And the 2021 ENNIE Awards Winner are…
At Gen Con 2021, the winners of the 2021 ENNIE Awards were announced during a Live Stream yesterday evening.
Below you can find the full list of nominees with the winners in bold denoted with Gold and Silver. Congrats to all of the nominees and winners.
Judges’ Spotlight Winners
- Amelia Antrim– Anyone Can Wear the Mask
Author: Jeff Stormer - Di – Righteous Blood, Ruthless Blades: Wuxia Roleplaying, Osprey Games
Authors: Brendan Davis, Jeremy Bai - Salim Hakima – Abracadabra. A Guide to Becoming a Magical Games Master, The Grinning Frog
Author: Stephen Hart - Shauna Ratliff – Altered Carbon The Role Playing Game, Renegade Game Studios
Authors: Christopher De La Rosa, Ivan Van Norman - James Surano– SLA Industries 2nd Edition Core Rulebook, Nightfall Games
Author: Dave Allsop
Best Adventure
- ALIEN RPG Destroyer of Worlds, Free League Publishing – SILVER
Author: Andrew E.C. Gaska - Epic Encounters: Hall of the Orc King, Steamforged Games LTD
Author: Richard August - Eyes Unclouded, The Secret Cat Shop
Authors: Anthony Alipio, Tineke Bolleman, C. Michael Chase, Bridie Dutton, Brittney Hay, Kat Kruger, Jacky Leung, Amber Litke, Sadie Lowry, Collette Quach, Toto Joe Sullivan - OSE: Halls of the Blood King, Exalted Funeral Press – GOLD
Author: Diogo Nogueira - The Waking of Willowby Hall, Swordfish Islands
Author: Ben Milton
Best Aid/Accessory – Digital
- DNGNGEN, Stockholm Kartell & Ockult Örtmästare Games – SILVER
- dScryb – Finely Crafted Boxed Text
- Eigengrau’s Essential Establishment Generator, Rhys Gray
- Here Be Taverns, Sword & Source
- Michael Ghelfi – RPG Ambiences & Music, Michael Ghelfi – GOLD
Best Aid/Accessory – Non – Digital
- Adventurers Tarot: The Empress Deck, Weird Works LLC
- Arium: Create, Adept Icarus
- City of Mist Character Folio Pack, Son of Oak Game Studio – GOLD
- Roll & Play: The Game Master’s Fantasy Toolkit, Roll & Play Press – SILVER
- Sentinel Comics: The Roleplaying Game GM Kit, Greater Than Games
Best Art, Cover
- Cortex Prime Game Handbook, Fandom, Inc.
Artist: Merilliza Chan - Heart: The City Beneath, Rowan, Rook and Decard – SILVER
Artist: Felix Miall - Neverland: A Fantasy RPG System, Andrews McMeel Universal
Artist: Andrew Kolb - The Spy Game, Black Cats Gaming
Artist: Chaim Garcia - Vaesen – Nordic Horror Roleplaying, Free League Publishing – GOLD
Artist: Johan Egerkrans
Best Art, Interior
- Cortex Prime Game Handbook, Fandom, Inc.
Artists: Reza Afshar, Carol Azevedo, Natalia Bacetti, Zoe Badini, Venus Bambisa, Brett Barkley, Bethany Berg, Alex Jay Brady, Estefany Calderón, CoupleofKooks, Joel DuQue, Jason Engle, Grace P. Fong, Jessica Fong, Hao Shuang, Lisa Heidhoff, Kevin Hong, Fiona Hsieh, Odera Igbokwe, Anthony “RobotPencil” Jones, Giby Joseph, kinixuki, Burak Kirk, Kekai Kotaki, Coey Kuhn, Sabina Lewis, Noé Leyva, Linda Lithén, Tithi Luadthong, Oriana Menendez, Viko Menezes, Julia Metzger, Alexandra Mims Cook, Vanessa Morales, Anna “Sarianne” Neumannová, Jeremy Nguyen, Dominique Ramsey, Rafael Sarmento, Thomas Scholes, Lie Setiawan, Lenka Šimečková, Janna Sophia, Artur Treffner, H. Won, J Yang - Heart: The City Beneath, Rowan, Rook and Decard – SILVER
Artist: Felix Miall - Neverland: A Fantasy RPG System, Andrews McMeel Universal
Artist: Andrew Kolb - Planet Apocalypse for 5th edition DnD, Petersen Games
Artists: Helge Balzer, Keith Thompson, Graey Erb, Alyssa McCarthy, Veli Nyström, Cy Zack, Benny Kusnoto, Dynasty Gua - Vaesen – Nordic Horror Roleplaying, Free League Publishing – GOLD
Artist: Johan Egerkrans
Best Cartography
- ALIEN RPG Destroyer of Worlds, Free League Publishing – SILVER
Christian Granath, Andrew E.C. Gaska - OSE: Halls of the Blood King, Exalted Funeral Press – GOLD
Glynn Seal - Towns and Taverns, Loke LTD
Matt Henderson, Tam Henderson - Undying Sands, Games Omnivorous
