2008 ENnies Award nominees announced

The annual Gen Con EN World RPG Awards – aka the ENnies – has announced its nominees for 2008 (copied below). Online voting for all 19 categories, plus a fan write-in category for Best Publisher, will begin on July 21, and end on August 3, so look over the list and prepare your ballots, folks. Winners will named at a Gen Con Indy ceremony on the evening of August 15.

2008 Gen Con EN World RPG Award nominees

Best Fan Product
Animalball Games podcast
www.dungeonmastering.com
www.flamesrising.com
Raiders of Oakhurst Reloaded PDF
Wandering Geek Podcast
Honorable Mention: Knowledge-Current Events

Best Art, Cover
Chronicles of Ramlar Player’s Guide, White Silver
Pathfinder # 1: Burnt Offerings, Paizo Publishing
Pirate’s Guide to Freeport, Green Ronin Publishing
Scion: God, White Wolf Publishing
Thousand Suns, Rogue Games
Honorable Mention: Grimm, Fantasy Flight Games

Best Art, Interior
Alpha Omega, Mindstorm Labs
Pathfinder: Classic Monsters Revisited, Paizo
Changeling: The Lost, White Wolf Publishing
Pathfinder # 1: Burnt Offerings, Paizo Publishing
The Savage World of Solomon Kane, Pinnacle
Honorable Mention: Grimm, Fantasy Flight Games

Best Cartography
DCC #51: Castle Whiterock, Goodman Games
Elder Evils, Wizards of the Coast
Pirate’s Guide to Freeport, Green Ronin Publishing
The Ruined Town, 0One Games
Tavern Tile Designer, 0One Games
Honorable Mentions: Guide to Korvosa, Paizo &
Key Encounters: The Volcanic Shrine, SkeletonKey

Best Production Values
Aces & Eights, Kenzer & Company
Alpha Omega, Mindstorm Labs
Campaign Coins, King of the Castle
Changeling: The Lost, White Wolf Publishing
The Savage World of Solomon Kane, Pinnacle
Honorable Mention: Vampire: Ventrue, White Wolf

Best Writing
Changeling: The Lost, White Wolf Publishing
Grimm, Fantasy Flight Games
Monsters and Other Childish Things, Arc Dream
Trail of Cthulhu, Pelgrane Press
Two-Fisted Tales, Precis Intermedia
Honorable Mention: All Tomorrow’s Zombies!, Eden Studios

Best Rules
Aces & Eights, Kenzer & Company
Epic RPG Man, Dark Matter Games
Star Wars Saga Edition, Wizards of the Coast
Trail of Cthulhu, Pelgrane Press
Witchhunter: The Invisible World, Paradigm Concepts
Honorable Mention: Traveller, Mongoose Publishing

Best Adventure
DCC #50: Vault of the Iron Overlord, Goodman Games
DCC #51: Castle Whiterock, Goodman Games
Expedition to the Ruins of Greyhawk, WotC
Pathfinder # 1: Burnt Offerings, Paizo Publishing
Pathfinder # 8: Seven Days to the Grave, Paizo
Honorable Mention: Shaolin Squirrels: Nuts of Fury, Hinterwelt

Best Monster/Adversary
The Book of Unremitting Horror, Pelgrane Press
Pathfinder: Classic Monsters Revisited, Paizo
Elder Evils, Wizards of the Coast
Glimpse of the Abyss, Atlas Games
The Noble Wild, Skirmisher Publishing
Honorable Mention: Dragonlance: Dragons of Krynn, Margaret Weis Productions

Best Setting
City of Brass Box Set, White Wolf Publishing
Pathfinder Chronicles: Gazetteer, Paizo Publishing
Pirate’s Guide to Freeport, Green Ronin Publishing
Roma Imperious, Hinterwelt Enterprises
Warp World, Blackburg Tactical Research Center
Honorable Mention: Amethyst, Dias Ex Machina Games

Best Supplement
Codex Arcanis, Paradigm Concepts
Hero High, Green Ronin Publishing
Secrets of the Surface World, Exile Games
Spirit of the Season, Evil Hat Productions
True20 Companion, Green Ronin Publishing
Honorable Mention: Vampire: Ventrue, White Wolf

Best Aid or Accessory
Campaign Coins, King of the Castle
Gamemaster Screen, Exile Games
Pathfinder Chronicles: Harrow Deck, Paizo Publishing
Hero Lab, Lone Wolf Development
Tan Bag of Tricks, Conflict Chips
Honorable Mentions: True20 GM Screen/Narrator’s Kit, Green Ronin

Best Miniature Product
Disposable Heroes Paper Minis®, Precis Intermedia
Dragon Tiles: Forest Adventures, Fat Dragon Games
HT-68 Hovertank, Dream Pod 9
D&D Icons: Legend of Drizzt Scenario Pack, WotC
Titania’s Fury Airship, Dragonfire Laser Crafts
Honorable Mention: D&D Mini Starter Set, Wizards of the Coast

Best Regalia
Hobby Games: The 100 Best, Green Ronin Publishing
Art of EVE, CCP/White Wolf
Confessions of a Part-Time Sorceress: A Girl’s Guide to Dungeons & Dragons, WotC
Dungeons & Dragons Inn-Fighting, WotC
Game Night, Magnum Opus Press
Honorable Mention: Rifts® & the Megaverse®, the Art of John Zeleznik, Palladium Books

Best Electronic Book
Book of Experimental Might 2, Malhavoc Press
Empire of the Ghouls, Open Design LLC
Heavy Gear Blitz! Locked & Loaded, Dream Pod 9
Six Arabian Nights, Open Design LLC
World on Fire, Crafty Games
Honorable Mention: Reign, Schroedinger’s Cat Press

Best Free Product
Changeling Quickstart, White Wolf Publishing
Fire and Brimstone!, SammichCon Creations
Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Alpha, Paizo
Shadowrun Quick-Start Rules, Catalyst Game Labs
Signs & Portents, Mongoose Publishing
Honorable Mentions: Bits of Magicka, Tabletop Adventures

Best d20/d20 OGLProduct
City of Brass Box Set, White Wolf
Codex Arcanis, Paradigm Concepts
Monte Cook’s World of Darkness, White Wolf
Star Wars Roleplaying Game Saga Edition, WotC
True20 Freeport Companion, Green Ronin Publishing
Honorable Mentions: Pathfinder # 1: Burnt Offerings, Paizo Publishing
& Roma Imperious, Hinterwelt Enterprises

Best Game
Aces & Eights, Kenzer & Company
Monsters and Other Childish Things, Arc Dream
Og: Unearthed Edition, Firefly Games
Star Wars Roleplaying Game Saga Edition, WotC
Witchhunter: The Invisible World, Paradigm Concepts
Honorable Mentions: Grimm, Fantasy Flight Games

Product of the Year
Aces & Eights, Kenzer & Company
Changeling: The Lost, White Wolf Publishing
Grimm, Fantasy Flight Games
Monsters and Other Childish Things, Arc Dream
Pirate’s Guide to Freeport, Green Ronin Publishing
The Savage World of Solomon Kane, Pinnacle
Pathfinder #8: “Seven Days to the Grave”, Paizo
Star Wars Roleplaying Game Saga Edition, WotC
Traveller, Mongoose Publishing
Witchhunter: The Invisible World, Paradigm Concepts
Honorable Mentions: Trail of Cthulhu, Pelgrane Press
& Campaign Coins, King of the Castle