ENnie Award Nominations

On Monday the 2009 ENnie Award nominees were announced. Even though our fledgling site didn’t earn a nomination this year, the team at Dungeon’s Master wants to congratulate the five finalists in the Best Website category.

Best Website

• Critical Hits
• Dungeon-a-Day
• Kobold Quarterly
• Mad Brew Labs
• Obsidian Portal

If you have no idea what the ENnie Awards are then you should visit the ENnie Awards website.

“The GenCon 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 online by the gaming public.”

“Voting for the ENnies will begin on July 24th.”

In addition to highlighting the websites nominated, I thought it would be appropriate to highlight the categories in which 4e D&D products are nominated. After all, we write about 4e D&D almost every day here at Dungeon’s Master so it seems only appropriate to let you know what categories D&D is represented in. Here’s a complete list of all the ENnie Award nominees.

Best Cover Art

• 3:16 Carnage Amongst the Stars, Box Ninja
• CthulhuTech, Catalyst Game Labs
• Forgotten Realms Campaign Guide, Wizards of the Coast
• Pathifinder Adventure Path #19: Howl of the Carrion King, Paizo Publishing
• Scion: Ragnarok, White Wolf

Best Rules

• Dark Heresy Core Rulebook, Fantasy Flight Games
• Dungeons & Dragons 4th Ed. Players Handbook, Wizards of the Coast
• Hunter:  The Vigil, White Wolf
• A Song of Ice and Fire Roleplaying, Green Ronin
• Starblazer Adventures, Cubicle 7 Entertainment, Ltd

Best Adventure

• Pathfinder Adventure Path #19: Howl of the Carrion King, Paizo Publishing
• P1: King of the Trollhaunts Warrens, Wizards of the Coast
• Lands of Darkness #1:  The Barrow Grounds, Expeditious Retreat Press
• Purge the Unclean, Fantasy Flight Press
• The Rose Bride’s Plight, White Wolf

Best Monster or Adversary

• Dark Heresy Creature Anathema, Fantasy Flight Games
• Dungeons and Dragons 4th Ed. Monster Manual, Wizards of the Coast
• Freedom’s Most Wanted, Green Ronin
• Night Horrors:  Grim Fears, White Wolf
• Witch Hunter:  Grand Tome of Adversaries, Paradigm Concepts

Best Aid or Accessory

• D&D Insider, Wizards of the Coast
• Dwarven Sweatshoppe Dice Box
• Hunter Horror Recognition Guide, White Wolf
• Kobold Quarterly, Open Design
• Mutants & Masterminds Deluxe GM Screen, Green Ronin

Best Miniatures Product

• Neo Markers, Alea Tools
• E-Z Terrain: Cliffs and Mountains, Fat Dragon Games
• DU1 Halls of the Giant Kings Dungeon Tiles, Wizards of the Coast
• Game Mastery Flip-Mat:  Waterfront Tavern, Paizo Publishing
• Star Wars: Clone Wars Starter Set

Best Regalia

• Art of Exalted, White Wolf
• Battletech: The Corps, Catalyst Game Labs
• Hunter:  Deadly Prey, White Wolf
• Planet Stories:  Infernal Sorceress, Paizo Publishing
• Worlds of Dungeons & Dragons, Vol. 2, Devil’s Due Publishing

Best Game

• CthulhuTech, Catalyst Game Labs
• Dark Heresy Core Rulebook, Fantasy Flight Games
• Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition, Wizards of the Coast
• A Song of Ice and Fire Roleplaying, Green Ronin
• Starblazer Adventures, Cubicle 7 Entertainment, Ltd

Product of the Year

• Dark Heresy:  Disciples of the Dark Gods, Fantasy Flight Games
• Don’t Lose Your Mind, Evil Hat Productions
• Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition Players Handbook, Wizards of the Coast
• Hunter:  The Vigil, White Wolf
• Mouse Guard, Kunoichi/Archaia
• Scion: Ragnarok, White Wolf
• A Song of Ice and Fire Roleplaying, Green Ronin
• Starblazer Adventures, Cubicle 7 Entertainment, Ltd
• Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Wizards of the Coast
• Swashbucklers of the 7 Skies, Atomic Sock Monkey / Evil Hat

Again congratulations to all the nominees of this year’s ENnie Awards. The winners will be announced at GenCon on Friday, August 14. To all the fans, please be sure to vote, and to all the nominees good luck.