Gen Con 2024: And the ENNIE Award Goes to…

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The 2024 ENNIE Awards were awards at Gen Con 2024 this past weekend. The awards highlights the best releases of the past year.

Winners will be in bold with GOLD and SILVER noted as to which they received. And this year’s winners were….

Judges’ Spotlight Winners

Joe Blankenship– The Wassailing of Claus Manor, Clear Keep & Plus One EXP
Author: Mike Martens, Michael Van Vleet, Brian Sago

James Surano – Essence 20 Roleplaying System Field Guide to Action and Adventure Crossover Sourcebook Power Rangers G.I. JOE Transformers, Renegade Game Studios
Authors: Ryan Costello, Ben Heisler, Ginny Loveday, Bryan C.P. Steele

Amelia Antrim – OBSCURE: Found Footage Inspired Horror TTRPG, Sunzenaut
Author: Tommy Sunzenauer

Tom King – Gods of the Forbidden North: Volume 1, Pulp Hummock Press
Authors: Robert Alderman, Chris Cotgrove, The Scrying Dutchman, Joel Hines

Shauna Ratliff – CHEW: The Roleplaying Game, Imagining Games
Authors: Pete Petrusha, Justin Forest, Justin Ford, Steve Dee, Joseph Weaver

Favorite Publisher

Free League Publishing

Best Adventure – Long Form

Call of Cthulhu: Alone Against the Static, Chaosium Inc. Author: B.W. Holland – SILVER
Delta Green: God’s Teeth, Arc Dream Publishing Author: Caleb Stokes – GOLD
Heckna! Campaign Book, Hit Point Press Authors: Ashley Warren, TR Rowe, Ryan Servis, Jordan Richer, Jay Jackson, Verity Lane
The Devil’s Bridge, Yellow Madhouse Authors: Hristo Hristov, Martin Hristov, Lucas Iliev, Stoil Monev, Nikolay Salutski
The Bloom, Space Penguin Ink Author: Josh Domanski and Goblin Archives

Best Adventure – Short Form

Eat The Reich, Rowan, Rook and Decard Author: Grant Howitt – GOLD
Losing Face, Pelgrane Press Author: Kevin Kulp
One-Shot Wonders, Roll & Play Press Authors: Sam Bartlett, Beth Davies, Destiny Howell – SILVER
The Well of All Fear, Miskatonic Repository Author: Kat Clay
Vineyard RPG: The Undead Gala, Is Friday Productions LLC Authors: Luna Petra Giannotta, Friday Strout

Best Aid/Accessory – Digital

Fantasy Complete IV, Monument Studios
HEXROLL 2E, Pen, Dice & Paper – SILVER
Historica Arcanum: Empires of the Silk Road Soundtrack Album, Metis Creative
LegendKeeper, LegendKeeper / Algorific LLC – GOLD
The Zone RPG · Digital Version, Laughing Kaiju

Best Aid/Accessory – Non – Digital

Arkham Investigator’s Wallet, H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society – GOLD
Atlas, Moonlight Maps
Epic Encounters: Local Legends – Tavern Kit, Steamforged Games
Hexcrawl Toolbox, Games Omnivorous – SILVER
Vampire: The Masquerade 5th Edition The Book of Nod Deluxe Artifact Edition, Renegade Game Studios

Best Art, Cover

Across a Thousand Dead Worlds, Blackoath Entertainment
Artist: Vladimir Manyukhin

Eat The Reich, Rowan, Rook and Decard – GOLD
Artist: Will Kirkby

Koriko: A Magical Year, Mousehole Press – SILVER
Artist: Deb JJ Lee

Not The End – Stories, Mana Project Studio
Artist: Pietro Bastas

Tomorrow City: Dieselpunk Roleplaying, Osprey Games
Artist: Biagio D’Alessandro

Best Art, Interior

Against the Faerie Queene – Art Book, Adder Stone Games
Artists: Rafa Guisso, Geraldo Prado, Tom Trengrove, Angus Martin, Deren Ozturk

