I admit it; I am a wargamer before a roleplaying game player. Even so, I still keep a (wary?) eye on the roleplaying game (RPG) industry. One measure of that industry, but imprecise, is the awards. So I read with—admittedly—only mild interest the 2024 ENnie Awards winners that were announced at Gen Con on 2 August.
According to the website file770.com, “The ENnie Awards are an annual, fan-based juried award system for all tabletop RPGs. The ENnies were created in 2001 as an annual award ceremony, hosted by the leading D&D/d20 system fan site, EN World in partnership with Eric Noah’s Unofficial D&D 3rd Edition News.”
Some thoughts…
Eat the Reich
Eat The Reich (Rowan, Rook and Decard; Author: Grant Howitt) took home several awards. I almost backed this one on Kickstarter but eventually did not for no other reason than, well, something about it just was not for me. Still, congratulations.
- BEST ADVENTURE – SHORT FORM / Gold
- BEST ART, COVER / Gold
- BEST ART, INTERIOR / Gold
Free League Publishing
I am pleased to see Free League Publishing win in a few categories. I believe FLP is one of the strongest TTRPG publishers in the market today, consistently delivering quality products to the RPG community.
- BEST CARTOGRAPHY / Gold / Dragonbane Core Set, Free League Publishing / Francesca Baerald, Niklas Brandt.
- BEST CARTOGRAPHY / Silver / ALIEN RPG – Building Better Worlds, Free League Publishing / Stefan Isberg, Christian Granath, Dave Semark, Clara Fei-Fei Carija.
- BEST SUPPLEMENT / Gold / ALIEN RPG – Building Better Worlds, Free League Publishing / Authors: Stefan Isberg, Christian Granath, Dave Semark, Clara Fei-Fei Carija.
- FAVORITE FAN PUBLISHING / Free League Publishing.
Of interest
New (to me) TTRPG products I likely will follow up on to learn more:
- BEST GAME / Silver / Outgunned, Two Little Mice / Authors: Riccardo “Rico” Sirignano, Simone Formicola / Art: Daniela Giubellini / Editing: Simone Formicola, John Marron / Layout/Design: Luca Carbone, Sabrina Ceccon.
- PRODUCT OF THE YEAR / Silver: Outgunned, Two Little Mice.
- JUDGES’ SPOTLIGHT WINNERS / Shauna Ratliff – CHEW: The Roleplaying Game, Imagining Games / Authors: Pete Petrusha, Justin Forest, Justin Ford, Steve Dee, Joseph Weaver.
Feature image courtesy https://legiaorpg.com.br/confira-agora-as-indicacoes-do-ennie-awards-2024/
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