Congratulations to the 2020 ENnies Nominees

The ENnies announced their slate of nominees for 2020 today! Here's the full list!

Judges’ Spotlight Winners

• Benjamin Adelman – Sleepaway, Author: Jay Dragon
• Rachel Campbell – Glitter Hearts, Leatherman Games, Author: Greg Leatherman
• Christopher Gath – Refractions in Glasston, Chaosium Inc., Authors: Taylor University PWR Press, Sam Guinsatao, Carson Jacobs, T.R. Knight, Joy Lemont, Elijah Oates, Rayce Patterson, Emily Pawlowski, J. Tucker White
• Shauna Ratliff – Knarls Candy Compendium, Authors: Makenzie De Armas, Levi Phipps
• James Surano – Hit the Streets, Defend the Block, Lost Highway Games, Author: Rich Rogers

Best Adventure

• A Pound of Flesh, Tuesday Knight Games, Authors: Donn Stroud, Sean McCoy, Luke Gearing
• Book of Seasons: Solstices, Jessica Marcrum Writes, Authors: A. Kelly Lane, Alicia Furness, Alison Huang, Ally Sulentic, Annamyriah de Jong, Cat Evans, Collette Quach, Jacky Leung, Jamie O’Duibhir, Jessica Marcrum, Jessica Ross, Jessica Washburn, Kristina Sisto Kindel, Lynne M. Meyer, Ma’At Crook, Miranda Mels, Nemo Bueno, Oliver Clegg, Samantha Lavender, TK Johnson
• Killer Kobolds from Outer Space, Oliver Clegg, Author: Oliver Clegg
• The Halls of Arden Vul Complete, Expeditious Retreat Press, Author: Richard Barton
• Trilemma Adventures Compendium Vol 1, Trilemma Adventures, Authors: Michael Prescott, Evey Lockhart, Kira Magrann, Michael Atlin, Sean Winslow, Skerples, Stephanie Bryant, Tim Groth

Best Aid/Accessory

• Deck of Many Animated Spells, Hit Point Press
• DunGen.app, Dungeon Channel
• DungeonMorph Delver, Trailblazer, & Voyager 10′ Battlemats, Inkwell Ideas
• Nights Black Agents Director’s Screen & Resource Guide, Pelgrane Press
• The Dungeon Books of Battle Mats, Loke Battlemats

Best Art, Cover

• Call of Cthulhu: Berlin the Wicked City, Chaosium Inc., Artist: Loïc Muzy
• Harlem Unbound 2nd Edition, Chaosium Inc., Artists: Brennen Reece, Alex Mayo, Jabari Weathers
• Nibiru Corebook, Araukana Media LTD, Artists: Mahea Rodrigues, Daniel Liang, Alexey Tretyakov
• The Ultraviolet Grasslands, Exalted Funeral Press, Artist: Luka Rejec
• Witch+Craft, Astrolago Press, Artist: Sarah Webb

Best Art, Interior

• BFF! Best Friends Forever, Heart of the Deernicorn, Artists: Veta Bahktina, Taylor Dow
• Dragons Conquer America: Core book, Burning Games, Artists: Rado Javor, Antonio J Manzanedo, Marco Brunelleschi, Milan Nikolic, George Pricopegalan
• Never Going Home, Wet Ink Games, Artist: Charles Ferguson-Avery
• Strata, Rowan, Rook and Decard, Artist: Adrian Stone
• The Ultraviolet Grasslands, Exalted Funeral Press, Artist: Luka Rejec

Best Cartography

• Dungeon in a Box, Dungeon in a Box
• Jim Henson’s Labyrinth, the Adventure Game, River Horse
• Nibiru Corebook, Araukana Media LTD
• Over the Edge Poster Map, Atlas Games
• Trilemma Adventures Compendium Vol 1, Trilemma Adventures

Best Electronic Book

• BEOWULF: Hermit’s Sanctuary, Handiwork Games, Authors: Jon Hodgson, Jacob Rodgers
• Killer Kobolds from Outer Space, Oliver Clegg, Author: Oliver Clegg
• Lancer Core Book, Massif Press, Authors: Tom Parkinson, Miguel Lopez
• New Tales of the Miskatonic Valley 2nd Ed., Stygian Fox, Authors: Tom Lynch, Keith “Doc” Herber, Kevin Ross, Christopher Smith Adair, Oscar Rios, Seth Skorkowsky
• Wolves of Steadwick, Explorer’s Guild Publishing, Author: Richard Davis

