{"id":1305,"date":"2013-08-19T10:50:08","date_gmt":"2013-08-19T18:50:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/usandacat.com\/thelair\/?p=1305"},"modified":"2013-08-19T10:50:08","modified_gmt":"2013-08-19T18:50:08","slug":"2013-ennie-award-winners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usandacat.com\/thelair\/2013\/2013-ennie-award-winners\/","title":{"rendered":"2013 ENnie Award Winners!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"ENnies<\/a>Here is a list of the 2013 ENnie Award winners in gold<\/font> and silver<\/font>. I’ll put my picks in italics<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Best Adventure<\/h2>\n

Achtung! Cthulhu \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Three Kings (Chronicle City\/Modiphius Entertainment)<\/font>
\nDeadlands Reloaded: The Last Sons (Pinnacle Entertainment)<\/em>
\nEnemy Within (Fantasy Flight Games)
\nPathfinder: Rise of the Runelords Anniversary Edition (Paizo Publishing)<\/font>
\nThe Zalozhniy Quartet (Pelgrane Press)<\/p>\n

My Take<\/b>
\nPaizo is a recurring theme in the awards as usual. Nice to see Achtng! make the list.<\/p>\n

Best Aid\/Accessory<\/h2>\n

All We Have Forgotten\u00e2\u20ac\u201dMusic for Ashen Stars (Pelgrane Press)
\nNight\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Watch (Green Ronin)<\/font>
\nThe One Ring Loremaster\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Screen & Lake-town Sourcebook (Cubicle 7)
\nProtodimension Magazine Issue 13 (Kinstaff Media LLC)
\nThe Unspeakable Oath (Arc Dream Publishing)<\/em><\/font><\/p>\n

My Take<\/b>
\nGlad to see Unspeakable Oath get the silver. Well deserved.<\/p>\n

Best Art, Cover<\/h2>\n

Champions Complete (Hero Games)
\nIron Kingdoms (Privateer Press)<\/font>
\nThe Magnificent Joop van Ooms (Lamentations of the Flame Princess)<\/em>
\nNPC Codex (Paizo Publishing)<\/font>
\nThe Whole Hole Volume 01: Keister Island (Mutha Oith Creations)<\/p>\n

My Take<\/b>
\nPrivateer Press seems to have motivated their fans this year.<\/p>\n

Best Art, Interior<\/h2>\n

Ed Greenwood Presents Elminster\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Forgotten Realms (Wizards of the Coast)<\/font>
\nNight\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Black Agents (Pelgrane Press)
\nNight\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Watch (Green Ronin)
\nShadows of Esteren Book 1 (Agate Editions)<\/font>
\nThe Whole Hole Volume 01: Keister Island (Mutha Oith Creations)<\/em><\/p>\n

My Take<\/b>
\nCool small press win.<\/p>\n

Best Blog<\/h2>\n

Gnome Stew<\/em><\/font>
\nThe Illuminerdy<\/font>
\nNerd Trek
\nTriumph and Despair
\nThe Rogue Warden<\/p>\n

My Take<\/b>
\nNailed this one.<\/p>\n

Best Cartography<\/h2>\n

Ancient Temple Interior (DramaScape)
\nDeep Blues: Nautilus (0One Games)
\nDrake Starship Map (Blackwyrm Games)
\nThe Lands of Ice and Fire (Random House)<\/font>
\nSprawl Sites: High Society and Low Life (Catalyst Game Labs)<\/font><\/p>\n

My Take<\/b>
\nRandom House…huh. Shadowrun got some love.<\/p>\n

Best Electronic Book<\/h2>\n

Curse the Darkness (Growling Door Games, Inc.)
\nDeadlands Reloaded: The Last Sons (Pinnacle Entertainment)<\/font>
\nThe Deadly Seven (paNik productions)
\nExperimental Paradigm of Cinematic Horror (EPOCH) (Imaginary Empire)
\nHobomancer (Hex Games)<\/font><\/p>\n

My Take<\/b>
\nGlad to see Pinnacle get an award.<\/p>\n

Best Family Game<\/h2>\n

Doctor Who: Adventures in Time & Space\u00e2\u20ac\u201d11th Doctor Edition (Cubicle 7)<\/font>
\nHero Kids\u00e2\u20ac\u201dFantasy RPG (Hero Forge Games)<\/em><\/font>
\nMermaid Adventures (Third Eye Games)
\nProject Ninja Panda Taco (Jennisodes)
\nWandering Monsters High School (Bold Pueblo Games)<\/p>\n

