The ENnies have announced the nominees for this year's tabletop roleplaying awards. The winners will be announced at the live ceremony at Gen Con later this year. Congratulations to all those nominated this year!
Also worth checking out is the ENnies Emporium where nominees from last year (2025) are part of a combined project to feature those products on Backerkit.
Judges’ Spotlight Winners
William Beeson – Girl Frame, Anxious Mimic RPGsAuthor: Isabelle M. Ruebsatt
Hans Cummings– Trash to Treasure, Bright Bard Games
Authors: Jon Boyle and Bri De Danann
Christopher Gath – RPG Zine Club: Year 2, Plus One Exp/Alchemical Ink
Fiona Katherine Taylor Howat – Tacklebox, Possible Worlds Games
Authors: J. Walton and James Tadd Adcox
Tom King – Draconis: The Call of Adventure, Studio Agate
Authors: Justine Niogret and Alexandre Mula
Best Adventure – Long Form
Historica Arcanum: Serenade for the Damned, Metis CreativeAuthors: Tyler Denison, Sarp Duyar, Doğa Can Sayılkan, Alp Arslan
Terra Antarctica, Edge Studio
Authors: Leah Hawthorne, Keith Ryan Kappel, Brandon Perdue, Sam Stewart
The Spark Devil, H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society
Author: Sean Branney
Tomb of a Thousand Doors, ManaDawn Tabletop Games and Plus One Exp
Authors: Matthew Morris, Lux Taggert, Sky Svard, Antonio Buch, FriggingFrogs, Derek Mayne, Yar0d, Pulpee, Phybe, Kelly Bean, Kapithan, William Lambert, Owen McGauley, and Isaac Williams, Ellohir, Hugh Lashbrooke, Lancraft, Liam McCrickard, TabletobRPG, BohemiaSpielkunst, Relic913, Flindermouse, Rat’s Nest Games, Lesueur Benoit, Xenio, tim zee, Tumultous Tabletop, and Marcos_BM
Vaesen – City of My Nightmares, Free League Publishing
Author: Kiku Pukk Harenstam
Best Adventure – Short Form
Camp Snallygaster, Pandion GamesThe Bride of Pendle, Miskatonic Repository
Author: Jayson Green
The White Horse of Lowvale
Author: Tania Herrero
Tragedy at Zaya’s Theatre
Author: Munkao
Whispers of the Woods, Heltung Storytelling
Author: Paweł Kicman
Best Aid/Accessory – Digital
Castle of the Vampire Lord, Axolote GamingPathfinder 2e and Starfinder 2e on Foundry VTT
Pocket Bard, Pocket Bard Inc.
The Crooked Moon Alchemy VTT, Avantris Entertainment
WestMarches.games, Grimoire AB
Best Aid/Accessory – Non – Digital
Game Master Screen, Peter Pauper PressHandouts – Ryoko’s lost notes, Loot Tavern Publishing
Making Enemies: Monster Design Inspiration for Tabletop Roleplaying Games, Gallery Books
Author: Keith Ammann
The Crooked Moon Tarot Card Set, Avantris Entertainment
The Field Guide To Floral Dragons: Dragon Miniature Sets – Botanist, Florist and Gardener , Hit Point Press
Best Art, Cover
Click here to see the nominees collageBook of Spirits, Beyond the Screen
Artists: Aldo Domínguez, Fen Inkwright
