TheRPGSite

For those who keep track:

Best Fan Site

    Gold: Yog-Sothoth.com
    Silver: Farland


Best Art (Cover)

    Gold: Monte Cook's Arcana Evolved: Spell Treasury (Malhavoc Press)
    Silver: Mastermind's Manual (Green Ronin Publishing)


Best Art (Interior)

    Gold: Legend of the Five Rings 3rd ed. (Alderac Entertainment Group)
    Silver: Mastermind's Manual (Green Ronin Publishing)


Best Cartography

    Gold: Dragonlance: Tasslehoff's Map Pouch: The War of the Lance (Sovereign Press)
    Silver: The Shackled City Adventure Path (Paizo Publishing)


Best Production Values

    Gold: Serenity RPG (Margaret Weis Productions)
    Silver: A Game of Thrones (Guardians of Order)


Best Writing

    Gold: Mage: The Awakening (White Wolf Publishing)
    Silver: Pulp Hero (Hero Games)


Best Rules

    Gold: Shadowrun 4th Edition (FanPro)
    Silver: Mutants & Masterminds 2E (Green Ronin Publishing)


Best Adventure

    Gold: The Shackled City Adventure Path (Paizo Publishing)
    Silver: Pleasure Prison of the B'thuvian Demon Whore (Expeditious Retreat Press)


Best Adversary/Monster Product

    Gold: Tome of Horrors 3 (Necromancer Games)
    Silver: Iron Heroes Bestiary (Malhavoc Press)


Best Campaign Setting/Setting Supplement

    Gold: The Shackled City Adventure Path (Paizo Publishing)
    Silver: Freedom City 2E (Green Ronin Publishing)


Best Supplement

    Gold: Dragon Compendium Vol. 1 (Paizo Publishing)
    Silver: Monte Cook's Arcana Evolved: Spell Treasury (Malhavoc Press)


Best Aid or Accessory

    Gold: Flip-Mat (Steel Sqwire)
    Silver: The 13th Hour (Midnight Syndicate Soundtracks)


Best Free Product or Web-Enhancement

    Gold: Age of Worms Overload (Paizo Publishing)
    Silver: Mage the Awakening Demo (White Wolf Publishing)


Best Electronic Book

    Gold: Baba Yaga; The First Setting in Rassiya (Dog Soul Publishing)
    Silver: Truth & Justice (Atomic Sock Monkey Press)


Best Game

    Gold: Mutants & Masterminds Second Edition (Green Ronin Publishing)
    Silver: A Game of Thrones (Guardians of Order)


Best d20/OGL Product

    Gold: Mutants & Masterminds Second Edition (Green Ronin Publishing)
    Silver: A Game of Thrones (Guardians of Order)


Best Product

    Gold: Shadowrun 4th Edition (FanPro)
    Silver: Mutants & Masterminds, 2e (Green Ronin Publishing)


Fan's Choice Best Publisher
Presented by Peter Adkison

    Gold: Green Ronin Publishing
    Silver: Wizards of the Coast


Special Judges' Award: Grognard Award
For companies that represent older gaming traditions.

    Gold: Necromancer Games
    Silver: Goodman Games


Special Judges' Award: Innovation Award
Presented by Jeff "Teflon Billy" Ranger

    Gold: Dread (The Impossible Dream)
    Silver: Truth and Justice (Atomic Sock Monkey)

Personally, I was quite happy with all the results. Not everything I voted for won, but I thought the winners deserved it. In fact, I was really pleasantly surprised when SR 4E won. I never thought it really stood a chance considering the ENnies are sponsored by a d20 site, so that was really neat.

-Talgian

I'm also glad SR4 got some recognition from the ENnies, especially running against a crowd favourite like M&M.

Again, I fail grasping the superhereo phenomenon so popular in the americas. I`d be glad for an explanation thread.

Shame that both Realms of Sorcery and the Wilderlands setting didn't get any love. The Wilderlands boxed set is a thing of beauty that i always get out when i fancy either a good read, a look at maps (which i always love) or if i'm after almost endless adventure ideas.

I'm still shaking my head at some of those picks.  Serenity?  Yipe.  At least Truth & Justice got something.

Also, note to Green Ronin:  I hate your taste in music.  Everytime they won (which was roughly 7-8 dozen times, it seemed), the DJ played a bit from "Pump It" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-TZv7S-cVY) (alternate title:  Music For White People To Clap To) by the Black Eyed Peas.  Now they do shit like this and "My Humps".  I remember when BEP was a socially-conscious group that did decent songs about somewhat important issues.  Now they do shit like this and "My Humps".  But I digress.

Quote from: SettembriniAgain, I fail grasping the superhereo phenomenon so popular in the americas. I`d be glad for an explanation thread.

