De ENnies 2019

Tijdens de afgelopen Gen Con zijn voor de negentiende keer op rij de ENnies uitgereikt. Gen Con is de grootste Amerikaanse bordspellenbeurs, alles wat je aan tafel kunt spelen is er aanwezig en natuurlijk ook Rollenspellen.

De ENies Awards zijn prijzen voor alles wat met rollenspel te maken heeft, omdat het een Angelsaksische aangelegenheid is zul je niet snel iets van het oog des Meesters zien. In maar liefst meer dan twintig categorieën is er iets te winnen. Hieronder zie je een uitgebreide lijst. De eerste heeft Goud gewonnen, de tweede Zilver, de rest zijn de andere genomineerde. (Bron: ennie-awards.com)

Wat opvalt is dat de wereld van het rollenspel groot en gevarieerd is, deze lijst is ook een startplek om eens naar andere varianten te kijken en inspiratie op te doen.

Nog een opmerking over de uitslag van dit jaar: Vorig jaar oktober is Greg Stafford ( *1948- †2018) overleden, de ENies Awards 2019 kun je zien als een eerbetoon aan deze game designer, vandaar dat in bijna elke categorie uitgever Choasium (of een partner) er vandoor is gegaan met Goud of Zilver.

Best Adventure

Masks of Nyarlathotep,  Chaosium Inc.
Mothership: Dead Planet, Tuesday Knight Games

Slaves of the Machine God, Monte Cook Games
The Persephone Extraction, Pelgrane Press
Winter’s Daughter, Necrotic Gnome

Best Aid/Accessory – Digital

World Anvil Grandmaster Tier Worldbuilding & Campaign
DUNGEONFOG – Premium | Online Map Maker & Authoring Tool, DUNGEONFOG KG

DunGen: High Resolution Dungeon Generator for Discord, Dungeon Channel
Magwa’s Magic Item Compendium Mobile App, KNights of Vasteel
Paper Blossoms – An Unofficial Character Generation for L5R (FFG), Paper Blossoms
Management Platform, World Anvil LTD

Best Aid/Accessory – Non-Digital

Masks of Nyarlathotep Gamer Prop Set, The H. P.Lovecraft Historical Society Inc.
Dwarven Forge’s Dungeon of Doom Modular Terrain, Dwarven Forge

Champions Character Creation Cards, High Rock Press
Numenera Ruin Deck, Monte Cook Games
The Big Book of Sci-Fi Battle Mats, Loke BattleMats

Best Art, Cover

Call of Cthulhu – Terror Australis 2nd Edition, Chaosium Inc.
KULT: Divinity Lost, 4th Edition of KULT – Core Rules, Helmgast AB

Bluebeard’s Bride: Book of Mirrors, Magpie Games
Coriolis – Emissary Lost, Free League Publishing
Winter’s Daughter, Necrotic Gnome

Best Art, Interior

RuneQuest: Roleplaying in Glorantha Slipcase Set, Chaosium Inc.
Symbaroum Monster Codex, Järnringen / Free League Publishing

Invisible Sun, Monte Cook Games
KULT: Divinity Lost, 4th Edition of KULT – Core Rules, Helmgast AB
Legacy: Life Among the Ruins 2nd Edition, UFO Press Limited

Best Cartography

Forbidden Lands – Retro Open-World Survival Fantasy RPG, Free League Publishing
A New Map of Hot Springs Island, Swordfish Islands

Lamp’s Light Sanitarium: A Horror Campaign for 5e, Saturday Morning Scenarios
Silent Titans, Swordfish Islands
The Midderlands Expanded, MonkeyBlood Design & Publishing

Best Electronic Book

Sly Flourish’s Return of the Lazy Dungeon Master, Last Word Audio
Fear’s Sharp Little Needles, Stygian Fox Publishing

Dinosaur Princesses, Ardens Ludere
Ironsworn, Shawn Tomkin
Uncaged Volume 1, Ashley Warren Writes

Best Family Game / Product

Kids on Bikes, Renegade Game Studios/Hunters Entertainment
Dinosaur Princesses, Ardens Ludere

The Hidden Halls of Hazakor, Insane Angel Studios
Power Outage: Core Guide Book, Go Nerdy LLC
The Tragedies of Middle School, 9th Level Games

Best Free Game / Product

Ironsworn, Shawn Tomkin
The Ultraviolet Grasslands – Free Introduction, Hydra Cooperative

Die Laughing, Sliced Up, NerdBurger Games
The Executioner’s Daughter, Ashley Warren Writes
Wayfinder #18: Fey and the First World, Paizo Fans United

Best Game

Mothership: Player’s Survival Guide, Tuesday Knight Games
Dialect: A Game about Language and How it Dies, Thorny Games

Companions’ Tale, Sweet Potato Press
Dream Askew/Dream Apart, Buried Without Ceremony Games
Liminal, Wordplay Games

