2007 ENnies Nominees - announced!

[Piratecat]

I'd like to see Ennie-nominated companies put excerpts of products (a pdf of art, or a chapter of a book, etc.) on their web site, and make those links public here. I suspect that it could help their sales and their voting tremendously if people had a chance to become familiar with their products.

 

[FATDRAGONGAMES]

I'd like to see Ennie-nominated companies put excerpts of products (a pdf of art, or a chapter of a book, etc.) on their web site, and make those links public here. I suspect that it could help their sales and their voting tremendously if people had a chance to become familiar with their products.

Just click the link in my signature to go to the FDG site and there is a free demo of E-Z Dungeons there.

 

[Wulf Ratbane]

Am I the only one that remembers this?

http://www.ennieawards.com/2002.html

I'd rather WotC stay out of the ENnies. They are not fun when the biggest company in the industry dominates everything.

What the heck? From what I can tell WOTC won about 1/3 to 1/2 of the awards-- and, I might add, from products that largely deserved to win.

How is this any different from 2 or 3 years of Green Ronin dominance?

That's not a knock on Green Ronin, by the way, far from it. I think the awards have shown that-- amazingly enough-- quality products tend to win.

The only possible place where WOTC has an unfair advantage is in Best Website; that's purely a budgetary thing. Even so, I think some companies could compete-- a small, well-moderated, frequently updated site would easily compete. But it's a simple enough thing for WOTC to not enter if they think their entry is unfair.

Although... heh... I'd be very suprised if they didn't enter Gleemax.

 

[Mark]

The only possible place where WOTC has an unfair advantage is in (. . .)

. . . the legion of fans that buy only WotC products? Of course, I say this to play devil's advocate, as I am glad to hear they are jumping back into the mix but the truth of the matter is that they have a decided advantage should they even slightly lift a finger to turn out a vote. Personally, I think it all winds up going to the greater good as more WotC-only fans will be ultimately exposed, and by WotC themself, to third party publishers and might nose around a bit and discover some additional places to spend their dollars. Huzzah!

 

[Dextra]

As we "speak" (and as the publishers furnish me with the details) I'm updating the ENnies web site to include more information about each of the products. There will be a cover shot, description of the product, and link to samples (if the publisher has them available). Also, we deliberately left a week between the announcement of the products and the beginning of the 2-week voting period in order to give everyone a chance to better-educate themselves about the products.

There's truly some excellent stuff in there, and you won't be disappointed if you take the time to investigate the nominees!

I'm a fan of the ENnies, I just wish I knew more about the products. I consider myself an avid gamer and buyer of all things RPG and I'm familiar with probably less than 25% of the products nominated. Not sure who's "fault" that is (and probably no one's), just something I feel worth mentioning.

 

[yavftm]

I'm a fan of the ENnies, I just wish I knew more about the products. I consider myself an avid gamer and buyer of all things RPG and I'm familiar with probably less than 25% of the products nominated. Not sure who's "fault" that is (and probably no one's), just something I feel worth mentioning.

I don't think that you are alone! The .PDF market is gaining momentum, but there are still quite a few folks who like to walk into their local gamestore and pick up and thumb through a copy of the newest products. Also, more and more independent/small press companies are producing high-quality product that is hitting the market. With this, it is difficult to keep up sometimes. For small companies like us, the major challenge is trying to get people to check out our products since we aren't one of the big kids on the block and since there are so many products that are released in print and online.

 

[Paka]

I am honored that Mu and Kryos are in the esteemed company in their categories.

Thank you to the judges for taking the time to read and listen so carefully.

I'd like to see Ennie-nominated companies put excerpts of products (a pdf of art, or a chapter of a book, etc.) on their web site, and make those links public here. I suspect that it could help their sales and their voting tremendously if people had a chance to become familiar with their products.

In my sig for Dictionary of Mu is a short excerpt, an entry in the dictionary by clicking on Look Inside and in the Sons of Kryos link are our shows for perusal.

 

[yavftm]

I'd like to see Ennie-nominated companies put excerpts of products (a pdf of art, or a chapter of a book, etc.) on their web site, and make those links public here. I suspect that it could help their sales and their voting tremendously if people had a chance to become familiar with their products.

Not sure if this will work for you, but here is the product as listed on Drivethrurpg.com. It has a small sample of the map on the page plus a bit more about the product. The map shown doesn't have the grid that is scaled for 1"=5'. All of our maps are created in several options: 8 1/2" x 11", Tiled, With Grid and without, with furnature and/or lables and without.

Hope this helps!

http://enworld.rpgnow.com/product_info.php?products_id=21218&

 

[CaptainChaos]

What the heck? From what I can tell WOTC won about 1/3 to 1/2 of the awards-- and, I might add, from products that largely deserved to win.

Look at the list again. WotC won every category they had an entry in except one, and that was a minor category (Best Free Product).

How is this any different from 2 or 3 years of Green Ronin dominance?

It's different in many ways. Green Ronin doing well was by no means a forgone conclusion. They had to fight for it in a way that WotC simply does not. WotC sells way more products than anyone else and EN World is a fan site dedicated to their game. It's not like the ENnies got their start at a Mutants & Masterminds fan site.

The only possible place where WOTC has an unfair advantage is in Best Website; that's purely a budgetary thing.

The only place? You don't think the D&D brand, 30+ years of market dominance, and sales orders of magnitude bigger than their competition are advantages?

 

[HellHound]

Look at the list again. WotC won every category they had an entry in except one, and that was a minor category (Best Free Product).

You sir, are sucking ALL the wind out of my sails.