So... which do you think deserve it, which don't? Any blatant nepotism? Forgist influences?

Here's the list:

QuoteBest Fan Site
Dragonlance Nexus
Liber Fanatica
Modus Operandi
Plane Walker
Treasure Tables
Honorable Mention: Flames Rising


Best Podcast
Fear the Boot
Have Games, Will Travel
Godzilla Gaming
Sons of Kryos
Yog Sothoth Radio
Honorable Mention: Pulp Gamer


Best Cover Art
Dawning Star: Helios Rising, Blue Devil Games
Hollow Earth Expedition, Exile Games
Faery's Tale, Firefly Games
Lacuna Part 1, Memento Mori
Five Fingers: Port of Deceit, Privateer Press
Honorable Mention: Mutants & Masterminds: Ultimate Power, Green Ronin



Best Interior Art
Qin, 7ème Cercle
Warlords of the Accordlands series, AEG
Children of the Horned Rat, Black Industries
Burning Empires, Burning Wheel
Mutants & Masterminds: Ultimate Power, Green Ronin
Honorable Mention: Hollow Earth Expedition, Exile Game Studio

Best Cartography
Warlords of the Accordlands: Monsters & Lairs, AEG
Warhammer Fantasy RolePlay: Game Master's Toolkit, Black Industries
DCC 35: Gazetteer of the Known Realms, Goodman Games
Ptolus- City by the Spire, Malhavoc Press/White Wolf Publishing
Five Fingers: Port of Deceit, Privateer Press
Honorable Mention: Campaign Cartographer 3, ProFantasy Software


Best Production Values
Qin, 7ème Cercle
Burning Empires, Burning Wheel
Mutants & Masterminds: Ultimate Power, Green Ronin Publishing
Ptolus: Malhavoc Press/White Wolf Publishing
Tales of the Caliphate Nights, Paradigm Concepts
Honorable Mention: Knightly Orders of Ansalon

Best Writing
Qin, 7ème Cercle
Children of the Horned Rat, Black Industries
Hollow Earth Expedition, Exile Game Studio
Dictionary of Mu, Paka's Thread Games
Five Fingers: Port of Deceit, Privateer Press
Honorable Mention: Scion: Hero, White Wolf Publishing

Best Rules
Qin, 7ème Cercle
Spirit of the Century, Evil Hat Games
Faery's Tale, Firefly Games
Mutants & Masterminds: Ultimate Power, Green Ronin Publishing
Esoterrorists, Pelgrane Press
Honorable Mention: Warhammer Fantasy RolePlay: Companion

Best Supplement
Warhammer Fantasy RolePlay: Companion, Black Industries
Street Magic, FanPro
Etherscope: Upload: Etherpunk, Goodman Games
Mutants & Masterminds: Ultimate Power, Green Ronin Publishing
Thrilling Places, Hero Games
Honorable Mention: Tome of Corruption, Black Industries

Best Setting
Warlords of the Accordlands series, AEG
Dawning Star: Helios Rising, Blue Devil Games
DCC 35: Gazetteer of the Known Realms, Goodman Games
Ptolus- City by the Spire, Malhavoc Press/White Wolf Publishing
Five Fingers: Port of Deceit, Privateer Press
Honorable Mention: Thrilling Places, Hero Games

Best Adventure
Warhammer Fantasy RolePlay: Lure of the Liche Lord, Black Industries
DCC 34: Cage of Delrium, Goodman Games w. Midnight Syndicate
Xcrawl: Coney Island Crawl, Goodman Games
Time of Vengeance, Green Ronin
Thrilling Places, Hero Games
Honorable Mention: Dungeon Magazine: Age of Worms Ad. Path, Paizo Publishing

Best Miniatue Product
The Deluxe Galleon, Dragonfire Laser Crafts
Modern Floorplans: All Saints Church, Fabled Environments
E-Z Dungeons, Fat Dragon Games
Conflict Chips
Game Mastery: Flip-mat Tavern, Paizo Publishing
Honorable Mention: Hordes Line's Lord of the Feast, Privateer Press