Historica Arcanum: Echoes of Renaissance, Metis Creative
Artists: Belgin Kaya, Yağmur Kıyak, Beliz Baytok, Usame Bakar, Alper Bıçaklar, Taha Hakan Arslan, İshak Can Altun, Celia Tang, İlker Serdar Yıldız, Ege Satırcı
Mappa Mundi – An Exploration + Ecology RPG, Three Sails Studios
Artist: Joel Kilpatrick
The Crooked Moon Standard Edition Hardcover, Avantris Entertainment
Artist: Xavier Collette
Totem – The Spirits’ RPG, Officina Meningi
Artists: Francesco Biagini & Voidface
Best Art, Interior
Click here to see the nominees collageEcryme: Player’s Guide, Open Sesame Games, LLC
Artists: Camille Durand-Kriegel, Émile Denis, Nicolas Fructus, Remton, Francois Schuiten, Sabrina Tobal
Household Volume II, Two Little Mice
Artists: Daniela Giubellini, Antonia De Luca, Federica Costantini, Alessandro Paviolo, Ivana Abbate, Alessandro Cancian, Andrea Tentori Montalto, Arrigo Verderosa
Legend In The Mist – Core Book, Son of Oak Game Studio
Artists: Alejan Drapinal, Marius Zszulc, Mark Hretskyi, Zach Causey
Mappa Mundi – An Exploration + Ecology RPG, Three Sails Studios
Artist: Joel Kilpatrick
The Field Guide to Floral Dragons Box Set, Hit Point Press
Artist: Kin Wald
Best Cartography
Collection of Fantasy Maps II, Open Sesame GamesGuillaume Tavernier
Dolmenwood Maps Book, Exalted Funeral Press
Jonathan Newell, Glynn Seal, Arlin Ortiz
Pendragon Gamemaster Screen Pack, Chaosium Inc.
Francesca Baerald
Pilgrims of the Murk Dome, Hollow Press
Plastiboo
Tomb of a Thousand Doors, ManaDawn Tabletop Games and Plus One Exp
Fernando Salvaterra, Felipe de Faria, Bruno Prosaiko, Alex Damaceno, Josiah Moore, QBR, Lux, and Sky Svard, Oddgob Games
Best Community Content
A Patch of Unfurled Green, West Coast Adventurers GuildAuthor: Marc “DM Mythall” Kassouf
Sprigs & Kindling Volumes 4:1
Author: Amanda Mullins
The Bride of Pendle, Miskatonic Repository
Author: Jayson Green
The Severed Vault
Author: Jeremy Cheong
Triangle Agency Fan Zine
Best Family Game / Product
Crescent 2e, MythworksAuthors: Ema Acosta
Dragon Town and the Darkness Below
Author: JP Coovert
Dungeons & Kittens Starter Set, Edge Studio
Authors: Clement de Ruyter, Trickytophe, Francois Cedelle, and John Grumph
Mushie Missions, Bright Bard Games
Author: Jon Boyle
PiCO, Mythworks
Author: Felix Isaacs
Best Free Game / Product
Daggerheart Quickstart Adventure: The Sablewood Messengers, Darrington PressAuthors: Spenser Starke, Rowan Hall and Mike Underwood
Legend In the Mist Learn-To-Play Comic Book Adventure, Son of Oak Game Studio LLC
Author: Amit Moshe, Eran Aviram, Itamar Karbian, Kelly Black
SHIFT: Roleplaying Game Basic Rules (FREE RPG DAY), Hit Point Press
Author: Graeme Fotheringham, Jordan Richer, and Carlos Cisco
Sprigs & Kindling Volumes 3-5
