The ENnies have revealed their 2021 winners. The event was streamed on YouTube even though GenCon was running with an in-person convention this year. It’s a nice approach, letting more of the community take part in the high profile awards.
There was also a series of eBay lots running, with money helping to support the group (no longer part of EN World) after the troubling pandemic years.
Sweden’s Free League Publishing picked up over a half-dozen awards, the UK’s Rowan, Rook and Decard and Italy’s Acheron Games all did very well, but it was Renegade Game Studios who took Best Game and Product of the Year with the silent RPG Alice is Missing.
Product of the Year
Gold: Alice Is Missing – Renegade Game Studios
Silver: Brancalonia Spaghetti Fantasy Setting Book – Acheron Games
Best Game
Gold: Alice is Missing – Renegade Game Studios
Silver: Heart: The City Beneath – Rowan, Rook and Decard
Fan Favorite Publisher
Free League Publishing (FriaLigan)
Best Production Values
Gold: ALIEN RPG Destroyer of Worlds – Free League Publishing
Silver: Broken Compass: Adventure Journal – Two Little Mice
Best Supplement
Gold: MÖRK BORG CULT: Feretory – Free League Publishing
Silver: Ancestry & Culture: An Alternative to Race in 5e – Eugene Marshall / Arcanist Press
Best Setting
Gold: Heart: The City Beneath – Rowan, Rook and Decard
Silver: Brancalonia Spaghetti Fantasy Setting Book – Acheron Games
Best Adventure
Gold: OSE: Halls of the Blood King – Exalted Funeral Press
Silver: ALIEN RPG Destroyer of Worlds – Free League Publishing
Best Writing
Gold: Heart: The City Beneath – Rowan, Rook and Decard
Silver: Brancalonia Spaghetti Fantasy Setting Book – Acheron Games
Best Rules
Gold: Alice is Missing – Renegade Game Studios
Silver: Cortex Prime Game Handbook – Fandom, Inc.
Best Cartography
Gold: OSE: Halls of the Blood King – Exalted Funeral Press
Silver: ALIEN RPG Destroyer of Worlds – Free League Publishing
Best Layout and Design
Gold: Heart: The City Beneath – Rowan, Rook and Decard
Silver: The Stygian Library – SoulMuppet Publishing
Best Electronic Book
Gold: Brancalonia Spaghetti Fantasy Setting Book – Acheron Games
Silver: Ancestry & Culture: An Alternative to Race in 5e – Arcanist Press
Best Monster / Adversary
Gold: Vaesen – Nordic Horror Roleplaying – Free League Publishing
Silver: Heart: The City Beneath – Rowan, Rook and Decard
Best RPG Related Product
Gold: Worldbuilder’s Notebook – Swordfish Islands
Silver: Adventurers Tarot: The Empress Deck – Weird Works LLC
Best Free Game / Product
Gold: Humblewood: The Wakewyrm’s Fury – Hit Point Press Inc
Silver: Warhammer 40,000 Roleplay: Wrath & Glory The Graveyard Shift – Cubicle 7
Best Organized Play
Gold: A Rough Guide to Glamour – Jonstown Compendium
Silver: Hand of Glory – Allan Carey / Type 40
Best Art, Interior
Gold: Vaesen – Nordic Horror Roleplaying – Free League Publishing
Silver: Heart: The City Beneath – Rowan, Rook and Decard
Best Art, Cover
Gold: Vaesen – Nordic Horror Roleplaying – Free League Publishing
Silver: Heart: The City Beneath – Rowan, Rook and Decard
Best Podcast
Gold: Asians Represent!
Silver: The Letters Page – The Sentinel Comics Podcast
Best Online Content
Gold: DNGNGEN – Stockholm Kartell & Ockult Örtmästare Games
Silver: dScryb – Finely Crafted Boxed – Text dScryb
Best Aid / Accessory – Non-Digital
Gold: City of Mist Character Folio Pack – Son of Oak Game Studio
Silver: The Game Master’s Fantasy Toolkit – Roll & Play Press
Best Aid / Accessory – Digital
Gold: Michael Ghelfi – RPG Ambiences & Music Michael Ghelfi
Silver: DNGNGEN Stockholm Kartell & Ockult Örtmästare Games
Best Family Game / Product
Gold: Mausritter: Boxed Set – Games Omnivorous, Losing Games
Silver: Tales of Xadia: The Dragon Prince Roleplaying Game – Rules Primer – Fandom, Inc.
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There were so many good gaming products out there this year, and so little opportunity to play any of them in person with friends.
I’m delighted that games I enjoy from different companies did well. Also, these years ENNIES introduced me to Alice is Missing, which I had not even known about before. What an intriguing game mechanic – playing in silence; I’m really looking to getting together with friends to play that in months to come.
Thank you!