My Take<\/b>
\nGlad Hero Kids took the silver. I agree.<\/p>\n

Best Free Game<\/h2>\n

Mazes and Perils RPG (WG Productions)<\/font>
\nPhantasm (2010) (End Transmission Games LLC)
\nNights of the Crusades (Aetheric Dreams)
\nSilent Memories (Morning Skye Studio)<\/font>
\nThrowigames Simple Roleplaying System (Throwigames)<\/p>\n

My Take<\/b>
\nNice wins here.<\/p>\n

Best Free Product<\/h2>\n

Battletech: A Time of War Quick-Start Rules\/Shadowrun Quick-Start Rules (Catalyst Game Labs)<\/font>
\nEPOCH: Road Trip (Imaginary Empire)
\nFools Rush In (Privateer Press)
\nNight in the Seyvoth Manor (Darklight Interactive)
\nWayfinder #8 (Paizo Fans United)<\/font><\/p>\n

My Take<\/b>
\nPaizo again.<\/p>\n

Best Game<\/h2>\n

Astonishing Swordsmen and Sorcerers of Hyperborea (North Wind Adventures, LLC)
\nBroken Rooms (Greymalkin Designs, LLC)
\nChampions Complete (Hero Games)<\/em>
\nIron Kingdoms (Privateer Press)<\/font>
\nNight\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Black Agents (Pelgrane Press)<\/font><\/p>\n

My Take<\/b>
\nPrivateer Press fans definitely got busy voting. Also glad to see Ken get some love.<\/p>\n

Best Miniatures Product<\/h2>\n

Dungeon Command: Blood of Gruumsh (Wizards of the Coast)
\nFreeblades: Black Rose Bandits (DGS Games)
\nPathfinder Battles: Shattered Star Gargantuan Blue Dragon (WizKid Games\/NECA)<\/font>
\nPathfinder Bestiary Box (Paizo Publishing)<\/font>
\nSpot of Bother Set One: Royal Highland Guards (Okumart Games)<\/p>\n

My Take<\/b>
\nPathfinder and um…Paizo.<\/p>\n

Best Monster\/Adversary<\/h2>\n

Champions Villains Vol. 3: Solo Villains (Hero Games)<\/em>
\nDC Adventures Heroes & Villains Vol. 2 (Green Ronin)
\nInner Sea Bestiary (Paizo Publishing)<\/font>
\nMutants and Masterminds Threat Report (Green Ronin)
\nNPC Codex (Paizo Publishing)<\/font><\/p>\n

My Take<\/b>
\nPaizo squared.<\/p>\n

Best Podcast<\/h2>\n

Atomic Array
\nIndie Talks
\nHaste: The Official Obsidian Portal Podcast<\/font>
\nTableTop: Dragon Age<\/em><\/font>
\nTransmissions from the Ninth World<\/p>\n

My Take<\/b>
\nYEAH! Glad Table Top took the Diana Jones Award as well. \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n

Best Production Values<\/h2>\n

Astonishing Swordsmen and Sorcerers of Hyperborea (North Wind Adventures, LLC)
\nDoctor Who: Adventures in Time & Space\u00e2\u20ac\u201d11th Doctor Edition (Cubicle 7)
\nIron Kingdoms (Privateer Press)<\/font>
\nRimward (Posthuman Studios)
\nShadows of Esteren Book 1 (Agate Editions)<\/font><\/p>\n

My Take<\/b>
\nShadows again…huh.<\/p>\n

Best RPG Related Product<\/h2>\n

Edition Wars (Gamer Nations Studios)
\nEighth Day Genesis: A Worldbuilding Codex for Writers and Creatives (Alliteration Ink)
\nThe Express Diaries (Innsmouth House Press)
\nKobold Guide to Wordbuilding (Kobold Press)<\/font>
\nThe Lands of Ice and Fire (Random House)<\/font><\/p>\n

My Take<\/b>
\nInteresting wins here. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

Best Rules<\/h2>\n

Champions Complete (Hero Games)<\/em>
\nDungeon World (Sage Kobold Productions)<\/font>
\nExperimental Paradigm of Cinematic Horror (EPOCH) (Imaginary Empire)
\nIron Kingdoms (Privateer Press)<\/font>
\nNight\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Black Agents (Pelgrane Press)<\/p>\n