Best Family Game / Product

• BFF! Best Friends Forever, Heart of the Deernicorn, Authors: Ross Cowman, Terri Cohlene
• Jim Henson’s Labyrinth, the Adventure Game, River Horse, Authors: Ben Milton, Jack Caesar
• Kids on Bikes: Strange Adventures! Volume Two, Renegade Games / Hunters Entertainment, Authors: Jonathan Gilmour, Doug Levandowski
• Quest, The Adventure Guild, Author: T.C. Sottek
• The Excellents: Excellent Princess Roleplaying, 9th Level Games, Authors: Chris O’Neill, Adriel Wilson

Best Free Game / Product

• BEOWULF: Hermit’s Sanctuary, Handiwork Games, Authors: Jon Hodgson, Jacob Rodgers
• Secret Science Sewer Siblings, Cloven Pine Games, Author: Cloven Pine Games
• Sexy Battle Wizards, Rowan, Rook and Decard, Author: Grant Howitt
• TTRPG Safety Toolkit, Smooching Knife, Authors: Kienna Sunrise, Lauren Bryant-Monk
• Tunnel Goons, Highland Paranormal Society, Author: Nate Treme

Best Game

• A Cool and Lonely Courage, Plane Sailing Games Limited, Author: Alex White
• ALIEN the Roleplaying Game, Free League Publishing, Authors: Tomas Härenstam, Andrew E.C. Gaska
• MÖRK BORG Artpunk RPG, Free League Publishing, Authors: Pelle Nilsson, Johan Nohr
• Royal Blood, Rowan, Rook and Decard, Author: Grant Howett
• Zombie World, Magpie Games, Author: Brendan G. Conway

Best Layout and Design

• A Pound of Flesh, Tuesday Knight Games, Sean McCoy, Jan Buragay
• BFF! Best Friends Forever, Heart of the Deernicorn, Ross Cowman, Terri Cohlene, Whitney Beltran, Taylor Dow, Mo Golden, Kristine Hassell, Jabari Weathers
• MÖRK BORG Artpunk RPG, Free League Publishing, Pelle Nilsson, Johan Nohr
• Quest, The Adventure Guild, T.C. Sottek
• Trilemma Adventures Compendium Vol 1, Trilemma Adventures, Michael Prescott

Best Monster/Adversary

• Big Bad Booklet 1-6, Hit Point Press, Author: Hit Point Press
• Icons Rogues, Ad Infinitum Adventures, Author: Steve Kenson
• Magimundi Bestiary 5th Edition (5e), Learn Larp, LLC, Authors: Maury Brown, Mike Young
• Mordenkainen’s Fiendish Folio, Volume 1: Monsters Malevolent and Benign, Wizards of the Coast, Authors: Mike Mearls, Bart Carroll, Bill Benham
• Worm Witch, Knight Owl Publishing, Author: Ahimsa Kerp

Best Online Content

• DNDSPEAK – The Official d100 Website, DNDSPEAK
• Essentials Generators, Necrotic Gnome
• Molten Sulfur Blog, Molten Sulfur Press
• RPG Writers Workshop, Scribemind
• The Monsters Know What They Are Doing – Combat Tactics for DMs, Saga Press

Best Organized Play

• Jaunt to the Center of Faerun, Noah Grand
• Protégé of the Trampling Forest, Ma’at Crook
• Stygia Untamed, Greasy Snitches, Paul Gabat
• The Only Way to be Sure, Jason Panella, Jim Parkin
• Where Can She Be, Robbie Pleasant

Best Podcast

• Appendix N Book Club
• Asians Represent!
• Plot Points
• Red Moon Roleplaying
• Roll for Persuasion

Best Production Values

• BFF! Best Friends Forever, Heart of the Deernicorn
• Humblewood Box Set, Hit Point Press
• Icarus, Renegade Games / Hunters Entertainment
• The Yellow King RPG, Pelgrane Press
• Thousand Year Old Vampire, Petit Guignol

Best RPG Related Product

• Absinthe in Carcosa, Pelgrane Press, Author: Robin Laws
• Encounter Theory: The Adventure Design Workbook, Plot Points Productions, Author: Ben Riggs
• Inhuman Conditions, Mythical Normal, Authors: Tommy Maranges, Cory O’Brien
• Session Zero, Bullypup Publishing, Author: John C. Byram
• Shadowtide: Recipes From Aldea, Green Ronin, Author: Jess Hartley

Best Rules

• Icarus, Renegade Games / Hunters Entertainment, Author: Spenser Starke
• MAZES The Polymorph RPG of Dungeons and Dangers, 9th Level Games, Author: Chris O’Neill
• Score, Gila RPGs, Author: Spencer Campbell
• Thousand Year Old Vampire, Petit Guignol, Author: Tim Hutchings
• Zombie World, Magpie Games, Author: Brendan G. Conway