Authors: Arrianna Abraham, Russell Anderson, Bjorn Ove Asprem (Boa), Hank Belanger, Irving Benitez, Justen Bennett, Ben Bisogno, Scott C. Bourgeois, Brendan (Khatyra), Devin R Bruce, J Carter, Tess Chappell, Alexander Thomas Guy Coursolle, Jim Crocker, Kirk Damato, Peter DeCraene, dión // isle in the heavens, Michael Dürr, Leigh Eldridge, Charlie Etheridge-Nunn, Pat Eyler, Mike Ferdinando, Rob Fletcher, Tess Fowler, Wes Franks, Jeremy Gaines, G F Greco, Cassidy Hadlock, Rebecca Hall, Jack Hargreaves, Sydney Hawkins, Lisa Imbryk, Chaotic Jamgochian, Rachael Jamison, Rhyme Jansen, Jazy, Igor Juraszewski, Andrea Klassen, Lukas Kristjanson, MW Lindberg, Billy Lingar, Kevin Macku, Mags Maenad, Marc Majcher, Ben Mansky, Gabe McCormick, Brian Miranda, Amanda Mullins, Scout Munroe, Dori Murdock, Bartosz N (bartosso), J Evan Parks, Levi Phipps, Daniel Qualls, Mike Raichelson, Raymond Rich, Kim Riek, Gabriel Robinson, Nicolas Ronvel, Jesse Ross, Blake Ryan, Alex Rybitski, Brian Sago, salty, shaed, Aaron Sinner, James Smith,
Clint Smith, Arkadiusz Stefański, Steph Infection, AJ Summers, Cameron L. Summers, Thwalee, Sean Tibbitts, Mads C Turley,
Michael Van Vleet, Alton W, Arthur Wells, Nova Wurmson
Triangle Agency Fan Zine
Authors: Kodasea, Corinna “Jude” Maria Liptáková, MarimoSelkie, Haasio, Sporadic Dialogue, L.S. Moon, fizzyware, DelcanRiven (Onion), Nathan Joseph, Pan, Me_ikko, VoiceoftheOoze, natanco, Nitroserum, Ro_drawzzz, Ash Yggdrasill, MegasomaMars, Wyllora, Ghost of Inks, Doomslug, the_pencil_head, Sleipnir, mntacuyan, iris lemony, Rhodocros, Zoe Traub, Yiu113, AlchemicalClown, SylkWeaver, Pidgeothy, Jack?, Koopstrooper, MGM_101, Robobuilder, Simon da Silva, Copper_KaBell, Boc, iCodeghost, Carbsta, Cinnabar, Totodile, Jazz Fox-Canning
Best Game
Coriolis: The Great Dark Core Rulebook, Free League PublishingAuthor: Kosta Kostulas, Nils Karlén, Martin Grip, Svante Landgraf, Shawn Tomkin, Matt Click
Art: Martin Grip
Editing: Tomas Harenstam, Mattiaas Johnsson Haake
Layout/Design: Christian Granath
Daggerheart Core Set, Darrington Press
Author: Spenser Starke, Carlos Cisco, Rowan Hall, John Harper, Matthew Mercer, Alex Uboldi, Mike Underwood, Layla Adelman, Meguey Baker, Banana Chan, Chris Davidson, Rue Dickey, Felix Isaacs, Erin Roberts, Deven Rue, Rogan Shannon, Mark Thompson, Eugenio Vargas, Chris Willett
Art: Nick Acuna, Juan Salvador Almencion, Mauro Alocci, Ana Amaral, Anthony Avon, Mike Azevedo, Zoe Badini, Diana Bakieva, Adam Barker, Eliot Baum, Paul Scott Canavan, Carlos Cardona, Edgar Cardona, Kristina Carroll, Stephanie Cost, Luísa Costa, Katya Cyan, Cybercatbug, Daarken, Nikki Dawes, Carlos C. Díaz, Benjamin Ee, Geoffrey Ernault, Letícia Freitas, Bear Frymire, Gaboleps, Laura Galli, Kristina Gehrmann, James Green, Grant Griffin, Arturo Gutiérrez González, Juan Gutierrez, Leesha Hannigan, Rick Hefner, Suzanne Helmigh, Hendry Iwanaga, Jessketchin, Anthony Jones, Jack Jones, KarrahE, Sam Key, Ivan Koltovich, Alex Konstad, Samantha Kung, Linda Lithén, Samantha
