2014 ENnie Award winners | |
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Awarded for | Best role-playing games of previous year |
Country | United Kingdom & United States |
Presented by | Gen Con |
First awarded | 2001 |
Website | Archive of 2014 ENNIE Awards |
The following are the winners of the 14th annual ENnie Awards, held in 2014: [1]
Category | Gold Winner | Silver Winner |
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Best Adventure | Trail of Cthulhu: Eternal Lies – Pelgrane Press | Razor Coast: Heart of the Razor – Frog God Games |
Best Aid/Accessory | Numenera Creature Deck – Monte Cook Games, LLC | Fate Dice – Eldritch Dice – Evil Hat Productions |
Best Art, Interior | Pathfinder Campaign Setting: Inner Sea Gods – Paizo Publishing | Numenera Corebook – Monte Cook Games, LLC |
Best Art, Cover | Pathfinder Roleplaying Game: Mythic Adventures – Paizo Publishing | Achtung! Cthulhu – Keeper's Guide to the Secret War – Modiphius |
Best Blog | Gnome Stew | AaWBlog (Adventureaweek.com) |
Best Cartography | Pathfinder Campaign Setting: Wrath of the Righteous Poster Map Folio – Paizo Publishing | Numenera Corebook – Monte Cook Games, LLC |
Best Electronic Book | Player's Guide to Emerald City – Green Ronin Publishing | Broken Earth (Savage Worlds) – Sneak Attack Press |
Best Family Game | Fate Accelerated Edition – Evil Hat Productions | Hobbit Tales from the Green Dragon Inn – Cubicle 7 Entertainment |
Best Free Product | Pathfinder Module: We Be Goblins Too! – Paizo Publishing | Call of Cthulhu 7th Edition Quickstart – Chaosium Inc. |
Best Game | Fate Core System – Evil Hat Productions | Numenera Corebook – Monte Cook Games, LLC |
Best Miniatures Product | Pathfinder Battles: Wrath of the Righteous – WizKids Games/NECA | Pathfinder Battles: Wrath of the Righteous Gargantuan Demon Lord Deskari – WizKids Games/NECA |
Best Monster/Adversary | Pathfinder Roleplaying Game: Bestiary 4 – Paizo Publishing | The Ninth World Bestiary – Monte Cook, LLC |
Best Podcast | Ken and Robin Talk About Stuff | Numenera: The Signal |
Best Production Values | Numenera Corebook – Monte Cook Games, LLC | Trail of Cthulhu: Eternal Lies – Pelgrane Press |
Best RPG Related Product | Pathfinder Adventure Card Game: Rise of the Runelords Base Set – Paizo Publishing | Strange Tales of the Century – Evil Hat Productions |
Best Rules | Fate Core System – Evil Hat Productions | 13th Age – Pelgrane Press |
Best Setting | Numenera Corebook – Monte Cook Games, LLC | Deadlands Noir – Pinnacle Entertainment Group |
Best Supplement | Pathfinder Roleplaying Game: Ultimate Campaign – Paizo Publishing | Fate System Toolkit – Evil Hat Productions |
Best Software | Roll20 – The Orr Group LLC | Realm Works – Lone Wolf Development |
Best Writing | Numenera Corebook – Monte Cook Games, LLC | Achtung! Cthulhu – Keeper's Guide to the Secret War – Modiphius |
Best Website | RPG Geek | Fate SRD |
Product of the Year | Numenera Corebook – Monte Cook Games, LLC | Fate Core System – Evil Hat Productions |
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