Astra Fauna: Expeditions, Astra Fauna
Artist: Sarah Dahlinger

Eat The Reich, Rowan, Rook and Decard – GOLD
Artist: Will Kirkby

Ultraviolet Grasslands 2E, Exalted Funeral Press – SILVER
Artist: Luka Rejec

Warhammer 40,000 Imperium Maledictum Core Rulebook Collector’s Edition, Cubicle 7 Entertainment Ltd
Artists: Helge C. Balzer, Alberto Bontempi, Simon Carr, Bartłomiej Fredyczak, Runesael Flynn, Wesley Gardner, Marc Grunert, Tom Hutchings, Dániel Kovács, Sam Manley, JG O’Donoghue, Christian Alias Perez, Aurèle Prandal, Erin Rea, Felix Tisch

Best Cartography

ALIEN RPG – Building Better Worlds, Free League Publishing – SILVER
Stefan Isberg, Christian Granath, Dave Semark, Clara Fei-Fei Carija
Atlas, Moonlight Maps
Border Riding, Stout Stoat Press
Eli Spencer
Dragonbane Core Set, Free League Publishing – GOLD
Francesca Baerald, Niklas Brandt
Hexcrawl Toolbox, Games Omnivorous
Kevin Cannon

Best Community Content

Call of Cthulhu: Los Hobos and the Wolves of Carcosa, Critical Hit Publishing (Miskatonic Repository) – GOLD
Author: Alex Guillotte

Is this a Curse? (DMs Guild)
Author: Jeremy Cheong

The Huangfu Heist, Neo Tokyo Project (DMs Guild)
Author: Jason Koh, Darryl Ho

The Last Dance of Lola Montez: A Call of Cthulhu Modern Adventure (Miskatonic Repository)
Author: David Waldron

The Well of All Fear (Miskatonic Repository) – SILVER
Author: Kat Clay

Best Family Game / Product

BREAK!! Tabletop RPG, Grey Wizard Press & Naldobean Games – GOLD
Authors: Grey Wizard, Reynaldo Madriñan

If I Were A Lich, Man, Hit Point Press – SILVER
Author: Lucian Kahn

Little Game Masters, Randall Hampton Art and Design
Authors: Randall Hampton, Conor Napier, Adam Johns, Hunter Fell, Devon Chulick, Dr. Megan Connell, Lauren Urban

My Little Pony Roleplaying Game Limited Core Rulebook, Renegade Game Studios
Authors: Ryan Costello, Trivia Fox and Elisa Teague with John Kennedy and Andrew Peregrine

Pinebox Middle School Box Set, Pinnacle Entertainment Group
Authors: Scott Woodard, Preston DuBose, Ed Wetterman, Tracy Sizemore, Jameson McDaniel, Shane Hensley

Best Free Game / Product

Heckin’ Good Doggos – Someone’s Last Day at the Track, Wet Ink Games, LLC
Author: Matthew Orr, Brandon K. Aten, Sarah Orr Aten

Level 1 The Free RPG Day Indie RPG Anthology 2023, 9th Level Games – SILVER
Author: Mark Kennedy, Dustin Blottenberger, KJ Lappin, CJ Lappin, M. Belanger, Rue Dickey, Nat Mesnard, Gabrielle Rabinowitz, Noah Lemelson, H. L. Black, Brigitte Winter, Sylvia Gimenez, Zak Eidsvoog, Ian Rickett, Goat Song Publishing, Helena Real

Losing Face, Pelgrane Press
Author: Kevin Kulp

Mazes Zero Prep Introduction to Fantasy Roleplaying, 9th Level Games

Rivers of London: The Domestic, Chaosium, Inc. – GOLD
Authors: Gavin Inglis, Lynne Hardy

Best Game

Kobolds Ate My Baby – The Orange Book, 9th Level Games
Author: Chris O’Neill, Bug Boll, Jon Maness
Art: John Kovalic
Editing: Heather O’Neill, Adriel Wilson
Layout/Design: Chris O’Neill

Not The End, Mana Project Studio
Author: Claudio Pustorino, Fabio Airoldi, Claudio Serena
Art: Pietro Bastas
Editing: Claudio Serena
Layout/Design: Claudio Pustorino

Outgunned, Two Little Mice – SILVER
Authors: Riccardo “Rico” Sirignano, Simone Formicola
Art: Daniela Giubellini
Editing: Simone Formicola, John Marron
Layout/Design: Luca Carbone, Sabrina Ceccon

Salvage Union, Leyline Press
Author: Panayiotis Lines, Aled Lawlor
Art: Alex Connolly, Hamish Frater, Francesco Silva, Aled Lawlor
Editing: Jarrett Crader (MRC), Panayiotis Lines
Layout/Design: Aled Lawlor

