ENnies
ENnies | |
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Awarded for | Best role-playing games of previous year |
Country | United Kingdom & United States |
Presented by | EN World & Gen Con |
First awarded | 2001 |
Website |
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The Annual Gen Con EN World RPG Awards (or ENnie Awards) are annual, fan-based awards for role-playing game products and publishers hosted at Gen Con in Indianapolis, Indiana. The name of the award is derived from the EN World web site that has hosted the awards since their inception in 2001. The ENnies were created by Russ Morrissey and Eric Noah and have been run and owned by Russ Morrissey since 2001.
The awards were initially focused on d20 System products and publishers and were a solely internet-based event (hosted by EN World). They have since broadened their scope to include all forms of roleplaying, and since 2002 have been announced at a live awards ceremony at Gen Con.
In 2007, the ENnies were sponsored for the first time by a corporation, Your Games Now. In 2008 they were sponsored by Avatar Art. In 2010, 2011, and 2012 they were sponsored by both Indie Press Revolution and DriveThruRPG. From 2013-2016 they were sponsored by DriveThruRPG. In 2015, Campaign Coins made the medals as a sponsorship. In 2017, Lone Wolf Development became a sponsor.
The ENnies comprise two rounds. In the first round, publishers submit their products for nomination by that year's five democratically elected judges. As of 2017, judges have had a two-year term limit, but are permitted to return after a year off. In the second round, the public votes on the nominated products, with the results being presented live at Gen Con.
Categories
The 2017 Categories were as follows:
- Best Adventure
- Best Aid/Accessory
- Best Interior Art
- Best Cover Art
- Best Blog
- Best Cartography
- Best Electronic Book
- Best Family Game
- Best Free Product
- Best Miniatures Product
- Best Monster/Adversary
- Best Podcast
- Best RPG Related Product
- Best Rules
- Best Setting
- Best Supplement
- Best Writing
- Best Website
- Best Game
- Product of the Year
- Fans’ Choice for Best Publisher
Results by year
- 2016 ENnie Award winners
- 2015 ENnie Award winners
- 2014 ENnie Award winners
- 2013 ENnie Award winners
- 2012 ENnie Award winners
- 2011 ENnie Award winners
- 2010 ENnie Award winners
- 2009 ENnie Award winners
- 2008 ENnie Award winners
- 2007 ENnie Award winners
- 2006 ENnie Award winners
- 2005 ENnie Award winners
- 2004 ENnie Award winners
- 2003 ENnie Award winners
- 2002 ENnie Award winners
- 2001 ENnie Award winners
References
- Mona, Erik (September 2003). "Speaking of Awards... The ENnie Nominations are In!". Dungeon #102. Paizo Publishing LLC. XVII (6): Polyhedron 4.