Games company expelled from Origins, another up for sale at an eyewatering price, and so many tempting new games. A busy week of RPG news!
The winners of the 2021 ENnies Awards include a silent RPG
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.
Routinely Itemised: RPGs #114
RPG news in the week that Chaosium’s Steve Perrin passed away and Geek Native moved HQ.
The Judges’ Spotlight Winners and 2021 ENnies nominees announced
The nominees for the public votes have been revealed.
The ENnies 2020 winners have been announced, and a doom metal art RPG won Best Product of the Year
Hosts Misha Bushyager, Kenneth Hite, Robin D. Laws, Mike Pondsmith and Chris Spivey quickly got to grips with the format, although it was a steep learning curve.
Routinely Itemised: RPGs #55
One week of RPG news: A battle in the Gygax family of D&D’s legacy, too sexy vampires and a game designer disowning their award-winning edgelord adventure.
ENnies controversy: Kiel Chenier, Blood in the Chocolate author disowns the adventure
The Lamentations of the Flame Princess game features many disturbing scenes with possible sexual assault.
ENnies 2020 nominee will refuse any awards until organisers address 2017 controversy
The Lancer core rules are nominated for Best Electronic Book. The indie sci-fi RPG ran a very successful Kickstarter, taking in $432,029 in funding from 9,440 backers and then publishing to critical praise.
2020 ENnies nominations announced
The 2020 ENnie Judges Spotlight winners and 2020’s nominees have been announced.
Routinely Itemised: RPGs #49
Cancellations strike the big conventions, but there’s more happening online, and such an event might introduce a new campaign setting for Dungeons & Dragons.