B. Lucas, Danil Luzin, Dominik Mayer, Julia Metzger, Maxime Minard, Andrea Tentori Montalto, José Muñoz, Reiko Murakami, Laura Marie Neal, Irina Nordsol, Tamara Osborn, Mike Pape, Jen Estirdalin Pattison, Mila Pesic, Henry Peters, Rafater, Andreas Rocha, Ryan Christian Rodero, Joshua Rodriguez, Henrik Rosenborg, Ilya Royz, Allan Santos, Stanislav Sherbakov, Ernanda Souza, Fernanda Suarez, Jenny Tan, Mat Wilma, Maciej Wojtala
Editing: Laura Hirsbrunner, Amber Litke, Sadie Lowry, Ashley Michaela “Navigator” Lawson, Scott Gray, Sebastian Yūe
Layout/Design: Matt Paquette & Co., John Harper, Vee Hendro
Legend In The Mist – Core Book, Son of Oak Game Studio
Author: Amit Moshe, Eran Aviram, Itamar Karbian, Kelly Black
Art: Alejan Drapinal, Marius Zszulc, Mark Hretskyi, Zach Causey
Editing: Eran Aviram
Layout/Design: Manuel Serrasáez
Sickest Witch Core Rulebook, Severed Books
Author: Justin Sirois
Art: Justin Sirois
Editing: Spencer Ellsworth, Michael Hughes
Layout/Design: Justin Sirois
Thieves of the Tome, First Pancake Studios
Author: George Philbrick
Art : George Philbrick
Layout/Design: George Philbrick
Best Layout and Design
Berserkr, Slightly Reckless GamesDeadline: A Clockwork Press, The Wanderer’s Tome
Midnight Muscadines, Pandion Games
Voidheart Symphony (Revised Edition), Rowan Rook & Decard
Warhammer: the Old World Roleplaying Game, Player’s Guide, Cubicle 7 Entertainment
Best Monster/Adversary
Dolmenwood Monster Book, Exalted Funeral PressAuthors: Gavin Norman with Kyle Hettinger, Amelia Luke, James Spahn, Brian Yaksha
Art: Bianca Canoza, Pauliina Hannuniemi, Jana Heidersdorf, Aaron Howdle, Chris Huth, Tom Kilian, Jethro Lentle, Ellie Livingston, Kyle Patterson, Mish Scott, Ulla Thynell, Andrew Walter, Letty Wilson
Monsters of Drakkenheim Ghostfire Gaming
Authors: Monty Martin, Kelly McLaughlin
Art: Maria Arteta, Mauro Alocci, Andreea Barbu, Clément Blum, Cristina Birtea, Isabell Bartnicki, Marius Bota, Augusto Costa, Alberto dal Lago, Andrei Dragoș Poițelea, Giuseppe De iure, Rafael Dantanna, Sorina Dana Ştefan, Anastassia Grigorieva, Andre Garcia, Isabela Homitchi, Suzanne Helmigh, Will Hallett, Andrei Iacob, Kurt Jakobi, Ona Kristensen, Cristiana Leone, Danil Luzin, Alina Magherusan, Derek Murphy, Fajri Muhammad, Giovana Marion, Guilherme Motta, Laura Marie Neal, Renan Maurilio, Toni Munteanu, Marzena Nereida Piwowar, Olha Nykytiuk, Elizabeth Peiró, Felipe Pérez, Vincenzo Pratticò, Mihai Radu, Oana Roxana Birtea, Renan Ribeiro, George Stratulat, Stephen Sykes, Gaga Turmanishvili, Andreia Ugrai, Rebeca Ungurean, Bianca Vrinceanu, Karin Wittig
Starfinder Alien Core, Paizo Inc.
