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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dextra" data-source="post: 2066999" data-attributes="member: 5705">Hi all,Movement is progressing on the 2005 ENnies, including discussion on voting mechanics, increased advertising in industry magazines, improved relations with distributors and retailers, and better visibility at GenCon.  Judge selection has begun, so please pop by the General RPG forum and feel free to cast your vote until the early morning of Monday, March 7th.  Staff positions are being filled, and we're working on updating the web site as well.While Morrus is busily updating the ENnies page, the rest of us ENnie types are defining the categories and designing an Entry Form.  I thought I'd invite comment from those most affected- the publishers.  In an effort to strike a balance between making each award mean something, time, and budget constraints, I think that 20 categories/awards is about ideal (plus the Peer Choice and Fan Choice and a possible Special Award).  I'm trying to avoid dictating by what criteria each category is judged, so as to leave that to the judges (and I plan to encourage them to post them as soon as they determine what they are!)Anyhow, this is what I've got thus far.  Your suggestions are welcome (my comments are in italics).CORE AWARDS1. Best Cartography-this is an award for an individual product containing the best cartography someone please define cartography!2. Best Art (Cover)-this is an award for the book containing the best cover artworkdo we judge based upon the actual piece of art (so ask the publisher to submit the art), or based upon the final look of the cover, how the title and logos are incorporated, etc?3. Best Art (Interiour)-this is an award for an individual product containing the best collection of artwork between the covers.4. Best Graphic Design & Layout-this is an award for an individual product containing the best graphic design and layout throughout5. Best Writing-this is an award for the book containing the best prose and descriptive text (ie. "cream").6. Best Rules-this is an award for the book containing the best game design and mechanics Iie. "crunch"). 7. Best Electronic Product -this is an award for the best product released electronically (PDFs, software, etc)8. Best Aid or Accessory-this is an award for a product used to complement role playing game play.  someone please help better define what an aid or accessory is!9. Best Fan Site-a web site run by fans, for fans, ie. not by a publishershould I specify that it should be not-for-profit?10. Best Adventure-this is an award for a product that is primarily an adventure.  If under seven entries are received in this category, submissions will be considered for Best Setting Supplement or Best Writing.man, I really need help with these definitions!11. Best Campaign Setting -this is an award for a product that describes a new? campaign setting.  If under seven entries are received in this category, submissions will be considered for Best Writing or Best Setting Supplement.12. Best Setting Supplement-this is an award for a product designed for use in a specific campaign setting.  If under seven entries are received in this category, submissions will be considered for Best Writing.13. Best Rules Supplement-this is an award for a product adding or modifying rules for the system under which it is released yeah, I know, I don't really like the description either, but it's a start...  If under seven entries are received in this category, submissions will be considered for Best Rules.14. Best Monster Supplement-a product of which the majority is dedicated to the description of the creatures and monsters of the game.  If under seven entries are received in this category, submissions will be considered for Best Rules Supplement, Best Rules, or Best Setting Supplement as warranted.15. Best Free Product or Web Enhancement-this is an award for the best free product or web enhancement.  A company's entire site could be nominated so long as there was considerable updates and content added during the judging period.16. Best d20 Game-this is an award for the best game that uses the d20 license.  The Best d20 Game winner brings togther art, editing, layout, production values, writing, rules, feeling- everything that makes up a role playing game, rolled up and printed with a d20 logo on the cover. Do we exclude stuff like Hackmaster so that it has to be d20 exclusively, or do we open it up to all OGL games?17. Best Game-this is an award for the best role-playing game.  The Best d20 Game winner brings togther art, editing, layout, production values, writing, rules, feeling- everything that makes up a role playing game.I'm having a hard time defining this one18. Best Publisher-This is awarded to a publisher whose body of work submitted from the year was deemed best overall, with other, often less tangible factors taken into consideration.  Customer support, quality and frequency of updates of their web site, their accessibility and contributions to the EN and gaming-in-general community will be all part of the qualities of Publisher.MUTABLE AWARDS(Depends upon what was released in the previous year, the whims of the judges, etc).19-20. Best ??? TBA-2 awards that each year will be decided upon and defined by that year's judges, depending in large part by the quantities of submissions and releases that year.  Some possibilities include:-Best Licensed Product-Best Periodical-Best n00B (a newbie is defined as a nominee whose first work(s) appeared in the judging year)?  -Special Award (for outstanding contributions to role playing gaming- this could be another write-in option, and could be an individual writer, publisher, artist, setting, or web site)?  "BONUS" AWARDS1. Peer's Choice Award- voted upon by industry professionals including but not limited to those who submitted products for consideration.  2. Fan's Choice Award- this is the winner of the "write-in" category, and the only category in which a publisher/designer can win, even if they didn't submit their works for consideration... so anyone could be a contender.  It has been suggested that we should probably automatically eliminate ENP and WotC from the running for fairness sake.</blockquote>

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