Indie RPG Award

The Indie RPG Awards were annual, creator-based awards for Indie role-playing games and supplements. They were established in 2002 by Andy Kitkowski. The final round of awards was given in 2017.

For the purposes of the Awards, there exists a following "definition" of an Indie role-playing game:

* A game where the creator is the person who has written at least 50% of the actual game content.
* A game where the creator has full control of content and publishing.
* A game where the creator is the publisher, with full control over expenses and profits.

Categories

The following categories for nominations have been used throughout the history of the awards:
*Indie Game of the Year - the main award for Indie Games.
*Indie Supplement of the Year - for best Supplement for an Indie Game.
*Best Free Game - for free Indie Games.
*Best Support - for the publisher has best supported a previously published game or supplement.
*Best Production - for best written and most attractive Indie Games.
*Most Innovative Game - for games that stretch the RPG experience in new ways.

Additional categories were awarded in the first years of the awards:
*Best Use of the d20 License - presented only in 2002
*Indie RPG Zine of the Year - presented only in 2002
*Best Synergy - a game with a synergistic relationship between the setting and the rules; presented only in 2002 and 2003.
*Indie RPG "Human of the Year" - for Indie RPG creators and supporters; presented only in 2002 and 2003.
*Andy's Choice Award - determined by the originator of the awards; presented only in 2002, 2003 and 2004.
*People's Choice Award - decided by popular vote for best game and best supplement; presented only in 2004.

Winners

2002

* Indie Game of the Year: ''Dust Devils'' by Matt Snyder
* Indie Supplement of the Year: '' Charnel Gods'' by Ron Edwards
* Best Free Game: '' Nicotine Girls'' by Paul Czege
* Best Use of the d20 License: ''The Kid's Colouring Book o Critters - Celebrity Edition'' by M. Jason Parent
* Best Production: '' Children of the Sun'' by Lewis Pollack
* Best Support: '' The Riddle of Steel'' by Jacob Norwood
* Best Synergy: ''Dust Devils''
* Most Innovative Game: ''Universalis'' by Ralph Mazza and Mike Holmes
* Indie RPG "Human of the Year": Ron Edwards
* Indie RPG Zine of the Year: ''The Shadowrun Supplemental''
* Andy's Choice: '' Charnel Gods'' by Scott Knipe

2003

* Indie Game of the Year: '' My Life with Master'' by Paul Czege
* Indie Supplement of the Year: ''JAGS Have-Not''
* Best Free Game: ''FATE'' by Fred Hicks
* Best Production: ''My Life with Master''
* Best Support: ''FATE''
* Best Synergy: ''My Life with Master''
* Most Innovative Game: ''My Life with Master''
* Indie RPG "Human of the Year": Luke Crane (spelled as ''Power of the Year'')
* Andy's Choice: ''FATE''

2004

* Indie Game of the Year: ''Dogs in the Vineyard'' by D. Vincent Baker
* Indie Supplement of the Year: '' Monster Burner'' by Luke Crane
* Best Free Game: '' The Shadow of Yesterday'' by Clinton R. Nixon
* People's Choice - Best Game: '' Dead Inside'' by Chad Underkoffler
* People's Choice - Best Supplement: ''Monster Burner''
* Best Production: ''A/State'' by Malcolm Craig
* Best Support: ''Monster Burner''
* Most Innovative Game: ''Dogs in the Vineyard''
* Andy's Choice: ''Primetime Adventures'' by Matt Wilson

2005

* Indie Game of the Year: ''Polaris'' by Ben Lehman
* Indie Supplement of the Year: '' Burning Sands: Jihad'' by Luke Crane
* Best Free Game: ''Perfect20'' by Levi Kornelsen
* Best Production: '' Artesia'' by Mark Smylie
* Best Support: '' Truth & Justice'' by Chad Underkoffler
* Most Innovative Game: ''Polaris''

2006

* Indie Game of the Year: '' Spirit of the Century'' by Fred Hicks
* Indie Supplement of the Year: '' Dictionary of Mu'' by Judd Carlman
* Best Free Game: ''JAGS Revised'' by Marco Chacon
* Best Production: '' Burning Empires'' by Luke Crane
* Best Support: ''Burning Empires''
* Most Innovative Game: ''Lacuna Part 1, second attempt'' by Jared Sorensen

2007

* Indie Game of the Year: ''Grey Ranks'' by Jason Morningstar
* Indie Supplement of the Year: '' The Blossoms are Falling'' by Luke Crane
* Best Free Game: ''Classroom Deathmatch'' by Jake Diamond and Matt Schlotte
* Best Production: ''Reign'' by Greg Stolze
* Best Support: '' The Blossoms are Falling''
* Most Innovative Game: ''Grey Ranks''

2008

* Indie Game of the Year: '' Mouse Guard Roleplaying Game'' by Luke Crane and David Petersen
* Indie Supplement of the Year: '' Don't Lose Your Mind'' by Benjamin Baugh
* Best Free Game: (tie) ''Sea Dracula'' by Jake Richmond and Nick Smith and ''Sufficiently Advanced'' by Colin Fredericks
* Best Production: ''Mouse Guard''
* Best Support: ''Mouse Guard''
* Most Innovative Game: ''Sweet Agatha'' by Kevin Allen Jr.

