The ENNIE Awards (previously stylized as ENnie Awards) are awards for

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(RPG) products (including game-related accessories, publications, and art) and their creators. The awards were created in 2001 by Russ Morrissey of EN World in partnership with Eric Noah's Unofficial D&D Third Edition News. The ceremony has been hosted at

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in Indianapolis since 2002. Since 2018, EN World is no longer associated with the awards. The ENNIES comprise two rounds. In the first round, publishers submit their products for nomination. Entries are judged by five democratically elected judges. The nominated products are voted on by the public in the second round. Winners of the annual awards are then announced at a ceremony at Gen Con.

History

The award ceremony initially focused on the '' d20 System'' products and publishers. It has come to include "all games, supplements, and peripheral enterprises". Since 2002, the awards have been announced at a live ceremony at Gen Con. It is now considered a "signature part" of the convention. Author George R. R. Martin referred to the ENNIE Awards as "the most prestigious honors in role-playing" in 2010. The nominees are chosen by a panel of judges, and the winners are voted on by the public and presented at an award show done in collaboration between

and EN World. In 2007, the ENNIES were sponsored by the corporation Your Games Now, followed by Avatar Art in 2008. In 2010, 2011, and 2012, they were sponsored by both Indie Press Revolution and

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. From 2013 to 2016, they were sponsored by DriveThruRPG alone. In 2015, Campaign Coins made the medals as a sponsorship; Lone Wolf Development became a sponsor in 2017. The awards were run and owned by Morrissey until 2019. In 2015, the awards disqualified the unofficially licensed Mass Effect RPG for copyright violations. In 2020, Massif Press withdrew its RPG Lancer from the competition over a 2017 controversy. Charlie Hall commented for ''

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'' in 2020:

Winners by year

The categories change yearly, depending on the nominations. * 2001 ENnie Award winners * 2002 ENnie Award winners *

2003 ENnie Award winners The following are the winners of the 3rd annual ENnie Awards, held in 2003: Peer Award: ''Mutants & Masterminds ''Mutants & Masterminds'' (abbreviated "M&M" or "MnM") is a superhero role-playing game written by Steve Kenson and published by G ...

2004 ENnie Award winners The following are the winners of the 4th annual ENnie Awards, held in 2004: References External links 2004 ENnie Awards{{ENNIE Awards ENnies winners ...

2005 ENnie Award winners The following are the winners of the 5th annual ENnie Awards The ENNIE Awards (previously stylized as ENnie Awards) are awards for role-playing game (RPG) products (including game-related accessories, publications, and art) and their creators. Th ...

2006 ENnie Award winners The following are the winners of the 6th annual ENnie Awards, held in 2006: References External links 2006 ENnie Awards{{ENNIE Awards ENnies winners ...

2007 ENnie Award winners The following are the winners of the 7th annual ENnie Awards The ENNIE Awards (previously stylized as ENnie Awards) are awards for role-playing game (RPG) products (including game-related accessories, publications, and art) and their creators. T ...

* 2008 ENnie Award winners *

2009 ENnie Award winners The following are the winners of the 9th annual ENnie Awards The ENNIE Awards (previously stylized as ENnie Awards) are awards for role-playing game (RPG) products (including game-related accessories, publications, and art) and their creators. ...

2010 ENnie Award winners The following are the winners of the 10th annual ENnie Awards The ENNIE Awards (previously stylized as ENnie Awards) are awards for role-playing game (RPG) products (including game-related accessories, publications, and art) and their creators. ...

2011 ENnie Award winners The following are the winners of the 11th annual ENnie Awards, held in 2011: Judges' Spotlight Winners *Eat and Run (Brainpan Games) *Fortune’s Fool (Pantheon Press) *Outbreak: Undead (Hunters Books) *Smallville (Margaret Weis Productions Mar ...

2012 ENnie Award winners The following are the winners of the 12th annual ENnie Awards, held in 2012: Judges' Spotlight Winners *Designers & Dragons (Mongoose Publishing) *Edge RPG (Outrider Studios) *Honor + Intrigue (Basic Action Games) *Shelter In Place (Galileo Games ...

2013 ENnie Award winners The following are the winners of the 13th annual ENnie Awards The ENNIE Awards (previously stylized as ENnie Awards) are awards for role-playing game (RPG) products (including game-related accessories, publications, and art) and their creators. ...

2014 ENnie Award winners The following are the winners of the 14th annual ENnie Awards, held in 2014: Judges' Spotlight Winners *Hooper: Hobomancer Companion – Hex Games *Kayra Keri Kupcu: Deep Magic – Kobold Press Kobold Press, also known as Open Design, is an Am ...

2015 ENnie Award winners The following are the winners of the 15th annual ENnie Awards, held in 2015: Judges' Spotlight Winners *Dragons in the Stacks: A Teen Librarian’s Guide to Tabletop Role-Playing (Libraries Unlimited) – Annah Madrinan *Wicked Lies and Alibis (Im ...

2016 ENnie Award winners The following are the winners of the 16th annual ENnie Awards, held in 2016: Judges' Spotlight Winners *Worlds in Peril (Samjoko Publishing) – Stacy Muth *Eclipse Phase: Firewall (Posthuman Studios) – Jakub Nowosad * Out of the Abyss (Wizar ...

2017 ENnie Award winners The following are the winners of the 17th annual ENnie Awards, held in 2017: Judges' Spotlight Winners *Rippers Resurrected (Pinnacle Entertainment Group)– Stacy Muth *The Ninja Crusade 2e (Third Eye Games)– Jakub Nowosad *Tales from the Ya ...

2018 ENnie Award winners The following are the winners of the 18th annual ENnie Awards, held in 2018: Judges' Spotlight Winners *Reece Carter: Fever Swamp, Melsonian Arts Council *Sean McCoy: Operation Unfathomable, Hydra Cooperative *Brian Nowak: FAITH – The Sci-Fi RP ...

* 2019 ENnie Award winners *

2020 ENnie Award winners The following are the winners of the 20th annual ENnie Awards The ENNIE Awards (previously stylized as ENnie Awards) are awards for role-playing game (RPG) products (including game-related accessories, publications, and art) and their creators. ...

* 2021 ENnie Award winners *

2022 ENNIE Award winners The following are the winners of the 22nd annual ENnie Awards, held in 2022: Judges’ Spotlight Winners Amelia Antrim – ''Dwelling'', Good Luck Press Author: Seb Pines Di – ''Stack of Goblins'', CobblePath Games Author: Jack Milton Christ ...

References

External links

ENNIE Awards Official Page
{{ENNIE Awards Game awards Awards established in 2001