2021 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 2021 ENNIE Awards |
The following are the winners of the 21st annual ENNIE Awards, held in 2021: [1] [2] [3]
Category | Gold Winner | Silver Winner |
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Best Adventure | OSE: Halls of the Blood King, Exalted Funeral Press Author: Diogo Nogueira | ALIEN RPG Destroyer of Worlds, Free League Publishing Author: Andrew E.C. Gaska |
Best Aid/Accessory – Digital | Michael Ghelfi – RPG Ambiences & Music, Michael Ghelfi | DNGNGEN, Stockholm Kartell & Ockult Örtmästare Games |
Best Aid/Accessory – Non – Digital | City of Mist Character Folio Pack, Son of Oak Game Studio | Roll & Play: The Game Master's Fantasy Toolkit, Roll & Play Press |
Best Art, Cover | Vaesen – Nordic Horror Roleplaying, Free League Publishing Artist: Johan Egerkrans | Heart: The City Beneath, Rowan, Rook and Decard Artist: Felix Miall |
Best Art, Interior | Vaesen – Nordic Horror Roleplaying, Free League Publishing Artist: Johan Egerkrans | Heart: The City Beneath, Rowan, Rook and Decard Artist: Felix Miall |
Best Cartography | OSE: Halls of the Blood King, Exalted Funeral Press Glynn Seal | ALIEN RPG Destroyer of Worlds, Free League Publishing Christian Granath, Andrew E.C. Gaska |
Best Electronic Book | Brancalonia – Spaghetti Fantasy Setting Book, Acheron Games Authors: Mauro Longo, Andrea Macchi, Max Castellani, Edoardo Cremaschi, Giovanni De Feo, Luca Mazza, Mala Spina, Alessandro Savino, Jack Sensolini, Umberto Spaticchia. | Ancestry & Culture: An Alternative to Race in 5e, Arcanist Press Author: Eugene Marshall |
Best Family Game / Product | Mausritter: Boxed Set, Games Omnivorous, Losing Games Author: Isaac Williams | Tales of Xadia: The Dragon Prince Roleplaying Game – Rules Primer, Fandom, Inc. Authors: Cam Banks, Dan Telfer |
Best Free Game / Product | Humblewood: The Wakewyrm's Fury, Hit Point Press Inc. Author: Andrea Bruce, Jordan Richer, Christopher Pinch, T. R. Rowe | Warhammer 40,000 Roleplay: Wrath & Glory The Graveyard Shift, Cubicle 7 Author: Robert Buckey, Zak Dale-Clutterbuck |
Best Game | Alice is Missing, Hunters Entertainment, Renegade Game Studios Author: Spenser Starke | Heart: The City Beneath, Rowan, Rook and Decard Authors: Grant Howitt, Christopher Taylor |
Best Layout and Design | Heart: The City Beneath, Rowan, Rook and Decard Minerva McJanda | The Stygian Library: Remastered, SoulMuppet Publishing David N. Wilkie |
Best Monster/Adversary | Vaesen – Nordic Horror Roleplaying, Free League Publishing Authors: Johan Egerkrans, Nils Hintze | Heart: The City Beneath, Rowan, Rook and Decard Authors: Grant Howitt, Christopher Taylor |
Best Online Content | DNGNGEN, Stockholm Kartell & Ockult Örtmästare Games | dScryb – Finely Crafted Boxed Text, dScryb |
Best Organized Play | A Rough Guide to Glamour, Jonstown Compendium Authors: Chris Gidlow, Mike Hagen, Nick Brooke, Michael O’Brien, Jeff Richard, Greg Stafford | Hand of Glory, Type 40 Author: Allan Carey |
Best Podcast | Asians Represent! | The Letters Page – The Sentinel Comics Podcast |
Best Production Values | ALIEN RPG Destroyer of Worlds, Free League Publishing | Broken Compass: Adventure Journal, Two Little Mice |
Best RPG Related Product | Worldbuilder's Notebook, Swordfish Islands Author: Jacob Hurst | Adventurers Tarot: The Empress Deck, Weird Works LLC |
Best Rules | Alice is Missing, Hunters Entertainment, Renegade Game Studios Author: Spenser Starke | Cortex Prime Game Handbook, Fandom, Inc. Author: Cam Banks |
Best Setting | Heart: The City Beneath, Rowan, Rook and Decard Authors: Grant Howitt, Christopher Taylor | Brancalonia – Spaghetti Fantasy Setting Book, Acheron Games Authors: Mauro Longo, Andrea Macchi, Max Castellani, Mauro Longo, Andrea Macchi, Max Castellani, Edoardo Cremaschi, Giovanni De Feo, Luca Mazza, Mala Spina, Alessandro Savino, Jack Sensolini, Umberto Spaticchia |
Best Supplement | Mörk Borg CULT: Feretory, Free League Publishing Authors: Pelle Nilsson, Johan Nohr | Ancestry & Culture: An Alternative to Race in 5e, Arcanist Press Author: Eugene Marshall |
Best Writing | Heart: The City Beneath, Rowan, Rook and Decard Authors: Grant Howitt, Christopher Taylor | Brancalonia – Spaghetti Fantasy Setting Book, Acheron Games Authors: Mauro Longo, Andrea Macchi, Max Castellani |
Product of the Year | Alice is Missing, Hunters Entertainment, Renegade Game Studios | Brancalonia – Spaghetti Fantasy Setting Book, Acheron Games |
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