Menu
News
All News
Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
Pathfinder
Starfinder
Warhammer
2d20 System
Year Zero Engine
Industry News
Reviews
Dragon Reflections
Columns
Weekly Digests
Weekly News Digest
Freebies, Sales & Bundles
RPG Print News
RPG Crowdfunding News
Game Content
ENterplanetary DimENsions
Mythological Figures
Opinion
Worlds of Design
Peregrine's Next
RPG Evolution
Other Columns
From the Freelancing Frontline
Monster ENcyclopedia
WotC/TSR Alumni Look Back
4 Hours w/RSD (Ryan Dancey)
The Road to 3E (Jonathan Tweet)
Greenwood's Realms (Ed Greenwood)
Drawmij's TSR (Jim Ward)
Community
Forums & Topics
Forum List
Latest Posts
Forum list
*Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
D&D Older Editions
*TTRPGs General
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
EN Publishing
*Geek Talk & Media
Search forums
Chat/Discord
Resources
Wiki
Pages
Latest activity
Media
New media
New comments
Search media
Downloads
Latest reviews
Search resources
EN Publishing
Store
EN5ider
Adventures in ZEITGEIST
Awfully Cheerful Engine
What's OLD is NEW
Judge Dredd & The Worlds Of 2000AD
War of the Burning Sky
Level Up: Advanced 5E
Events & Releases
Upcoming Events
Private Events
Featured Events
Socials!
Twitch
YouTube
Facebook (EN Publishing)
Facebook (EN World)
Twitter
Instagram
TikTok
Podcast
Features
Top 5 RPGs Compiled Charts 2004-Present
Adventure Game Industry Market Research Summary (RPGs) V1.0
Ryan Dancey: Acquiring TSR
Q&A With Gary Gygax
D&D Rules FAQs
TSR, WotC, & Paizo: A Comparative History
D&D Pronunciation Guide
Million Dollar TTRPG Kickstarters
Tabletop RPG Podcast Hall of Fame
Eric Noah's Unofficial D&D 3rd Edition News
D&D in the Mainstream
D&D & RPG History
About Morrus
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
Forums & Topics
Forum List
Latest Posts
Forum list
*Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
D&D Older Editions
*TTRPGs General
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
EN Publishing
*Geek Talk & Media
Search forums
Chat/Discord
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
The
VOIDRUNNER'S CODEX
is LIVE! Explore new worlds, fight oppressive empires, fend off fearsome aliens, and wield deadly psionics with this comprehensive boxed set expansion for 5E and A5E!
Community
General Tabletop Discussion
*TTRPGs General
Should the ENnies cover CCGs, CMGs and boardgames?
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="Steel_Wind" data-source="post: 3637498" data-attributes="member: 20741"><p>Once upon a time, the ENnies were simply ENWorld's website awards announced online during Gencon.</p><p></p><p>Rapidly, over the course of years, the ENnies have now become an awards gala which is PART of Gencon and which is conducted at and voted upon at a site separate from ENWorld.</p><p></p><p>The awards have become more than being about this site - and have become, for better or worse, a part of Gencon itself.</p><p></p><p>I put it to you that the categories of products reflected in the current ENnies betrays a bias of its roots as awards given by an RPG focussed site, instead of awards reflecting the products sold at, played at, and concerning, in general, the hobby games industry at Gencon - of which RPGs are only a part.</p><p></p><p>I suggest that the ENnies need expanding to cover other genres of games.</p><p></p><p>We do not have candidates for:</p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> CCGs,</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> Non-collectible Card games</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> Miniatures, painted </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> Miiatures unpainted, </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> CMG games, </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> boardgames (war) </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> boardgames (non-war)<br /> </li> </ul><p></p><p>In short, Gencon is a much bigger industry event than simply RPGs. And while the RPG nature of the ENnies reflects the bias of games covered by ENWorld, the awards have become bigger than this site.</p><p></p><p>These are categories that I would like to see covered by the Ennies - and I would propose electing a separate batch (or two batches, if required) of judges to deal with the new categories of nominations.</p><p></p><p>Consimworld and Boardgamegeek.com could link to the site for voting in the same manner as other RGP sites have been approached to do so and who deliver votes.</p><p></p><p>Yes, that duplicates Origins industry awarded awards. The difference is, given a choice between winning an ENnie and winning an award at Origins, I have not a doubt in my mind as to which I would prefer to receive – and I put it to you that the ENnies is of more value, commercially and as a feather in your hat. </p><p></p><p>In short, I think the ENnies have more legitimacy and have become - for better or worse - a PART of Gencon. The ENies already partly duplicates awards given at Origins. The sugestion that to expand the categories is somehow cutting somebody's elses grass does not stand up to scrutiny.</p><p></p><p>The ENnies organizers have been asked to add these categories in the past and have indicated their unwillingness to do so. I would ask that that decision be revisited.</p><p></p><p>Given the expansion in the ENnies and the great legitimacy this award has, and its now becoming a part of the fabric of Gencon, I submit that next year, the award categories should be expanded to cover these other genres and new judges elected to deal with these genres so that the current RPG judges are not taxed beyond their limits.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Steel_Wind, post: 3637498, member: 20741"] Once upon a time, the ENnies were simply ENWorld's website awards announced online during Gencon. Rapidly, over the course of years, the ENnies have now become an awards gala which is PART of Gencon and which is conducted at and voted upon at a site separate from ENWorld. The awards have become more than being about this site - and have become, for better or worse, a part of Gencon itself. I put it to you that the categories of products reflected in the current ENnies betrays a bias of its roots as awards given by an RPG focussed site, instead of awards reflecting the products sold at, played at, and concerning, in general, the hobby games industry at Gencon - of which RPGs are only a part. I suggest that the ENnies need expanding to cover other genres of games. We do not have candidates for: [list] [*] CCGs, [*] Non-collectible Card games [*] Miniatures, painted [*] Miiatures unpainted, [*] CMG games, [*] boardgames (war) [*] boardgames (non-war) [/list] In short, Gencon is a much bigger industry event than simply RPGs. And while the RPG nature of the ENnies reflects the bias of games covered by ENWorld, the awards have become bigger than this site. These are categories that I would like to see covered by the Ennies - and I would propose electing a separate batch (or two batches, if required) of judges to deal with the new categories of nominations. Consimworld and Boardgamegeek.com could link to the site for voting in the same manner as other RGP sites have been approached to do so and who deliver votes. Yes, that duplicates Origins industry awarded awards. The difference is, given a choice between winning an ENnie and winning an award at Origins, I have not a doubt in my mind as to which I would prefer to receive – and I put it to you that the ENnies is of more value, commercially and as a feather in your hat. In short, I think the ENnies have more legitimacy and have become - for better or worse - a PART of Gencon. The ENies already partly duplicates awards given at Origins. The sugestion that to expand the categories is somehow cutting somebody's elses grass does not stand up to scrutiny. The ENnies organizers have been asked to add these categories in the past and have indicated their unwillingness to do so. I would ask that that decision be revisited. Given the expansion in the ENnies and the great legitimacy this award has, and its now becoming a part of the fabric of Gencon, I submit that next year, the award categories should be expanded to cover these other genres and new judges elected to deal with these genres so that the current RPG judges are not taxed beyond their limits. [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Community
General Tabletop Discussion
*TTRPGs General
Should the ENnies cover CCGs, CMGs and boardgames?
Top