My Take<\/b>
\nIron Kingdoms again…huh…may have to check that out. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

Best Setting<\/h2>\n

Broken Rooms (Greymalkin Designs, LLC)
\nMagnimar: City of Monuments (Paizo Publishing)<\/font>
\nMenzoberranzen: City of Intrigue (Wizards of the Coast)
\nMidgard Campaign Setting (Kobold Press)<\/em>
\nMythic Iceland (BRP\/Chaosium)<\/font><\/p>\n

My Take<\/b>
\nMidgard didn’t even place…surprised. Glad to see Iceland take the silver.<\/p>\n

Best Software<\/h2>\n

The Crawler\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Companion (Purple Sorcerer Games)<\/font>
\nCthulhu Mythos Encyclopedia (E-book Edition) (Arc Dream Publishing)
\nDice & Dragons \u00e2\u20ac\u201c 3D Dice Roller (simpleFun)
\nPCGen (PCGen)
\nRoll20 (The Orr Group, LLC)<\/font><\/p>\n

My Take<\/b>
\nMeh…no comment.<\/p>\n

Best Supplement<\/h2>\n

Dark Roads & Golden Hells (Kobold Press)
\nDoctor Who: The Time Traveler\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Companion (Cubicle 7)<\/font>
\nNight\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Watch (Green Ronin)
\nMenzoberranzen: City of Intrigue (Wizards of the Coast)
\nShadowrun 2050 (Catalyst Game Labs)<\/font><\/p>\n

My Take<\/b>
\nGo Shadowrun! \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n

Best Website<\/h2>\n

Adventure-A-Week
\nThe Escapist<\/font>
\nGnome Stew<\/em><\/font>
\nModus Operandi
\nSee Page XX<\/p>\n

My Take<\/b>
\nNailed this one too.<\/p>\n

Best Writing<\/h2>\n

Doctor Who: The Time Traveler\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Companion (Cubicle 7)
\nKobold Guide to Worldbuilding (Kobold Press)<\/font>
\nNever Unprepared: Guide to Session Prep (Engine Publishing)<\/em>
\nNight\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Black Agents (Pelgrane Press)<\/font>
\nWolsung Steam Pulp Fantasy (Kuznia Gier\/Studio 2 Publishing)<\/p>\n

My Take<\/b>
\nBummed that Never Unprepared did not get an award. \ud83d\ude41 Glad to see Ken here. He is a wonderful writer.<\/p>\n

Product of the Year<\/h2>\n

Astonishing Swordsmen and Sorcerers of Hyperborea (North Wind Adventures, LLC)
\nBroken Rooms (Greymalkin Designs, LLC)
\nChampions Complete (Hero Games)<\/em>
\nDoctor Who: The Time Traveler\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Companion (Cubicle 7)
\nExperimental Paradigm of Cinematic Horror (EPOCH) (Imaginary Empire)
\nIron Kingdoms (Privateer Press)
\nMenzoberranzen: City of Intrigue (Wizards of the Coast)
\nNight\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Black Agents (Pelgrane Press)
\nNPC Codex (Paizo Publishing)<\/font>
\nShadows of Esteren Book 1 (Agate Editions)<\/font><\/p>\n

My Take<\/b>
\nPaizo and Shadows.<\/p>\n

Lots of Pathfinder players out there but some dark horses also took home some awards. Bit bummed that Champions Complete did not win anything. Fun stuff! \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n

GAME ON! \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Here is a list of the 2013 ENnie Award winners in gold and silver. I’ll put my picks in italics. Best Adventure Achtung! Cthulhu \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Three Kings (Chronicle City\/Modiphius Entertainment) Deadlands Reloaded: The Last Sons (Pinnacle Entertainment) Enemy Within (Fantasy Flight Games) Pathfinder: Rise of the Runelords Anniversary Edition (Paizo Publishing) The Zalozhniy Quartet (Pelgrane […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,6,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1305","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-games","category-growlings","category-product-reviews"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usandacat.com\/thelair\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1305","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usandacat.com\/thelair\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usandacat.com\/thelair\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usandacat.com\/thelair\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usandacat.com\/thelair\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1305"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/usandacat.com\/thelair\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1305\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usandacat.com\/thelair\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1305"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usandacat.com\/thelair\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1305"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usandacat.com\/thelair\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1305"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}