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2010 ENnie Award Winners

August 10, 2010 By: JohnTaber Category: Games, Growlings

ENnies LogoHere is a list of the 2010 ENnie Award winners. Pathfinder was the big winner by far. I’m very glad Hero 6e took the silver for Best Rules and that Day After Ragnarok took the gold in the Best Setting category.

Here is the complete list. ENJOY! :)

Best Cover Art
Silver: Eclipse Phase
Gold: Pathfinder Bestiary

Best Interior Art
Silver: Shadowrun 20th
Gold: Pathfinder Core Rulebook

Best Cartography
Silver: Aces & Eights: Judas Crossing
Gold: Pathfinder City Map Folio

Best Writing
Silver: Victoriana
Gold: Eclipse Phase

Best Production Values
Silver: Shadowrun
Gold: Pathfinder

Best Rules
Silver: Hero 6th Edition
Gold: Diaspora

Best Adventure
Silver: Trail of Cthulhu: Armitage Files
Gold: Pathfinder #31: Stolen Land

Best Monster or Adversary
Silver: Pathfinder: Classic Horrors Revisited
Gold: Pathfinder Bestiary

Best Setting
Silver: Rome: Life and Death of the Republic
Gold: Day After Ragnarok

Best Supplement
Silver: Players Handbook 3
Gold: Mysteries of the Hollow Earth

Best Aid or Accessory
Silver: Gaming Paper
Gold: Pathfinder GM Screen

Best Miniatures Product
Silver: Gaming Paper
Gold: D&D Minis

Best Regalia
Silver: Battletech
Gold: Cthulhu 101

Best Electronic Book
Silver: The Devil We Know
Gold: The Great City Player’s Guide

Best Free Product
Silver: Lady Blackbird
Gold: Advanced Players Guide Playtest

Best Website
Silver:d20PFSRD.com
Gold: Obsidian Portal

Best Podcast
Silver: All Games Considered
Gold: Atomic Array

Best Blog
Silver: Gnome Stew
Gold: Kobold Quarterly

Best Game
Silver: Shadowrun
Gold: Pathfinder

Product of the Year
Silver: Eclipse Phase
Gold: Pathfinder

Fan Award for Best Publisher
Silver: Fantasy Flight Games
Gold: Paizo Publishing

GAME ON!

ENnie Polls Are Open!

July 16, 2010 By: JohnTaber Category: Games, Growlings, Product Reviews

I VotedThe polls are open! Head on over to this URL and vote for your favorite products and companies.

I personally voted for all of the Hero Games entries, the stuff by Ken Hite (Day After Ragnarok and Armitage Files), and Kerberos Club. I think you should vote for these too! :)

GAME ON!

ENnie Nominations For 2010 Posted

July 09, 2010 By: JohnTaber Category: Games, Growlings, Product Reviews

Ennies LogoThe 2010 nominations are posted and some of my favorite products are up for awards! Very cool. Here is a link to the complete list.

DriveThruRPG Preferred Reviewer Status

June 12, 2010 By: JohnTaber Category: Games, Growlings

Hello Kingbeast’s Lair readers!

Even though it has been a while this blog post will be worth reading. ;) I have been upgraded to “Preferred Reviewer” status at DriveThruRPG.com! What that means is that I will be able to pass on discounts to my minions…I mean…my loyal readers. :) To celebrate…just hover your mouse right here for a code that gets you 20% off of any product from one of the following fantastic vendors until July 3rd:

  • AEG
  • Bards and Sages
  • Battlefield Press
  • Chaotic Shiny Productions
  • Crafty Games
  • Cubicle 7
  • Dream Pod 9
  • Fabled Environments
  • Fat Dragon Games
  • Goodman Games
  • Inner City Games Designs
  • Mongoose Publishing
  • Palladium Books
  • Pinnacle Entertainment
  • R. Talsorian Games
  • Ranger Games
  • Reality Blurs
  • Sceaptune Games

If you have read this far and want something for FREE from DriveThruRPG all you have to do is add a comment to this post letting me know what type of stuff you want me to review or yap about. Leave your email address and which of the following products you want as your gift. Only the first five replies get a gift and this only goes until the end of June so be quick! You can choose one of the following products:

  • Savage Worlds Fantasy Companion
  • Realms of Cthulhu <- Expect a review of this soon. ;)
  • Karma Roleplaying System Core
  • FantasyCraft
  • Fat Dragon’s Dragonshire Deluxe

Here is a link to DriveThruRPG so you can go use your discount right now! Buy now and buy often! :)

ALL Twilight 2000 v1.0 Products For $40 At DriveThruRPG

May 25, 2010 By: JohnTaber Category: Games, Growlings, Site Recommendations

I know I know…what is up with this lame blog post John. Normally I don’t cross post sales but this one is a biggie. Every Twilight 2000 v1.0 product in PDF format for $40 at DriveThruRPG. This is $282.00 worth of products. SERIOUS STEAL! Here is a link to the deal.

PS I promise for a new blog post real soon. I have a review and another game report in the works. ;)