Come ogni anno anche quest’anno al GenCon 2013 avverrà la cerimonia di premiazione per gli ENnie Awards.
Sono ormai 27 anni che la GenCon promuove il Gioco in ogni forma ed è diventato uno dei principali eventi uno dei principali eventi mondiali del genere, gli ENnies possono quindi venir considerati gli oscar del gioco e sicuramente una delle premiazioni più importanti per il settore, con le sue 24 categorie è anche una delle premiazioni più ampie.
Oggi è l’ultimo giorno in cui si possono votare i propri giochi preferiti nelle varie categorie in vista della premiazione del 16 agosto e questa è la lista completa dei candidati:
Best Adventure
- Achtung! Cthulhu – Three Kings (Chronicle City/Modiphius Entertainment)
- Deadlands Reloaded: The Last Sons (Pinnacle Entertainment)
- Enemy Within (Fantasy Flight Games)
- Pathfinder: Rise of the Runelords Anniversary Edition (Paizo Publishing)
- The Zalozhniy Quartet (Pelgrane Press)
Best Aid/Accessory
- All We Have Forgotten—Music for Ashen Stars (Pelgrane Press)
- Night’s Watch (Green Ronin)
- The One Ring Loremaster’s Screen & Lake-town Sourcebook (Cubicle 7)
- Protodimension Magazine Issue 13 (Kinstaff Media LLC)
- The Unspeakable Oath (Arc Dream Publishing)
Best Art, Cover
- Champions Complete (Hero Games)
- Iron Kingdoms (Privateer Press)
- The Magnificent Joop van Ooms (Lamentations of the Flame Princess)
- NPC Codex (Paizo Publishing)
- The Whole Hole Volume 01: Keister Island (Mutha Oith Creations)
Best Art, Interior
- Ed Greenwood Presents Elminster’s Forgotten Realms (Wizards of the Coast)
- Night’s Black Agents (Pelgrane Press)
- Night’s Watch (Green Ronin)
- Shadows of Esteren Book 1 (Agate Editions)
- The Whole Hole Volume 01: Keister Island (Mutha Oith Creations)
Best Blog
Best Cartography
- Ancient Temple Interior (DramaScape)
- Deep Blues: Nautilus (0One Games)
- Drake Starship Map (Blackwyrm Games)
- The Lands of Ice and Fire (Random House)
- Sprawl Sites: High Society and Low Life (Catalyst Game Labs)
Best Electronic Book
- Curse the Darkness (Growling Door Games, Inc.)
- Deadlands Reloaded: The Last Sons (Pinnacle Entertainment)
- The Deadly Seven (paNik productions)
- Experimental Paradigm of Cinematic Horror (EPOCH) (Imaginary Empire)
- Hobomancer (Hex Games)
Best Family Game
- Doctor Who: Adventures in Time & Space—11th Doctor Edition (Cubicle 7)
- Hero Kids—Fantasy RPG (Hero Forge Games)
- Mermaid Adventures (Third Eye Games)
- Project Ninja Panda Taco (Jennisodes)
- Wandering Monsters High School (Bold Pueblo Games)
Best Free Game
- Mazes and Perils RPG (WG Productions)
- Phantasm (2010) (End Transmission Games LLC)
- Nights of the Crusades (Aetheric Dreams)
- Silent Memories (Morning Skye Studio)
- Throwigames Simple Roleplaying System (Throwigames)
Best Free Product
- Battletech: A Time of War Quick-Start Rules/Shadowrun Quick-Start Rules (Catalyst Game Labs)
- EPOCH: Road Trip (Imaginary Empire)
- Fools Rush In (Privateer Press)
- Night in the Seyvoth Manor (Darklight Interactive)
- Wayfinder #8 (Paizo Fans United)
Best Game
- Astonishing Swordsmen and Sorcerers of Hyperborea (North Wind Adventures, LLC)
- Broken Rooms (Greymalkin Designs, LLC)
- Champions Complete (Hero Games)
- Iron Kingdoms (Privateer Press)
- Night’s Black Agents (Pelgrane Press)
Best Miniature
- Dungeon Command: Blood of Gruumsh (Wizards of the Coast)
- Freeblades: Black Rose Bandits (DGS Games)
- Pathfinder Battles: Shattered Star Gargantuan Blue Dragon (WizKid Games/NECA)
- Pathfinder Bestiary Box (Paizo Publishing)
- Spot of Bother Set One: Royal Highland Guards (Okumart Games)
