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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MidnightBlue" data-source="post: 8053627" data-attributes="member: 6924450">I admit, much like the Oscars, I seldom have a good knowledge base for most of the nominations...and it was the same for me again this year.  It was VERY recently that I learned of Mork Borg when I became a backer in their latest Kickstarter.  Of course I knew Aliens, Call of Cthulhu, D&D, & Pathfinder, but of all the products listed only actually had the Aliens RPG, Labryinth RPG, and Kids on Bikes RPG, I think...still waiting on Mork Borg to deliver.  So most of these products and producers were new to me and it was hard to vote, not knowing the competition.I blame the new Kickstarter/crowd-funding world we live in for the RPG industry.  There was a time, and it feels so long ago, where I would have recognized nearly every nomination because it would have passed through the shelves of my FLGS and I would have at least picked it up and browsed, even if I didn't buy that particular game.  I really do miss that.  There are so many great games out there that I'll never know about now, because I didn't happen to trip and fall into their Kickstarter.  I love the plethora of games and the larger indie market that crowd-funding allows, but there is a measure of sadness when I see how small my FLGS' RPG section is now that not as many games go to retail through them.But there were a couple of bright spots for me in this years' ENnies list:1. I'm a big Free Leagues (Fria Ligan) backer/supporter, so nice to see them getting some serious love this year.2. I discovered and purchased Thousand Year Old Vampire thanks to the rewards' callout.  Waiting on my physical book, but looking forward to it.3. I was so happy to see the H. P. Lovecraft Historical Society in the list of Fan Favorite Publishers, even if they didn't win.  I purchased all of their Dark Adventures Radio Theatre radio dramas this year (I have 2 more to listen to out of more than 20).  I've purchased a bunch of their other items as well and REALLY hope that they get to partner up with Chaosium and do DART radio dramas for "Horror on the Orient Express" and "Beyond the Mountains of Madness" like they did with "Masks of Nyarlathotep" and another CoC scenario that I can't recall this second.  So happy shout out to HPLHS!  If you are looking for some truly amazing premium props for your Call of Cthulhu games, HPL products, or some great and fun radio dramas, check them out: <a href="https://www.hplhs.org/" target="_blank">HPLHS - The H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society</a>  (I'm not affiliated other than being a customer and fan.)Either way, congrats to all the nominees and winners!</blockquote>

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