Kevin Cannon - Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Soulbound – The Great Parch Map, Cubicle 7
Jared Blando
Best Electronic Book
- Ancestry & Culture: An Alternative to Race in 5e, Arcanist Press – SILVER
Author: Eugene Marshall - BEOWULF: Age of Heroes, Handiwork Games
Authors: Jon Hodgson, David Rea and Jacob Rodgers - Brancalonia – Spaghetti Fantasy Setting Book, Acheron Games – GOLD
Authors: Mauro Longo, Andrea Macchi, Max Castellani, Edoardo Cremaschi, Giovanni De Feo, Luca Mazza, Mala Spina, Alessandro Savino, Jack Sensolini, Umberto Spaticchia. - Eyes Unclouded, The Secret Cat Shop
Authors: Anthony Alipio, Tineke Bolleman, C. Michael Chase, Bridie Dutton, Brittney Hay, Kat Kruger, Jacky Leung, Amber Litke, Sadie Lowry, Collette Quach, Toto Joe Sullivan - Wally DM’s Journal of Puzzles Encounters , Wally DM
Author: Wally DM
Best Family Game / Product
- Magical Kitties Save the Day, Atlas Games
Authors: Matthew J. Hanson, Paul Dean, Clio Yun-Su Davis, Jeremy Tuohy, Chris Costello - Mausritter: Boxed Set, Games Omnivorous, Losing Games – GOLD
Author: Isaac Williams - Sentinel Comics: The Roleplaying Game Core Rulebook, Greater Than Games
Authors: Christopher Badell, Cam Banks, Dave Chalker, Philippe-Antoine Ménard, Clark Valentine - Tales of Xadia: The Dragon Prince Roleplaying Game – Rules Primer, Fandom, Inc. – SILVER
Authors: Cam Banks, Dan Telfer - WyrdScouts, Wicked Clever
Author: Robert Turk
Best Free Game / Product
- A| State Nicely Done, Handiwork Games
Authors: Morgan Davie, Malcolm Craig - Adventures on a Dime, Dungeons on a Dime
Author: Brian Tyrrell - Humblewood: The Wakewyrm’s Fury, Hit Point Press Inc. – GOLD
Author: Andrea Bruce, Jordan Richer, Christopher Pinch, T. R. Rowe - Two Faces, Tin Star Games
Author: Steve Dee - Warhammer 40,000 Roleplay: Wrath & Glory The Graveyard Shift, Cubicle 7 – SILVER
Author: Robert Buckey, Zak Dale-Clutterbuck
Best Game
- Alice Is Missing, Renegade Game Studios – GOLD
Author: Spenser Starke - Cortex Prime Game Handbook, Fandom, Inc.
Author: Cam Banks - Heart: The City Beneath, Rowan, Rook and Decard – SILVER
Authors: Grant Howitt, Christopher Taylor - Sentinel Comics: The Roleplaying Game Core Rulebook, Greater Than Games
Authors: Christopher Badell, Cam Banks, Dave Chalker, Philippe-Antoine Ménard, Clark Valentine - Slayers, Gila RPGs
Author: Spencer Campbell
Best Layout and Design
- Cortex Prime Game Handbook, Fandom, Inc.
Cam Banks - Heart: The City Beneath, Rowan, Rook and Decard – GOLD
Minerva McJanda - Sentinel Comics: The Roleplaying Game Core Rulebook, Greater Than Games
Jennifer Closson, SaRae Henderson, Sarah Kelly - The Spy Game, Black Cats Gaming
Mark Whittington - The Stygian Library: Remastered, SoulMuppet Publishing – SILVER
David N. Wilkie
Best Monster/Adversary
- Heart: The City Beneath, Rowan, Rook and Decard – SILVER
Authors: Grant Howitt, Christopher Taylor - My Dad’s Monster Manual, Introcaso Creative
Author: James Introcaso - Planet Apocalypse for 5th edition DnD, Petersen Games
Authors: David N. Ross, Ron Lundeen - The Maze, Axo stories
Authors: M.A Bastarrachea Magnani, Jaime Reyes Mondragon, Alastor Guzman - Vaesen – Nordic Horror Roleplaying, Free League Publishing – GOLD
Authors: Johan Egerkrans, Nils Hintze
Best Online Content
- Crystal Heart #5 – True to Your Heart, Up to 4 Players
- DNGNGEN, Stockholm Kartell & Ockult Örtmästare Games – GOLD
- dScryb – Finely Crafted Boxed Text, dScryb – SILVER
- Here Be Taverns, Sword & Source
- Liber Ludorum, Liber Ludorum
Best Organized Play
- A Rough Guide to Glamour, Jonstown Compendium – GOLD
Authors: Chris Gidlow, Mike Hagen, Nick Brooke, Michael O’Brien, Jeff Richard, Greg Stafford - Citizens of the Lunar Empire , Jonstown Compendium
Author: Chris Gidlow - Hand of Glory, Type 40 – SILVER
Author: Allan Carey - My Immortal Loneliness, Jessica Marcrum