Best Regalia
Liber Chaotica, Black Industries
Witch Hunter's Handbook, Black Industries
Classic Battletech Total Warfare, FanPro
Order of the Stick: No Cure for the Paladin Blues, Giant in the Playground
Art of Dragon Magazine, Paizo Publishing
Honorable Mention: Astounding Hero Tales, Hero Games

Best Aid/Accessory
Deck of Many Things, Green Ronin Publishing
Hero Lab, Lone Wolf Development
GameMastery Combat Pad, Open Mind Games/Paizo Publishing
Game Mastery: Critical Hit Deck, Paizo Publishing
Promethean: Storyteller Screen, White Wolf Publishing
Honorable Mention: Campaign Cartographer 3, ProFantasy Software

Best Electronic Book
Frontier Towns: Fort Griffin #3, Dog House Rules
Magical Medieval Society: European Warfare, Expeditious Retreat Press
Nevermore Gazetteer, Expeditious Retreat Press
Classic Battletech Free Package, FanPro
Castle Shadowcrag, Open Design
Honorable Mention: Kitsunemori, Dog Soul Publishing

Best Free Product
Black Industries Web Site, Black Industries
Six-Guns: Lawmen- Earps and Mastersons, Dog House Rules
Nevermore Gazetteer, Expeditious Retreat Press
Classic Battletech Free Package, FanPro
Savage Tide Player's Guide, Paizo Publishing
Honorable Mention: Scion: Hero- Of Shadows Yet to Come, White Wolf Publishing

Best d20/OGL
Warlords of the Accordlands series, AEG
Dawning Star: Helios Rising, Blue Devil Games
Etherscope-Upload: Etherpunk, Goodman Games
Mutants & Masterminds: Ultimate Power, Green Ronin Publishing
Five Fingers: Port of Deceit, Privateer Press
Honorable Mention: Ptolus- City by the Spire, Malhavoc Press/White Wolf Publishing


Best Game
Qin, 7ème Cercle
Conspiracy X 2E, Eden Studios
Hollow Earth Expedition, Exile Game Studio
Faery's Tale, Firefly Games
Scion: Hero, White Wolf Publishing
Honorable Mention: Esoterrorists, Pelgrane Press & Spirit of the Century, Evil Hat Games


Fan's Choice: Best Publisher
Arc Dream
Atlas Games
Atomic Sock Monkey Press
Avenger Enterprises
Black Industries
BTRC
Burning Wheel
Chris Gonnerman
Contested Ground Studios
Creative Mountain Games
Dark Omen Games
Dog Soul
Dragonwing Games
Dreamscarred Press
Evil Hat Productions
Exile Game Studio
Expeditious Retreat Press
Fat Dragon Games
Fiery Dragon Productions
Goodman Games
Green Ronin Publishing
Hero Games
Ironwood Omnimedia Company LLC
Kenzer Co.
Malhavoc Press
Margaret Weis Productions/Sovereign Press
Paizo Publishing
Palladium Books
Paradigm Concepts
Pinnacle Entertainment Group/Great White Games
Precis Intermidia Games
RPG Objects
Ronin Arts
Tabletop Adventures
Troll Lord Games
White Wolf
Wizards of the Coast


Product of the Year
Qin, 7ème Cercle
Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay: Children of the Horned Rat
Dawning Star: Helios Rising, Blue Devil Games
The Deluxe Galleon, Dragonfire Laser Crafts
Hollow Earth Expedition, Exile Game Studio
Mutants & Masterminds: Ultimate Power, Green Ronin Publishing
Thrilling Places, Hero Games
Ptolus- City by the Spire, Malhavoc Press/White Wolf Publishing
Dictionary of Mu, Paka's Thread Games
Five Fingers: Port of Deceit, Privateer Press

RPGPundit

So my first question would be, what the fuck is "best regalia"?

RPGPundit

Wow! Liber Fanatica is on the shortlist for best fan site! I'll have to tell the guys (just in case they don't know ). The WFRP Companion is on there too! :win:

Not meant as a "treadcrap" - but do these awards really matter?

 Online is the only place where I have ever seen them discussed.

