2017 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 2017 ENNIE Awards |
The following are the winners of the 17th annual ENnie Awards, held in 2017: [1]
Category | Gold Winner | Silver Winner |
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Best Adventure | Blood in the Chocolate (Lamentations of the Flame Princess) | Doors to Darkness (Chaosium) |
Best Aid/Accessory | Call of Cthulhu – Keeper's Screen Pack (Chaosium) | Kobold Guide to Plots & Campaigns (Kobold Press) |
Best Art, Cover | Call of Cthulhu – Investigator Handbook (Chaosium) | Torment: Tides of Numenera — The Explorer's Guide (Monte Cook Games) |
Best Art, Interior | Tales from the Loop – Roleplaying in the ’80s That Never Was (Free League Publishing) | S. Petersen's Field Guide to Lovecraftian Horrors (Chaosium) |
Best Blog | Gnome Stew: The Gaming Blog | Age of Ravens |
Best Cartography | Call of Cthulhu – Keeper's Screen Pack (Chaosium) | 7th Sea: Map of Théah (John Wick Presents) |
Best Electronic Book | The Things We Leave Behind (Stygian Fox Publishing) | Hubris: A World of Visceral Adventure (DIY RPG Productions) |
Best Family Game | Bubblegumshoe (Evil Hat) | Masks: A New Generation (Magpie Games) |
Best Free Product | 7th Sea: Basic Rules (John Wick Presents) | City of Mist – Free PDF Starter Set (Son of Oak Game Studio) |
Best Game | Tales from the Loop – Roleplaying in the ’80s That Never Was (Free League Publishing) | 7th Sea: Core Rulebook (John Wick Presents) |
Best Miniature Product | Achtung! Cthulhu Skirmish: Servitors of Nyarlathotep (Modiphius Entertainment) | Dungeons & Dragons: Nolzur's Marvelous Miniatures (WizKids) |
Best Monster/Adversary | S. Petersen's Field Guide to Lovecraftian Horrors (Chaosium) | Veins of the Earth (Lamentations of the Flame Princess) |
Best Podcast | Ken and Robin Talk About Stuff | Spellburn |
Best Production Values | Call of Cthulhu – 7th Edition Slipcase Set(Chaosium) | Unknown Armies Deluxe Set (Atlas Games) |
Best RPG Related Product | Call of Cthulhu: The Coloring Book (Chaosium) | The ABCs of RPGs (Hunter Books) |
Best Rules | 7th Sea: Core Rulebook (John Wick Presents) | Adventures in Middle-Earth Player's Guide (Cubicle 7 Entertainment) |
Best Setting | Tales from the Loop – Roleplaying in the ’80s That Never Was (Free League Publishing) | The Dark Eye: Aventuria Almanac (Ulisses North America) |
Best Supplement | Pulp Cthulhu (Chaosium) | 7th Sea: Pirate Nations (John Wick Presents) |
Best Website | Tabletop Audio | Elven Tower, RPG articles and cartography website |
Best Writing | Tales from the Loop – Roleplaying in the ’80s That Never Was (Free League Publishing) | Veins of the Earth (Lamentations of the Flame Princess) |
Product of the Year | Tales from the Loop – Roleplaying in the ’80s That Never Was (Free League Publishing) | 7th Sea: Core Rulebook (John Wick Presents) |
Fan's Choice for Best Publisher | Wizards of the Coast | Chaosium |
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