Best Monster/Adversary
- Champions Villains Vol. 3: Solo Villains (Hero Games)
- DC Adventures Heroes & Villains Vol. 2 (Green Ronin)
- Inner Sea Bestiary (Paizo Publishing)
- Mutants and Masterminds Threat Report (Green Ronin)
- NPC Codex (Paizo Publishing)
Best Podcast
- Atomic Array
- Indie Talks
- Haste: The Official Obsidian Portal Podcast
- TableTop: Dragon Age
- Transmissions from the Ninth World
Best Production Values
- Astonishing Swordsmen and Sorcerers of Hyperborea (North Wind Adventures, LLC)
- Doctor Who: Adventures in Time & Space—11th Doctor Edition (Cubicle 7)
- Iron Kingdoms (Privateer Press)
- Rimward (Posthuman Studios)
- Shadows of Esteren Book 1 (Agate Editions)
Best RPG Related Product
- Edition Wars (Gamer Nations Studios)
- Eighth Day Genesis: A Worldbuilding Codex for Writers and Creatives (Alliteration Ink)
- The Express Diaries (Innsmouth House Press)
- Kobold Guide to Wordbuilding (Kobold Press)
- The Lands of Ice and Fire (Random House)
Best Rules
- Champions Complete (Hero Games)
- Dungeon World (Sage Kobold Productions)
- Experimental Paradigm of Cinematic Horror (EPOCH) (Imaginary Empire)
- Iron Kingdoms (Privateer Press)
- Night’s Black Agents (Pelgrane Press)
Best Setting
- Broken Rooms (Greymalkin Designs, LLC)
- Magnimar: City of Monuments (Paizo Publishing)
- Menzoberranzen: City of Intrigue (Wizards of the Coast)
- Midgard Campaign Setting (Kobold Press)
- Mythic Iceland (BRP/Chaosium)
Best Software
- The Crawler’s Companion (Purple Sorcerer Games)
- Cthulhu Mythos Encyclopedia (E-book Edition) (Arc Dream Publishing)
- Dice & Dragons – 3D Dice Roller (simpleFun)
- PCGen (PCGen)
- Roll20 (The Orr Group, LLC)
Best Supplement
- Dark Roads & Golden Hells (Kobold Press)
- Doctor Who: The Time Traveler’s Companion (Cubicle 7)
- Night’s Watch (Green Ronin)
- Menzoberranzen: City of Intrigue (Wizards of the Coast)
- Shadowrun 2050 (Catalyst Game Labs)
Best Website
Best Writing
- Doctor Who: The Time Traveler’s Companion (Cubicle 7)
- Kobold Guide to Worldbuilding (Kobold Press)
- Never Unprepared: Guide to Session Prep (Engine Publishing)
- Night’s Black Agents (Pelgrane Press)
- Wolsung Steam Pulp Fantasy (Kuźnia Gier/Studio 2 Publishing)
Product of the Year
- Astonishing Swordsmen and Sorcerers of Hyperborea (North Wind Adventures, LLC)
- Broken Rooms (Greymalkin Designs, LLC)
- Champions Complete (Hero Games)
- Doctor Who: The Time Traveler’s Companion (Cubicle 7)
- Experimental Paradigm of Cinematic Horror (EPOCH) (Imaginary Empire)
- Iron Kingdoms (Privateer Press)
- Menzoberranzen: City of Intrigue (Wizards of the Coast)
- Night’s Black Agents (Pelgrane Press)
- NPC Codex (Paizo Publishing)
- Shadows of Esteren Book 1 (Agate Editions)
Judges’ Spotlight Winners
- Hooper – Leviathans (Catalyst Game Labs)
- Matthew Muth – School Daze (Sand & Steam Productions)
- Jakud Nowosad – Deniable Asset (Random Encounters)
- Megan Robertson – Killshot: Director’s Cut (Broken Ruler Games)
- Kurt Wiegel – Eldritch Skies (Battlefield Press, Inc.)
Insomma, una premiazione piena di titoli promettenti ed interessanti, tra i quali l’espansione Night’s Watch per A Song of Ice and Fire di Green Ronin, Iron Kingdoms di Privateer Press e Night’s Black Agents di Pelgrane Press per gli appassionati del genere investigativo.
Colgo l’occasione per segnalare Shadows of Esteren, candidato in tre categorie: best art interior, best producion values e produc of the year. Tramite kickstarter è riuscito a finanziare una nuova edizione per la quale è prevista un uscita per ottobre 2013.
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