Best Layout and Design

Symbaroum Monster Codex, Järnringen / Free League Publishing – Johan Nohr
The Black Hack 2nd Edition, Squarehex – David Black

Bluebeard’s Bride: Book of Mirrors, Magpie Games – Miguel Angel Espinoza
Mini-Dungeon Tome, AAW Games – Justin Andrew Mason and Thomas Baumbach
Secrets of Silent Streets, Monte Cook Games – Bear Weiter

Best Monster/Adversary

Sandy Petersen’s Cthulhu Mythos for 5e, Petersen Games
Creature Codex for 5th Edition, Kobold Press

Hideous Creatures: A Bestiary of the Cthulhu Mythos, Pelgrane Press
Symbaroum Monster Codex, Järnringen / Free League Publishing
Tyrants & Hellions, 2CGaming, LLC

Best Online Content

Seth Skorkowsky, Seth Skorkowsky
The Alexandrian, The Alexandrian

Cannibal Halfling Gaming, Cannibal Halfling Gaming
Molten Sulfur Blog, Molten Sulfur Press
Questing Beast Podcast, Questing Beast

Best Organized Play

Cypher Play Numenera Season 18-2: Building Amber Keep, Monte Cook Games – Sean K. Reynolds and Bruce R. Cordell
Minsc and Boo’s Guide to Stuff and Things, Adventure League Admins and Rich Lescouflair

Heir of Orcus Verses I & II, Anthony Joyce
Ooze There?, Neo Tokyo Project – Darryl Ho and Jason Koh
Vacant, Ma’at Crook

Best Podcast

Ken and Robin Talk About Stuff
Red Moon Roleplaying

Asians Represent!
Plot Points
She’s a Super Geek

Best Production Values

Forbidden Lands – Retro Open-World Survival Fantasy RPG, Free League Publishing
Invisible Sun Black Cube, Monte Cook Games

Faerie Fire, a 5e Supplemental, Astrolago Press
Numenera 2: Discover and Destiny Slipcase Set, Monte Cook Games
Silent Titans, Swordfish Islands

Best RPG Related Product

Dark Adventure Radio Theatre: Masks of Nyarlathotep, The H. P. Lovecraft Historical Society Inc.
Miskatonic University: The Restricted Collection, Chaosium Inc.

Bluebeard’s Bride: Book of Lore, Magpie Games
Deven Rue Map Weights Set, Campaign Coins

Best Rules

Call of Cthulhu Starter Set, Chaosium Inc.
Forbidden Lands – Retro Open-World Survival Fantasy RPG, Free League Publishing

Legacy: Life Among the Ruins 2nd Edition, UFO Press Limited
Mothership: Player’s Survival Guide, Tuesday Knight Games
Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay Core Rulebook, Cubicle Seven Entertainment Ltd.

Best Setting

The Fall of DELTA GREEN, Pelgrane Press
Call of Cthulhu – Terror Australis 2nd Edition, Chaosium Inc.

Dream Askew/Dream Apart, Buried Without Ceremony Games
Forbidden Lands – Retro Open-World Survival Fantasy RPG, Free League Publishing
Invisible Sun, Monte Cook Games

Best Supplement

The Glorantha Sourcebook, Chaosium Inc.
The 7th Edition Guide to Cthulhu Invictus, Golden Goblin Press

Faerie Fire, a 5e Supplemental, Astrolago Press
Star Trek Adventures: The Sciences Division Supplemental Rulebook, Modiphius Entertainment
The Book of Ages, Pelgrane Press

Best Writing

Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay Core Rulebook, Cubicle Seven Entertainment Ltd.
KULT: Divinity Lost, 4th Edition of KULT – Core Rules, Helmgast AB

Liminal, Wordplay Games
Silent Titans, Swordfish Islands
Troika! Numinous Edition, Melsonian Arts Council

Product of the Year

Masks of Nyarlathotep Gamer Prop Set, The H. P.Lovecraft Historical Society Inc.
Forbidden Lands – Retro Open-World Survival Fantasy RPG, Free League Publishing

Companions’ Tale, Sweet Potato Press
Dialect: A Game about Language and How it Dies, Thorny Games
Dinosaur Princesses, Ardens Ludere
Dream Askew/Dream Apart, Buried Without Ceremony Games
Invisible Sun, Monte Cook Games
Liminal, Wordplay Games
Mothership: Player’s Survival Guide, Tuesday Knight Games
Silent Titans, Swordfish Islands

Fan’s Choice, Best Publisher

Chaosium Inc.

Judges’ Spotlight Winners

Benjamin Adelman: The Stygian Library, Dying Stylishly Games
Christopher Gath: Archives of the Sky, Aaron A. Reed
Alexander Holley: SIGMATA: This Signal Kills Fascists, Land of NOP LLC
Brent Jans: plot ARMOR, Mostly Harmless Games
Brian Nowak: The Elephant & Macaw Banner: Player’s Guide, Porcupine Publishing