Shadowdark RPG, The Arcane Library – GOLD
Author: Kelsey Dionne
Art : Lucas Korte, Brandish Gilhelm, Jessee Egan, Yuri Perkowski Domingos, Matt Morrow, Matt Ray, Mark Lyons, Abdul Latif
Layout/Design: Kelsey Dionne

Best Layout and Design

BREAK!! Tabletop RPG, Grey Wizard Press & Naldobean Games
Grey Wizard, Reynaldo Madriñan

CBR+PNK: Augmented, Mythworks – SILVER
Emanoel Melo, Raul Rinaldi

Not The End – Corebook, Mana Project Studio
Claudio Pustorino

Shadowdark RPG, The Arcane Library – GOLD
Kelsey Dionne

TEETH, Big Robot Ltd
Marsh Davies

Best Monster/Adversary

Big Bads – Yku, Hit Point Press
Author: I-Hsien Sherwood
Art: Thomas Fowler, Lucas Elliott

MONSTROUS, Cloud Curio – GOLD
Authors: Kyle Latino, Kenny Webb
Art: Kyle Latino

Runecairn Bestiary, By Odin’s Beard RPG
Author: Colin Le Sueur
Art: Goran Gligović, Brandon Yu, Kim Diaz Holm, Felipe Faria, Jeffrey Koch, Dean Spencer, Perplexing Ruins

VR Dead, Space Penguin Ink
Author: Daniel Hallinan
Art: MACKLE, Neetols, Ben Guldenhoys, Manos Lagouvardos

Warhammer 40,000 Wrath & Glory Threat Assessment Xenos, Cubicle 7 Entertainment Ltd – GOLD
Authors: Christopher Colston, Michael Duxbury, Chris Edwards, Chris Handley, Travis Legge, Ciarán O’Brien, Sven Truckenbrodt
Art: LJ Koh, Sam Manley, JG O’Donoghue, Stefan ‘Storykillinger’ Ristik, and Michael Savier

KOBOLD Guide to Roleplaying, Kobold Press – SILVER
Authors: Keith Ammann, Ginny Di, Clint McElroy, Erin Roberts, Michael E. Shea, Gail Simone, B. Dave Walters, Bryan Camp, Luke Hart, Chris Kluwe, Christopher M. Cevasco, Sage Stafford, Basheer Ghouse, Shanna Germain, Shareff Jackson, Luke Gygax, Rajan Khanna, Curtis C Chen, Sharang Biswas, Scott Lynch, Robert Mason, John Joseph Adams

My Little Kobold Plush, 9th Level Games

RPG Stamps, Weird Works

So You Want to Be a Game Master: Everything You Need to Start Your Tabletop Adventure for Dungeons and Dragons, Pathfinder, and Other Systems, Page Street Publishing Co. – GOLD
Author: Justin Alexander

Best Rules

Action 12 Cinema, Plus D12 Games
Author: Michael K. Ross

Not The End – Corebook, Mana Project Studio
Authors: Claudio Pustorino, Fabio Airoldi, Claudio Serena

Pathfinder Player Core, Paizo Inc – SILVER
Authors: Alexander Augunas, Kate Baker, Logan Bonner, Jason Bulmahn, Carlos Cabrera, Calder CaDavid, James Case, Adam Daigle, Eleanor Ferron, Steven Hammond (II), Joan Hong, Vanessa Hoskins, James Jacobs, Jenny Jarzabski, Jason Keeley, Erik Keith, Dustin Knight, Lyz Liddell, Luis Loza, Erik Mona, Patchen Mortimer, Dennis Muldoon, Stephen Radney-MacFarland, Mikhail Rekun, David N. Ross, Michael Sayre, Mark Seifter, Kendra Leigh Speedling, Mark Thompson, Clark Valentine, Andrew White, Landon J. Winkler, Linda Zayas-Palmer

Salvage Union, Leyline Press
Authors: Panayiotis Lines, Aled Lawlor

Shadowdark RPG, The Arcane Library – GOLD
Author: Kelsey Dionne

Best Setting

Dead Air: Seasons, The World Anvil Publishing
Authors: Luca Vanin, Federico Scattolin, Enrico Pasotti, Tommaso De Benetti

