Congratulations to the 2017 ENnie Award Nominees!

It's that time of year again - the time where we announce the year's nominees for the Gen Con EN World RPG Awards! The judges have deliberated, and selected their nominees for each of the below categories. Congratulations go to all of the 2017 ENnie Award Nominees. Public voting will take place this year from July 11th - July 21st, and the awards will be presented as always at Gen Con!

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Judges’ Spotlight Winners
Rippers Resurrected (Pinnacle Entertainment Group)– Stacy Muth
The Ninja Crusade 2e (Third Eye Games)– Jakub Nowosad
Tales from the Yawning Portal (Wizards of the Coast)– Kayra Keri Küpçü
Coriolis - The Third Horizon (Free League Publishing)– Kurt Wiegel
Broodmother Skyfortress (Lamentations of the Flame Princess)- Reece Carter

Best Adventure
Dragon's Hoard (Green Ronin)
Doors to Darkness (Chaosium)
The Edom Files (Pelgrane Press)
The Things We Leave Behind (Stygian Fox Publishing)
Blood in the Chocolate (Lamentations of the Flame Princess)

Best Aid/Accessory
13th Age Icon Tokens (Campaign Coins)
Kobold Guide to Plots & Campaigns (Kobold Press)
Zombies!!! Official Board Game Soundtrack (Midnight Syndicate)
Call of Cthulhu - Keeper's Screen Pack (Chaosium)
Pirate Coins (Norse Foundry, LLC)

Best Art, Cover
7th Sea: Pirate Nations (John Wick Presents)
Call of Cthulhu - Investigator Handbook (Chaosium)
Rifts®: Savage Foes of North America (Pinnacle Entertainment Group)
Blue Rose: The AGE RPG of Romantic Fantasy (Green Ronin)
Torment: Tides of Numenera -- The Explorer's Guide (Monte Cook Games)

Best Art, Interior
Baby Bestiary Handbook Vol 2 (Metal Weave Games)
Tales from the Loop - Roleplaying in the '80s That Never Was (Free League Publishing)
S. Petersen's Field Guide to Lovecraftian Horrors (Chaosium)
Gods of the Fall (Monte Cook Games)
Polaris RPG - Core Rulebooks 1 & 2 Deluxe Edition (Black Book Editions)

Best Blog
Loot the Room
Age of Ravens
Gnome Stew: The Gaming Blog
Cyclopedia
dicegeeks

Best Cartography
7th Sea: Map of Théah (John Wick Presents)
Rifts®: North America + Castle Refuge Poster Map (Pinnacle Entertainment Group)
Torment: Tides of Numenera -- The Explorer's Guide (Monte Cook Games)
Call of Cthulhu - Keeper's Screen Pack (Chaosium)
The Cursed Chateau (Lamentations of the Flame Princess)

Best Electronic Book
The Things We Leave Behind (Stygian Fox Publishing)
Spirit of 77 -- A Very Special Episode: Masterpiece 77 (Monkeyfun Studios)
The Cthulhu Hack: The Haunter of the Dark (All Rolled Up)
Hubris: A World of Visceral Adventure (DIY RPG Productions)
Fragment (Imaginary Empire)

Best Family Game
Bubblegumshoe (Evil Hat)
Masks: A New Generation (Magpie Games)
Epyllion: A Dragon Epic (Magpie Games)
Space Pirates the Musical (Orcs Unlimited)
Little Heroes (Mystical Throne Entertainment)

Best Free Product
7th Sea: Basic Rules (John Wick Presents)
City of Mist - Free PDF Starter Set (Son of Oak Game Studio)
Santa is Dead(In Search of Games)
Free RPG Day Flipbook - Swords Against the Dead and The Van Helsing Letter (Pelgrane Press)
Rockerboys & Vending Machines (Encoded Designs)

Best Game
Tales from the Loop - Roleplaying in the '80s That Never Was (Free League Publishing)
7th Sea: Core Rulebook (John Wick Presents)
Timewatch (Pelgrane Press)
Bubblegumshoe (Evil Hat)
Sins of the Father (Third Eye Games)

Best Miniature Product
D&D Icons of the Realms: Adventurers' Campsite Premium Set (WizKids)
Achtung! Cthulhu Skirmish: Servitors of Nyarlathotep (Modiphius Entertainment)
Gen Con Legends Miniature Series - Ranger (Games & Gears)
Pathfinder Pawns: Villain Codex Box (Paizo Publishing)
Dungeons & Dragons: Molzur's Marvelous Miniatures (WizKids)

Best Monster/Adversary
Atlas of Earth-Prime (Green Ronin)
Eclipse Phase: X-Risks (Posthumans Studio)
S. Petersen's Field Guide to Lovecraftian Horrors (Chaosium)
Veins of the Earth (Lamentations of the Flame Princess)
Fantasy AGE Bestiary (Green Ronin)

Best Podcast
Ken and Robin Talk About Stuff
+1 Forward - A Podcast Powered by the Apocalypse
Spellburn
How to be Great Gamemaster
RPG Academy

