming during the judging for a month or so (though this year I stayed with a bi weekly game and that worked fine).</blockquote>

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