Best Setting

• Americana, Sandy Pug Games, Author: Liam Ginty
• Arkadia – The Greek Setting for 5e, Arcana Games, Authors: Eugene Fasano, Ken Roberts
• Call of Cthulhu: Berlin the Wicked City, Chaosium Inc., Authors: David Larkins, Mike Mason, Lynne Hardy
• Dead Halt, Zonware, Author: Ben Doran
• Rakehell – Issue One: The Rift of Mar-Milloir, Goatman’s Goblet, Author: Goatman’s Goblet

Best Supplement

• Delta Green: The Labyrinth, Arc Dream Publishing, Authors: John Scott Tynes
• Doctor Who: 12th Doctor Sourcebook, Cubicle Seven, Authors: Andrew Peregrine, Walt Ciechanowski
• Ironsworn Delve, Shawn Tomkin, Authors: Shawn Tomkin
• Witch+Craft, Astrolago Press, Authors: Shannon Campbell, Damon Hines, Dillon MacPherson
• Zombie World: The Mall, Magpie Games, Author: Brendan G. Conway

Best Writing

• Electric Bastionland, Bastionland Press, Author: Chris McDowall
• MÖRK BORG Artpunk RPG, Free League Publishing, Authors: Pelle Nilsson, Johan Nohr
• Quest, The Adventure Guild, Author: T.C. Sottek
• The Monsters Know What They Are Doing, Saga Press, Author: Keith Ammann
• Visigoths vs Mall Goths, Lucian Kahn, Author: Lucian Kahn

Product of the Year

• BFF! Best Friends Forever, Heart of the Deernicorn
• Deck of Many Animated Spells, Hit Point Press
• MÖRK BORG Artpunk RPG, Free League Publishing
• Quest, The Adventure Guild
• Royal Blood, Rowan, Rook and Decard
• The Excellents: Excellent Princess Roleplaying, 9th Level Games
• Thousand Year Old Vampire, Petit Guignol
• Trilemma Adventures Compendium Vol 1, Trilemma Adventures
• Witch+Craft, Astrolago Press
• Zombie World, Magpie Games

 

[MGibster]

I feel like either I'm seriously out of touch here as I haven't heard of the majority of the games/products nominated. It reminds me of the Oscars, all these movies nominated but I haven't seen any of them.

 

[Morrus]

It reminds me of the Oscars, all these movies nominated but I haven't seen any of them.

And then people complain that Hollywood doesn't make original films any more! What they mean is, they don't go to see original films any more.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

I feel like either I'm seriously out of touch here as I haven't heard of the majority of the games/products nominated. It reminds me of the Oscars, all these movies nominated but I haven't seen any of them.

This is a good opportunity to put the ones that look good to you on your long term shopping list. I'm probably going to pick up Thousand Year Old Vampire at some point, for instance, based on this post.

 

[Eltab]

I saw the EnWorld threads for Dragons Conquer America and was intrigued. I'm glad to see it was nominated, albeit for a field I did not expect.
Congrats and good luck !

 

[GrahamWills]

If you haven't checked out Thousand Year Old Vampire, I'd strongly suggest considering it. It's a solo (journaling) RPG that I found works mechanically well, produces a compelling narrative and is strongly atmospheric. It's been a ton of fun for me during lockdown as a solo activity and it has great production values.

Here's a review from a mostly board-game review company I like and trust: Shut Up & Sit Down - Thousand Year Old Vampire

And here's my completed journal for my first vampire, Bryn: http://willsfamily.org/files/rpg/misc/Bryn - Thosand Year Old Vampire.pdf

Spoiler: he doesn't quite make it to 1000.

 

[Birmy]

Here's a review from a mostly board-game review company I like and trust: Shut Up & Sit Down - Thousand Year Old Vampire

That Shut Up & Sit Down review seems to have caused a spike of interest in the game (it didn't get very far when I nominated it for Most Anticipated Game of 2020 here last year). I didn't realize it was such an influential channel!

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Honestly, Thousand Year Old Vampire sounds like it tackles the stuff I had hoped Vampire: The Masquerade would, but which was never quite interested in. (Although the Thin-Blooded sourcebook, released shortly before they attempted to end the original VtM line, came close in the horror aspects. But that relies on fin de siècle vibes that are hard to conjure up nowadays. Our rolling apocalypse has a very different flavor.)

 

[Plane Sailing]

As you might guess from my handle here, I’m Alex of Plane Sailing Games, and I’m delighted to be one of the nominees for “Best Game”.

If you’d like to find out a little more about the game, the subject matter and the incredibly brave women who inspired it, I’ve got a whole bunch of resources on my website here: A Cool and Lonely Courage

Simple rules that allow us to tell emotionally complex stories about some largely unsung heroes of WW2. The only sphere on the western front where women were trained for combat operations. The average operational expectancy for the radio operators of the SOE was six weeks.

The game allows you to tell stories of heartbreak and courage in awful circumstances. I’d love it if the ENnies nomination encouraged more people to check it out!

Thanks