Author: Kate Baker, Lau Bannenberg, Rigby Bendele,Vishesh Bhartiya, Joseph Blomquist, Jeremy
Blum, Tineke Bolleman, Brent Bowser, Michael Bramnik, Patrick Brennan, Charlie Brooks, Jessica Catalan, Brite Cheney, Jeremy Corff, Caryn
DiMarco, Anthony Dollinger, Steve Fidler, Kim Frandsen, Andrew D. Geels, Basheer Ghouse, Sen H.H.S., Katrina Hennessy, Thurston Hillman,
Joan Hong, Jenny Jarzabski, Sara Jeffers, Mikko Kallio, Lysle Kapp, Mike Kimmel, Dustin Knight, Cole Kronewitter, Mahpiya, Letterio Mammoliti,
Randal Meyer, Jacob W. Michaels, Matt Morris, Dennis Muldoon, Quinn Murphy, Elizabeth V Nold, Chesley Oxendine, Emily Parks, Glen Parnell,
Randy Price, Kyle T. Raes, Jessica Redekop, Erin Roberts, James Rodehaver, David N. Ross, Pidj Sorensen, Joel Southall, Kendra Leigh Speedling,
Drew Taylor, Sam W Tennyson, Jalen Todd, Ruvaid Virk, Viditya Voleti, Christopher Wasko, Nicholas Wasko, Jackson Wery, Shan Wolf, and Basil
Wright
Art: János Brumár, Sol Devia, Daniele DiParma, Anna Duma-Baranowska, Miguel Regodón Harkness,
Ivan Koritarev, Renan Maurilio, Sophie Medvedeva, Guilherme Motta, Guilherme Olivieri, Nikolai Ostertag, Pixoloid Studios (Mark Molnar, Gaspar
Gombos, Zsolt “Mike” Szabados, Janos Gardos, Peter Lerner, and Almos Balogh), Jino Rufino, Alberto Saraiva, Arthur Enrique Olivera Silva,
Melissa Spandri, and Veto Zomer
The Field Guide to Floral Dragons Box Set, Hit Point Press
Author: Verity Lane, Chris Pinch, Jordan Richer, Sebastian Yue
Art: Kin Wald
Wrath of the Kaiju, Loot Tavern Publishing
Authors: Joao Araujo, William Earl, Dai Jia Rong He, Max Wartelle
Art: Mohammed Bellafquih, Kwanpo “Ari” Cheng, Phan Tuan Dat, Aleksa Drageljevic, Tyler Grayson, Martin Kirby-Jackson, Roman Kuzmin, Rastislav Le, Michelle Mueller, Richard Nguyen, Mukhlis “Sinlaire” Nur, Ognjen Sporin, Rajaa Al-Subairi, Chaouki “Ciao” Titouhi, Souhaib Zekri
Best Online Content
Designing Dungeons Course: Or, How to Kill a Party in 30 Rooms or Less, Joshua McCrowell & Warren DExplorers Design
Golarion Mapping Project, Tabletop RPG Historical Society
Molten Sulfur Blog, Molten Sulfur Press
Solo RPG List
Best Production Values
Legend In the Mist – Ravenhome Slipcase, Son of Oak Game Studio LLCMappa Mundi – An Exploration + Ecology RPG, Three Sails Studios
Terra Antarctica, Edge Studio
The Crooked Moon Ultimate Edition, Avantris Entertainment
The Spark Devil, H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society
Best RPG Related Product
Advent-ure Calendar 20: The Lost Labyrinth, Only Games, Black Oak WorkshopBeyond the Witching Ring: Dolmenwood Soundtrack Album — 12″” Vinyl LP, Exalted Funeral Press
Music: Tales Under The Oak
Dolmenwood Noble House Enamel Pins Set, Exalted Funeral Press
Menagerie of Unbearable Things, Tania Herrero
Sickest Witch Belt Buckle, Severed Books
Best Rules
A Land Once Magic, moreblueberriesAuthor: Viditya Voleti
Daggerheart, Darrington Press
Authors: Spenser Starke, Carlos Cisco, Rowan Hall, John Harper, Matthew Mercer, Alex Uboldi, Mike Underwood, Layla Adelman, Meguey Baker, Banana Chan, Chris Davidson, Rue Dickey, Felix Isaacs, Erin Roberts, Deven Rue, Rogan Shannon, Mark Thompson, Eugenio Vargas, Chris Willett
Legend In The Mist – Core Book, Son of Oak Game Studio
Authors: Amit Moshe, Eran Aviram, Itamar Karbian, Kelly Black
Sickest Witch Core Rulebook, Severed Books
Author: Justin Sirois
Thieves of the Tome, First Pancake Studios
Author: George Philbrick
Best Setting
Dolmenwood Campaign Book, Exalted Funeral PressAuthors: Gavin Norman, Chance Dudinack, Luke Gearing, Yves Geens, Noah Green, Greg Gorgonmilk, Kyle Hettinger, Clint Krause, Amelia Luke, Scott Malthouse, Jonathan Newell, Frances Northcutt Green, Amanda P., Doyle Wayne Ramos-Tavener, Glynn Seal, James Spahn, Andrew Walter, Brian Yaksha.