Heckna! Campaign Book, Hit Point Press
Authors: Ashley Warren, TR Rowe, Ryan Servis, Jordan Richer, Jay Jackson, Verity Lane

Outcast Silver Raiders Box Set, Esoteric Ludology LLC
Author: Isaac VanDuyn

Pathfinder Lost Omens: Tian Xia World Guide, Paizo Inc – GOLD
Authors: Eren Ahn, Jeremy Blum, Alyx Bui, James Case, Banana Chan, Connie Chang, Rick Chia, Hans Chun, Theta Chun, Hiromi Cota, Dana Ebert, Basheer Ghouse, John Godek III, Sen H.H.S., Joan Hong, Michelle Jones, Joshua Kim, Daniel Kwan, Dash Kwiatkowski, Jacky Leung, Jesse J. Leung, Monte Lin, Jessie “Aki” Lo, Luis Loza, Adam Ma, Liane Merciel, Ashley Moni, Kevin Thien Vu Long Nguyen, Andrew Quon, Danita Rambo, K Arsenault Rivera, Christopher Rondeau, Joaquin Kyle “Makapatag” Saavedra, Kienna Shaw, Philip Shen, Tan Shao Han, Mari Tokuda, Ruvaid Virk, Viditya Voleti, Grady Wang, Emma Yasui, and Jay Zhang

The Valley of Flowers, Phantom Mill Games – SILVER
Authors: Jedediah Berry, Andrew McAlpine

Best Streaming Content

Dice Exploder Podcast
Twelve-Sided Stories Podcast
Replay, Dead Ghost Productions
The Party, Swiss Squared – GOLD
William Bailey’s Haunted Mansion; A Call of Cthulhu Adventure.- Ballarat Heritage Festival 2024, Tales from Rat City – SILVER

Best Supplement

ALIEN RPG – Building Better Worlds, Free League Publishing – GOLD
Authors: Andrew E.C. Gaska, Dave Semark

Corpus Malicious – The Codex of Evil for 5E, Dream Realm Storytellers LTD
Authors: Alican Develioğlu, Ekin Topanoğlu, İzel Irem Aydin, Bartu Ağca, Barkin Tokalak, Eyüp Emre Erdem

Not The End – Stories, Mana Project Studio
Authors: Claudio Pustorino, Fabio Airoldi, Claudio Serena, Andrea Felicioni, Andrea Buzzi, Chiara Listo, Giuseppe Vitale, Andrea Rossi, Andrea Lucca, Alessandro Savino, Luca Carbone, Edoardo Cremaschi, Roberto de Luca, Alice Luidelli, Genitori de Ruolo, Dario Lazzari, Enrico Pasotti, Tommaso de Benetti, Martu Palavrini

The Griffon’s Saddlebag – Book Two, Hit Point Press – SILVER
Authors: Griffin Macaulay, Willow Christensen

This and That Collection, Sneak Attack Press
Authors: Matthew J. Hanson, William Fischer

Best Writing

Call of Cthulhu: Alone Against the Static, Chaosium Inc. – GOLD
Author: B.W. Holland
Editing: James Coquillat & Mike Mason

Cloud Empress: Land of Cicadas, worlds by watt – SILVER
Author: watt
Editing: Roz Leahy

Kobolds Ate My Baby – The Orange Book, 9th Level Games
Authors: Chris O’Neill, Bug Boll, Jon Maness
Editing: Heather O’Neill, Adriel Wilson

Koriko: A Magical Year, Mousehole Press
Author: Jack Harrison
Editing: Neil Kingham

Musketeers Vs Cthulhu, Nightfall Games
Authors: Bill Heron, Benn Graybeaton, Mark Rapson, Chris McAuley, Claudia Christian
Editing: Benn Graybeaton

Product of the Year

CBR+PNK: Augmented, Mythworks
Eat The Reich, Rowan, Rook and Decard
Koriko: A Magical Year, Mousehole Press
Not The End, Mana Project Studio
Outcast Silver Raiders Box Set, Esoteric Ludology LLC
Outgunned, Two Little Mice – SILVER
Salvage Union, Leyline Press
Shadowdark RPG, The Arcane Library – GOLD
The Valley of Flowers, Phantom Mill Games
Vampire: The Masquerade 5th Edition The Book of Nod Deluxe Artifact Edition, Renegade Game Studios