Authors: Ally Sulentic, Jessica Marcrum - Shadows Under Ice, Jaspers Game Day
Authors: Jasper’s Game Day, Ma’at Crook, Chris Maxwell
Best Podcast
- Asians Represent! – GOLD
- Party of One
- Tales of the Voidfarer
- The Sixth Ring, a Trophy podcast
- The Letters Page – The Sentinel Comics Podcast – SILVER
Best Production Values
- Adventurers Tarot: The Empress Deck, Weird Works LLC
- ALIEN RPG Destroyer of Worlds, Free League Publishing – GOLD
- Broken Compass: Adventure Journal, Two Little Mice – SILVER
- Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Soulbound Rulebook Collector’s Edition, Cubicle 7
- Weird Horror, Solarian Games
Best RPG Related Product
- Adventurers Tarot: The Empress Deck, Weird Works LLC – SILVER
- Book of Dice – Elvish Tales, Q Workshop
- Into the Dungeon: A Choose Your Own Adventure, Andrews McMeel Universal
Author: Hari Conner - Sentinel Comics: The Roleplaying Game Coloring Book, Greater Than Games
- Worldbuilder’s Notebook, Swordfish Islands – GOLD
Author: Jacob Hurst
Best Rules
- Alice Is Missing, Renegade Game Studios – GOLD
Author: Spenser Starke - Cortex Prime Game Handbook, Fandom, Inc. – SILVER
Author: Cam Banks - Fiasco 2E, Bully Pulpit Games
Authors: Jason Morningstar, Steve Segedy - Slayers, Gila RPGs
Author: Spencer Campbell - The Spy Game, Black Cats Gaming
Authors: Sam Webb, James Barry, Eric Campbell, Oz Mills, Virginia Page, Rob Wieland
Best Setting
- Brancalonia – Spaghetti Fantasy Setting Book, Acheron Games – SILVER
Authors: Mauro Longo, Andrea Macchi, Max Castellani, Mauro Longo, Andrea Macchi, Max Castellani, Edoardo Cremaschi, Giovanni De Feo, Luca Mazza, Mala Spina, Alessandro Savino, Jack Sensolini, Umberto Spaticchia - Heart: The City Beneath, Rowan, Rook and Decard – GOLD
Authors: Grant Howitt, Christopher Taylor - The Maze, Axo stories
Authors: M.A Bastarrachea Magnani, Jaime Reyes Mondragon, Alastor Guzman - The Stygian Library: Remastered, SoulMuppet Publishing
Author: Emmy ‘Cavegirl’ Allen - Undying Sands, Games Omnivorous
Authors: Adriana Oliveira & Andre Novoa
Best Supplement
- Ancestry & Culture: An Alternative to Race in 5e, Arcanist Press – SILVER
Author: Eugene Marshall - Arium: Create, Adept Icarus
Authors: William L. Munn, Natasha Ence, Drew Gerken - MÖRK BORG CULT: Feretory, Free League Publishing – GOLD
Authors: Pelle Nilsson, Johan Nohr - Wally DM’s Journal of Puzzles Encounters , Wally DM
Author: Wally DM - Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay Enemy Within Campaign – Volume 2: Death on the Reik Companion, Cubicle 7
Authors: Graeme Davis, Dave Allen, Pádraig Murphy, Andy Law, Jim Bambra, Claus Thorn Ekström, Phil Gallagher, Ciarán O’Brien, Dániel Kovacs, Rachael Macken, Jonathan Oliver, Síne Quinn, Christopher Walz
Best Writing
- Brancalonia – Spaghetti Fantasy Setting Book, Acheron Games – SILVER
Authors: Mauro Longo, Andrea Macchi, Max Castellani - Heart: The City Beneath, Rowan, Rook and Decard – GOLD
Authors: Grant Howitt, Christopher Taylor - Planet Apocalypse for 5th edition DnD, Petersen Games
Authors: David N. Ross, Ron Lundeen - The Stygian Library: Remastered, SoulMuppet Publishing
Author: Emmy ‘Cavegirl’ Allen - WyrdScouts, Wicked Clever
Author: Robert Turk
Product of the Year
- Adventurers Tarot: The Empress Deck, Weird Works LLC
- Alice Is Missing, Renegade Game Studios – GOLD
- Ancestry & Culture: An Alternative to Race in 5e, Arcanist Press
- Arium: Create, Adept Icarus
- Brancalonia – Spaghetti Fantasy Setting Book, Acheron Games – SILVER
- Cortex Prime Game Handbook, Fandom, Inc.
- Heart: The City Beneath, Rowan, Rook and Decard
- Sentinel Comics: The Roleplaying Game Core Rulebook, Greater Than Games
- Slayers, Gila RPGs
- The Stygian Library: Remastered, SoulMuppet Publishing
Fan Favorite Publisher
- Free League Publishing (FriaLigan)