I've never seen any of the games I sell have a sticker or note that says "Won the Ennies".  We do have packaging on game products that say they won an ORIGINS award some past year, or say that the game was a MENSA select game, or stickers that say it won "Game of the Year" in Germany or Europe.

What the hell qualifies something to be an Ennie nominee or winner?


- Ed C.

To be fair to the Ennies, what other awards really matter? Origins is no different... Not all publishers send in products, so there are many fine products never even considered.

The Best Cover nominees seem like odd choices for the most part.

EDIT: Oh, and cheers to whoever nominated PIG for Fan's Choice: Best Publisher. Yes, I will milk it

Woot, Five Fingers!

"Best Regalia
Awarded for the best product which, while it does not complement role playing game play, does enhance the lives of RP gamers. RPG Fiction, RPG Video Games, Videos, RPG Board Games, miniature painting accessories, etc. are all possibilities for entries in this category."

Despite the fact that I agree with many of the nominees, this looks like the beginning of the end for the Ennies. I suspect the forgies are already planning the ballot-stuffing operation as we speak.

Quote from: KoltarNot meant as a "treadcrap" - but do these awards really matter?

If you're nominated then you get to sit and swig drinks (for free!) at a little awards ceremony, and meet other cool people.  The rewards process is a bit interminable, but the company can't be beat.

Oh, and "Blah-blah-nominee" or, even better, "Blah-blah-winner" are nice labels that you can use in your marketing for a while.

Quote from: KoltarWhat the hell qualifies something to be an Ennie nominee or winner?

ENWorld puts out a call for publishers to send them (if I recall correctly) six copies of their work, gratis, to be distributed to the judges.  This apparently pulls in a lot of swag, which is obviously cool for them.  Then the judges pick out the stuff they like the very best, and that makes the list.  After that ... it's popular vote, isn't it?

I wonder if Clash sent in any of his games?

Regards,
David R

Quote from: TonyLBOh, and "Blah-blah-nominee" or, even better, "Blah-blah-winner" are nice labels that you can use in your marketing for a while.

Like this you mean?

I'll take it away soon. There's only so much shameless self-promotion i can stomach.

Quote from: One Horse TownLike this you mean?

Yep!  Pretty much just like that.  It's nice because it's not your personal opinion ("WFRP Companion will rock your socks off!") it's an external judgment ... folks can presume your bias, but they don't have the info to be certain about the biases of others

Well, I mean, its nice, but without some of the larger competitors sending in books, and....well...I don't know.  I guess I'm just less excited about the ENnies this year than  I have been in previous years.  There's some great products on that list, and a few stinkers.  The votes will go to the online community's faves, not necessarily the best product out there.  I think it'd be cool to have entry forms at FLGSs (yeah, I know it'd never work), and see how nominations would come out that way.  I'm betting they'd be way different.

But congrats to the nominees, especially the all-excellent Fan Sites!

Hey, did PiG and Flying Mice not send anything in?  Because, by my records, they have been kicking some serious ass this past year.

Ummm.... aren't the ennies supposed to be mainly for D20 products?  Where are the WOTC books?  It's beyond meaningless without them.  :confused:

Quote from: mhensleyUmmm.... aren't the ennies supposed to be mainly for D20 products?  Where are the WOTC books?  It's beyond meaningless without them.  :confused:

WotC won't participate, for a variety of understandable reasons:  They've already won "First Place" in the marketplace ... why would they actively seek out an opportunity for some other game to say "Beat out WotC's for 1st!"?

Quote from: David RI wonder if Clash sent in any of his games?

Regards,
David R

Sent in Aces in Spades and In Harm's Way.

-clash

Added further: I really don't know why I entered them. FM games just don't appeal to RPGnet or ENWorld denizens, and that's where the judges are from. Besides this, the IHW games are very specific in terms of their genre, yet not Forgey-laser-stuff, so it was a waste of my time before I started. I then caught Master of the Game's posts on tBP about the judging process, and it's appalling - the load these judges are under is insane! - so I had already decided never to enter again. I even offered to withdraw my games from consideration to give the poor guy a little break, but he'd already read them, so that sucked. I had no idea they loaded the judges like that!

-clash