The Gen Con EN World RPG Awards (the "ENnies") are an annual fan-based celebration of excellence in tabletop roleplaying gaming. The ENnies give game designers, writers and artists the recognition they deserve. It is a peoples' choice award, and the final winners are voted upon by the gaming public at EN World.
The ENnies were created in 2001 as an annual award ceremony, hosted by the leading D&D/d20 system fan site, EN World in partnership with Eric Noah's Unofficial D&D 3rd Edition News. Since they were originally conceived the ENnies have expanded from an Internet-based awards selection to an annual award ceremony at Gen Con Indy. The ENnies have also branched out from their roots as an award ceremony focused upon d20 system publishers and products to celebrate the achievements of all tabletop RPGs and the publishers and products that support them.
With award categories recognizing the components that make a game great to the types of products fans have come to love, categories for fan-based websites and much more, the ENnies are the best way for fans to acknowledge outstanding effort from and to say "thank you" to the publishers, designers and artists who make this hobby great.
2008 ENnie Awards Nominees
Voting for the Awards:
From yesterday, July 28th to August 6th, gamers from around the world are invited to visit the ENnies voting booth to express their preferences for products. Voters are tracked by IP address, and limited to one vote per individual, tracked by IP.
The nominees for Best Publisher Award are chosen by collecting nominations from RPG.Net, The Forge, Story Games, and EN World. All of the other nominees are selected from submissions by a panel of five elected fandom judges.
http://www.ennieawards.com/voting/index.phtml
Tuesday, 29 July 2008
It's time for the ENnie Awards - Get Voting!
Hero Lab to support Paizo’s Pathfinder RPG
Lone Wolf Development is pleased to announce that Hero Lab will support Paizo Publishing's upcoming Pathfinder RPG. The Pathfinder RPG, built upon the success of Paizo's acclaimed Pathfinder Adventure Path series, covers new changes and additions to the d20 System rules.
Hero Lab will fully support Paizo's refinements to the d20 system, including a host of new feats and spells, updated options for all core classes, and hundreds of new items, both magical and mundane. Hero Lab support for the Pathfinder RPG will become available shortly after the release of the planned Beta edition, due out at GenCon Indy this August.
Updates to Hero Lab's Pathfinder RPG support will be released as necessary throughout the playtest period. Following publication of the finalized Pathfinder RPG, final Hero Lab data files will be made available.
Hero Lab will also continue to support the Adventure Path series content via ongoing updates.
Monday, 28 July 2008
The Engines & Empires Basic Set for Labyrinth Lord
Announcing the release of a gaslight and science fantasy supplement for the old-school retro-clone RPGs out there. The ENGINES & EMPIRES basic set includes rules for running gaslight-era Labyrinth Lord (and, with some conversion work, BFRPG) games up to the 5th level of experience. Also includes an introductory 1st level adventure scenario.
Available as a free download or a printed softcover book at stores.lulu.com/relative-entropy.