Ecryme: Player’s Guide, Open Sesame Games, LLC
Authors: Alexandre Clavvel, Mathieu Gaborit, Samuel Metzener
Grim Hollow: Campaign Guide, Ghostfire Gaming
Authors: Ben Byrne, Shawn Merwin, Jenn E. Adams, Andrew Bishkinskyi, Jacob Davis, Jackson DiCarlo, Benjamin Evans, Scott Fitzgerald Gray, Benjamin Huffman, Chris Lindsay, Ginny Loveday, Pan Lyons, Greg Marks, Elliott Randall, Joe Raso, Kienna Shaw, Anne Smith, Marcello De Velazquez, Christopher Walz, Graham Ward, Ethan Yen
Household Volume II, Two Little Mice
Authors: Ricardo “Rico” Sirignano and Simone Formicola
Ryokos Guide to the Yokai Realms, Loot Tavern Publishing
Authors: Joao Araujo, William Earl, Dai Jia Rong He, Max Wartelle
Best Solo Game
Odyssey of the Giant, Heltung StorytellingPirouette, InnocentGoblin TTRPGs
Author: Michael Sweeney
Song of the Scryptwyrm
Authors: Dan Bronson-Lowe
SPINE: A Dark Solo TTRPG About Losing Yourself in a Book, Backwards Tabletop
Author: Asa Donald
The Bonsai Diary, Gene Koo
Authors: Sticky Doodler
Best Streaming Content
Cozy RPG ReviewsGet Your Sheet Together, Darrington Press
How’s My Driving?, The Panic Table & DNGN CLUB GAMES
One Shot: Last Train to Bremen, One Shot
The Good Friends of Jackson Elias podcast, Blasphemous Tomes
Best Supplement
Legend In The Mist – Action Grimoire, Son of Oak Game StudioAuthors: Amit Moshe, Eran Aviram, Itamar Karbian, Kelly Black
Mystified!, The Wanderer’s Tome
Authors: Chelsea Sciortino and Fleur Sciortino
No Place Like Homebrew, Roll & Play Press
Authors: Sam Barlett, Beth Davies
The Creative Game Master’s Guide to Extraordinary Locations (& How To Design Them), Bluestone Books
Author: Duncan Rhodes
The Painted Wastelands Player’s Guide, Agamemnon Press
Authors: Tim Molloy, Christopher Willet
Best Writing
Making Enemies: Monster Design Inspiration for Tabletop Roleplaying Games, Gallery BooksAuthor: Keith Ammann
Piaga 1348, NEED GAMES!
Author: Helios Pu
Pirouette, InnocentGoblin TTRPGs
Author: Michael Sweeney
Rapscallion, Magpie Games
Author: Whistler, Elizabeth Chaipraditkul, Brendan G. Conway, Mark Diaz Truman
StoryBake, Tiny Ghost Chef Games
Author: Dan Walter
Product of the Year
Coriolis: The Great Dark Core Rulebook, Free League PublishingDaggerheart, Darrington Press
Dolmenwood Campaign Book, Exalted Funeral Press
Legend In The Mist – Core Book, Son of Oak Game Studio
Menagerie of Unbearable Things Tania Herrero
The Bonsai Diary, Gene Koo
The Crooked Moon Ultimate Edition, Avantris Entertainment
The Field Guide to Floral Dragons Box Set, Hit Point Press
The Spark Devil, H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society
The White Horse of Lowvale, Tania Herrero
