Here's Who Won ENnies This Year!

The ENnies winners were announced last night at Gen Con during a ceremony hosted by Cat Tobin and Kevin Kulp. Congratulations to all the winners!

The ENnies celebrate excellence in tabletop roleplaying.

(Judges Spotlight winners were announced last month)

Product of the Year

• Silver: Call of Cthulhu Classic Prop Set
• Gold: Thirsty Sword Lesbians

Best Game

• Silver: Root: The RPG
• Gold: Thirsty Sword Lesbians

Best Adventure

• Silver: The Troubleshooters: The U-Boat Mystery
• Gold: Uncaged Goddesses

Fan Favorite Publisher

• Darrington Press

Best Writing

• Silver: Fateforge Tetralogy Box Set 5E
• Gold: Dune: Adventures in the Imperium

Best Supplement

• Silver: Root the RPG: Travellers and Outsiders
• Gold: Call of Cthulhu: Cults of Cthulhu

Best Rules

• Silver: Haunted West
• Gold: Colostle: A Solo RPG Adventure

Best Setting

• Silver: Jiangshi: Blood in the Banquet Hall
• Gold: Tal'Dorei Campaign Setting Reborn

Best Family Game

• Silver: Questlings: RPG
• Gold: Wanderhome

Best RPG Related Product

• Silver: KULT: Labyrinths & Secret Chambers
• Gold: Shadows of Esteren: Adeliane CD

Best Layout & Design

• Silver: Achtung! Cthulhu 2d20: Gamemaster’s Guide
• Gold: Delta Green: Impossible Landscapes

Best Free Product

• Silver: Auld Sanguine: A Vampire: The Masquerade New Year’s Eve Story
• Gold: 2021 Level 1 Anthology

Best Monster/Adversary

• Silver: Home-Field Advantage: a Compendium of Lair Actions
• Gold: Nightfell – Bestiary for 5e

Best Organized Play

• Silver: Two Hearts Apart
• Gold: I Find That Familiar

Best Art, Interior

• Silver: Wanderhome
• Gold: The One Ring Second Edition

Best Art, Cover

• Silver: Uncaged: Goddesses
• Gold: Wanderhome

Best Production Values

• Silver: Bardsung Legends of the Ancient Forge
• Gold: Call of Cthulhu Classic Prop Set

Best Aid/Accessory - Non-Digital

• Silver: Fate Accessibility Toolkit
• Gold: Call of Cthulhu Classic Prop Set

Best Aid/Accessory - Digital

• Silver: Call of Cthulhu 3D Digital Gamer Props – Masks of Nyarlathotep,
• Gold: MÖRK BORG Digital Monster Generator

Best Electronic Book

• Silver: One Night Strahd
• Gold: The Lazy DM's Companion

Best Podcast

• Silver: Role To Cast
• Gold: Ain't Slayed Nobody

Best Cartography

• Silver: KULTS Labyrinths and Secret Chambers
• Gold: Czepeky Maps Collection

Best Online Content

• Silver: Sly Flourish Blog
• Gold: RPGBOT.net

 

[Grendel_Khan]

By the Way, how are the Rules of Thirsty Sword Lesbians? I don't think that my group will be interested in that theme (not big into romance stories and sex is a no go), but are the Rules alone worth it?

Thirsty Sword Lesbians has one of the best iterations of PbtA mechanics, but it's PbtA through and through. And while you could take the romance and emotional intimacy out of it (the game states that sex isn't a requirement at all—it's about relationships, but friendly and romantic) you wouldn't have much left. That stuff is what makes the game so great.

 

[John R Davis]

Congratulations to all the Winners! 8D

There are quite a few of these games that I have to try . I personally love that Sly Florish got two Awards, his Products helped me immensely .. so well deserved IMHO!

By the Way, how are the Rules of Thirsty Sword Lesbians? I don't think that my group will be interested in that theme (not big into romance stories and sex is a no go), but are the Rules alone worth it?

No. They are not well explained in TSL, so if you have never PBTA it may be extra work for you.

 

[Baumi]

Oh I love the PbtA Meachnics. 8D

But they always have the theme strongly baked into the rules (usually a great thing) so it seems that this will not be for me and my group. But thanks for the quick answers!

 

[CleverNickName]

No wheelchair ramp? Ugh.

 

[Kannik]

A big congrats to the Troubleshooters and to Wanderhome! Still have to play the former but it's hyper interesting to me, and the latter we have played and it's downright wonderful in all sorts of ways. Both are also feature great art and Wonderhome is gorgeous.

Great to see humbly Kickstarted works of passion win big!

 

[Kannik]

I am interested in The Troubleshooters - The U-Boat Mystery.

Reading a review it sounds like a sort of Tintin adventure in an alternate nineteen sixties thwarting the evil plans for world domination by the secret organization known as The Octopus.

Has anyone read it or better yet played it?

You are correct, it's basically a Tintin / Spirou RPG. I devoured Tintin growing up and the Troubleshooters does a good job capturing that spirit and energy, both in art/feel and by including some mechanical nods to help support telling/playing/creating those kind of stories.

I haven't played it yet but it is most definitively in the queue...

 

[Primrose Paladin]

Dune: Adventures in the Imperium is a beautifully written set of core rules. It's a worthy recipient of the award for Best Writing, I feel.