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The ENNIE Awards are awards for role-playing game (RPG) products and their creators. The awards were created in 2001 by Russ Morrissey of EN World in partnership with Eric Noah's Unofficial D&D Third Edition News. The ceremony has been hosted at Gen Con in Indianapolis since 2002. Since 2018, EN World is no longer associated with the awards.
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Shannon Appelcline is a game designer and game historian.
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City of Mist is an urban fantasy neo-noir detective tabletop role-playing game (RPG) designed by Amít Moshe and published by Son of Oak Game Studio. The game is set in a modern-day metropolis where ordinary people of all walks of life become modern-day reincarnations of myths, legends, and fairy tales, gaining magical powers and abilities.
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Free League Publishing is a game studio and publisher based in Stockholm, Sweden, formed in 2011. The company designs and publishes tabletop role-playing games, board games, and books based on licensed properties and independent works.
If I Were a Lich, Man is a boxed set of three comedic, Jewish tabletop role-playing games about creative resistance against authoritarianism. The games were written by Lucian Kahn and illustrated by Ezra Rose. The box contains three games: "If I Were a Lich, Man," "Same Bat Time, Same Bat Mitzvah," and "Grandma's Drinking Song." It was published by Hit Point Press in 2023 after the publisher's kickstarter campaign raised $84,590 in two weeks. It won an ENNIE Award and an Indie Game Developer Network award.
Koriko: A Magical Year is a single-player, fantasy tabletop role-playing game by Jack Harrison with illustrations by Deb JJ Lee. The game is structured around Tarot card readings and letter writing throughout the four seasons. It was inspired by the film Kiki's Delivery Service. The game was published in 2023 after raising £235,791 on kickstarter. It won two 2024 Silver ENNIE Awards.
Outgunned is a heroic action tabletop role-playing game by Riccardo Sirignano and Simone Formicola. It was inspired by the action movies John Wick and Die Hard. It was published in 2024 after raising €286,323 on Kickstarter. Outgunned won two 2024 Silver ENNIE Awards for "Best Game" and "Product of the Year."
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- ↑ Jovanée, Alice (2024-08-03). "Where to buy the best TTRPGs from Gen Con 2024". Polygon. Retrieved 2024-08-05.
- ↑ Hall, Charlie (2024-08-03). "OSR fans rejoice! Kelsey Dionne's Shadowdark brought home 4 gold medals in an epic Ennie Awards sweep". Polygon. Retrieved 2024-09-01.