2009

* Indie Game of the Year: ''Kagematsu'' by Danielle Lewon
* Indie Supplement of the Year: ''The Day after Ragnarok'' by Kenneth Hite
* Best Free Game: ''Lady Blackbird: Adventures in the Wild Blue Yonder'' by John Harper
* Best Production: ''Lady Blackbird: Adventures in the Wild Blue Yonder''
* Best Support: '' Fiasco'' by Jason Morningstar
* Most Innovative Game: '' A Penny for My Thoughts'' by Paul Tevis

2010

* Indie Game of the Year: ''Apocalypse World'' by D. Vincent Baker
* Indie Supplement of the Year: ''The Hot War Transmission'' by Malcolm Craig and Scott Dorward
* Best Free Game: '' Stars Without Number'' by Kevin Crawford
* Best Production: ''Freemarket'' by Luke Crane and Jared Sorensen
* Best Support: ''Apocalypse World''
* Most Innovative Game: ''Apocalypse World''

2011

* Indie Game of the Year: '' Do: Pilgrims of the Flying Temple'' by Daniel Solis
* Indie Supplement of the Year: '' Fiasco Companion'' by Jason Morningstar and Steve Segedy
* Best Free Game: ''Anima Prime'' by Christian Griffen
* Best Production: ''Do: Pilgrims of the Flying Temple''
* Best Support: ''Fiasco Companion''
* Most Innovative Game: ''Do: Pilgrims of the Flying Temple''

2012

* Indie Game of the Year: '' Dungeon World'' by Sage LaTorra and Adam Koebel
* Indie Supplement of the Year: ''American Disasters'' (for ''Fiasco'') by Jason Morningstar and Steve Segedy
* Best Free Game: ''Mythender'' by Ryan Macklin
* Best Production: ''Dungeon World''
* Best Support: ''Dungeon World''
* Most Innovative Game: '' Dog Eat Dog'' by Liam Burke

2013

* Indie Game of the Year: '' Hillfolk'' by Robin D. Laws
* Indie Supplement of the Year: '' Adventures on Dungeon Planet'' by Johnstone Metzger
* Best Production: ''Torchbearer'' by Thor Olavsrud and Luke Crane
* Best Support: '' Hillfolk''
* Most Innovative Game: ''The Quiet Year'' by Avery Alder

2014

* Indie Game of the Year: ''The Clay That Woke'' by Paul Czege
* Indie Supplement of the Year: ''Deep Carbon Observatory'' by Patrick Stewart, Scrap Princess
* Best Free Game: ''Dream Askew'' by Avery Alder
* Best Production: ''A Red and Pleasant Land'' by Zak S.
* Best Support: ''Deep Carbon Observatory''
* Most Innovative Game: ''The Clay That Woke''

2015

* Indie Game of the Year: ''Night Witches'' by Jason Morningstar
* Indie Supplement of the Year: '' Fiasco Playset Anthology'' by Bully Pulpit Games
* Best Free Game: ''Sign'' by Hakan Seyalioglu and Kathryn Hymes
* Best Production: ''Fall of Magic'' by Ross Cowman
* Best Support: '' World Wide Wrestling RPG'' by Nathan D. Paoletta
* Most Innovative Game: ''Fall of Magic''

2016

* Indie Game of the Year: '' Blades in the Dark'' by John Harper
* Indie Supplement of the Year: '' Microscope Explorer'' by Ben Robbins
* Best Free Game: ''Quill: A Letter-Writing Roleplaying Game for a Single Player'' by Scott Malthouse
* Best Production: ''Blades in the Dark'' by John Harper
* Best Support: ''Blades in the Dark'' by John Harper
* Most Innovative Game: ''#Feminism: A Nano-Game Anthology'' edited by Misha Bushyager, Lizzie Stark, and Anna Westerling

2017

* Indie Game of the Year: ''The Watch'' by Anna Kreider and Andrew Medeiros
* Indie Supplement of the Year: ''Itras By: The Menagerie'' by Ole Peder Giaver and others
* Best Production:''Timewatch'' by Kevin Kulp and others
* Best Support: ''Timewatch''
* Most Innovative Game: ''Alas for the Awful Sea'' by Hayley Gordon, Vee Hendro

Notes

External links

Indie RPG Awards website

previous Indie RPG Awards website (archived)

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