I think it's a "recollecting the youth" sort of thing, coupled with renewed interest due to a series of supers movies, some wildly successfuly. Many of todays thirty-something geeks were weaned on comic book heroes in the 70s and 80s.

M&M's Freedom City (its most popular setting) reeks of 80s comic book nostalgia.

Quote from: Zachary The FirstI'm still shaking my head at some of those picks.  Serenity?

I don't own the book, but do you disagree that its a well presented book?

It didn't win in any sort of category that banks on rules... unlike some other awards. (*coff*) That, I think, is as it should be.

Quote from: Caesar SlaadI don't own the book, but do you disagree that its a well presented book?

It didn't win in any sort of category that banks on rules... unlike some other awards. (*coff*) That, I think, is as it should be.

I disagree based on the competition it was up against.  There were some very well-presented books.  And I consider part of presentation/production values to be completeness--Serenity had neither a character sheet or index.

Quote from: Zachary The FirstI disagree based on the competition it was up against.  There were some very well-presented books.  

Well, once the nominations are in and it's put to the fans, it's a popularity contest.

QuoteAnd I consider part of presentation/production values to be completeness--Serenity had neither a character sheet or index.

I don't know if it's the version the judges got, but there is a subsequent printing with a character sheet and index.

Quote from: Caesar SlaadI don't know if it's the version the judges got, but there is a subsequent printing with a character sheet and index.

Ah.  The copy my buddy picked up had neither--but that was when it first came out, I think.  Well, like I said, I don't despise it or anything--in fact, I sorta dug the Alternity-esque rules.  That was just one category that caught me by surprise.

As for some insight behind the scenes, take a look at this forge-thread:

http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=21037.0

Serenity? Best production values?
 
for NOT including a character sheet?

I seem to be in a minority in that I don't find the lack of a character sheet or index particularly damning in a game.  In fact, often I find that the character sheets included in a game are far shittier than anything a fan can find on the internet.  

Runequest has a character sheet and an index. The Character sheet, at least is AWFUL. Gawdawful in fact. THe index? I never use, the damn book is barely over a hundred pages, what do I need an index for?

Whoa, that link from Settembrini sent chills down my spine. I would hate to see the Ennies and the Forge linked in any way.

The Forgies would only use it as a cynical marketing opportunity and it wouldn't reflect the actual community of RPG fans at all. Neither community would be served.

Although I'm all for them submitting their books through normal channels if they want to participate. Didn't Chad Underkoffler win something this year?

Quote from: Abyssal MawAlthough I'm all for them submitting their books through normal channels if they want to participate. Didn't Chad Underkoffler win something this year?

He sure did (and deservedly so, IMO):  2 silvers, both for his RPG Truth & Justice.  One was the Best E-Book category, and one was an Innovation Award or some such.

My feeling is, if Forgites want to be a part of this, go ahead and go through the regular channels of competition, like Truth & Justice did.  Burning Wheel also certainly didn't seem to have a problem doing so.  They already have the Judge's Award For Innovation, which should be more than enough.  The Academy Awards don't have a separate category just because a film is independently made or low-budget.

Quote from: Zachary The FirstMy feeling is, if Forgites want to be a part of this, go ahead and go through the regular channels of competition, like Truth & Justice did.  Burning Wheel also certainly didn't seem to have a problem doing so.  They already have the Judge's Award For Innovation, which should be more than enough.  The Academy Awards don't have a separate category just because a film is independently made or low-budget.

I agree with you there.  If any Forge inspired people want their games to win accolades with the rest of the industry, they can do it like everyone else.  At least, that goes for their games that are actually RPGs.

The one thing that I really liked about the thread at the forge was the post talking about how the judging works, I've learned something really cool, thanks to Settembrini for posting the link.

As to the ennies and the forge coming together, I'm another vote for them submitting thier material like anyone else.

I was crushed that Wilderlands didn't win.

Quote from: SpikeI seem to be in a minority in that I don't find the lack of a character sheet or index particularly damning in a game.  In fact, often I find that the character sheets included in a game are far shittier than anything a fan can find on the internet.

Any game that is a marketed product I pay for needs to have a character sheet I can photocopy or else I consider it incomplete.  A fan shouldn't have to scour the net looking for a charsheet.

But I agree that a lot of games have shitty character sheets in the back.  Few companies seem to realize that a good charsheet is the best cheap advertisement you'll find.  After all, it's sitting in front of players all throughout the game.  A functional and well-presented charsheet is a great thing to show to passerby at cons and demo events.

A related anecdote: Years ago I was at the local con and I found a charsheet left over from a previous event.  The sheet had "Fu Powers" on it and gave the impression of a fairly simple game focused on asskicking.  For years I didn't know it what game the sheet belonged to because the numbnuts who made the thing hadn't bothered to put the name of the game on the damn thing!  Turns out the sheet was copied out of the back of the Atlas Games version of Feng Shui.