Best Production Values
Faith: A Garden in Hell - Starter Set (Burning Games)
Call of Cthulhu - 7th Edition Slipcase Set (Chaosium)
Polaris RPG - Core Rulebooks 1 & 2 Deluxe Edition (Black Book Editions)
Unknown Armies Deluxe Set (Atlas Games)
Baby Bestiary, Collector's Edition (Metal Weave Games)

Best RPG Related Product
Call of Cthulhu: The Coloring Book (Chaosium)
The ABCs of RPGs (Hunter Books)
Cinema + Sorcery (Green Ronin)
Dark Deeds (Games & Gears)
Kaiju Incorporated Card Game (Evil Hat)

Best Rules
7th Sea: Core Rulebook (John Wick Presents)
Rifts®: Game Master Handbook (Pinnacle Entertainment Group)
Adventures in Middle-Earth Player's Guide (Cubicle 7 Entertainment)
Veins of the Earth (Lamentations of the Flame Princess)
Bubblegumshoe (Evil Hat)

Best Setting
Tales from the Loop - Roleplaying in the '80s That Never Was (Free League Publishing)
Torment: Tides of Numenera -- The Explorer's Guide (Monte Cook Games)
Atlas of Earth-Prime (Green Ronin)
The Dark Eye: Aventuria Almanac (Ulisses North America)
Polaris RPG - Core Rulebooks 1 & 2 Deluxe Edition (Black Book Editions)

Best Supplement
The One Ring - Horse-Lords of Rohan(Cubicle 7 Entertainment)
Pulp Cthulhu (Chaosium)
Symbaroum - Advanced Player's Guide (Järnringen)
Cosmic Handbook (Green Ronin)
7th Sea: Pirate Nations (John Wick Presents)

Best Website
Tribality
Tabletop Audio
Adventureaweek.com
Elven Tower, RPG articles and cartography website
Dungeon Channel

Best Writing
The Book of Changing Years (Pelgrane Press)
Tales from the Loop - Roleplaying in the '80s That Never Was (Free League Publishing)
Unknown Armies Deluxe Set (Atlas Games)
Veins of the Earth (Lamentations of the Flame Princess)
The One Ring - Horse-Lords of Rohan (Cubicle 7 Entertainment)

Product of the Year
Tales from the Loop - Roleplaying in the '80s That Never Was (Free League Publishing)
Veins of the Earth (Lamentations of the Flame Princess)
Bubblegumshoe (Evil Hat)
Polaris RPG - Core Rulebooks 1 & 2 Deluxe Edition (Black Book Editions)
7th Sea: Core Rulebook (John Wick Presents)
Rifts®: Game Master Handbook (Pinnacle Entertainment Group)
Doors to Darkness (Chaosium)
Torment: Tides of Numenera -- The Explorer's Guide (Monte Cook Games)
Timewatch (Pelgrane Press)
Atlas of Earth-Prime (Green Ronin)

Congratulations again to all the nominees! You can see the full list of submitted products for 2017 here.

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[pangalactic]

I'm incredibly honoured to be nominated. Thank you very much!

-Chris, loottheroom.uk

 

[MNblockhead]

I am not familiar with all of the products that were nominated, but I felt that Volos was an exceptionally good product and am very surprise to not see it nominated for anything.

On the other hand, I don't take these things too seriously. The main reason I even read the nominations and winners is that it may give me ideas of new products to try that I might not have thought about otherwise.

 

[Enendill]

Go Tribality, go!!!

All the best to all the nominees!!!

 

[Zak S]

I think at this point though, LotFP stuff and related supplements have stopped being "indie"

LotFP is literally one guy: James Raggi.

The fact that he puts out the best-looking books and they win lots of awards doesn't mean he's suddenly not indie.

Indie is not a synonym for "bad".

 

[dunlin]

Congrats to all

 

[Piratecat]

TimeWatch is up for Best Game and Product of the Year, with Book of Changing Years up for Best Writing, and I'm flabbergasted. Very, very grateful.

 

[Cam Banks]

You could fill entire threads with hundreds of posts of people arguing about the definition of "indie." Instead, it's possibly better to suggest that James has had remarkable mainstream success with LOTFP and his published backlist is on shelves alongside products put out by many other companies.

Also, "remarkable mainstream success" is kind of a low bar in some cases given how this isn't exactly an industry that makes people millionaires.

Cheers,
Cam

 

[Cam Banks]

Also: hooray for Best Writing and Best Production Values nods for Unknown Armies! We're all very happy to be recognized for that here at tiny little Atlas Games.

 

[Manbearcat]

[MENTION=1]Morrus[/MENTION] , John Harper's Blades in the Dark not eligible this year?

 

[Morrus]

[MENTION=1]Morrus[/MENTION] , John Harper's Blades in the Dark not eligible this year?

I’ve no idea offhand. You’d have to look at its release date and the 2017 submission period. There’s a link to a list of all submitted products at the bottom of the article