Gli ENnie Awards sono un premio annuale assegnato ai giochi di ruolo e ai loro editori, nato nel 2001 e . Dal 2002 il premio è assegnato durante la convention Gen Con e il 2019 non fa eccezione.
Dando un’occhiata ai vincitori nelle varie categorie degli ENnie Awards di quest'anno, salta subito all’occhio come il 2019 sia l’anno dei Miti di Cthulhu, con Chaosium Inc. e i suoi partner che sbancano letteralmente la competizione aggiudicandosi una montagna di premi, anche con prodotti non legati alla linea de Il Richiamo di Cthulhu.
Chaosium Inc., inoltre, fa suo anche il premio come “Migliore Editore scelto dagli appassionati”.
Di seguito l’elenco delle categorie e dei vari vincitori degli ENnie Awards 2019.
Categorie e vincitori
Best AdventureGOLD: Masks of Nyarlathotep (Chaosium Inc.)SILVER: Mothership: Dead Planet (Tuesday Knight Games)
Best Aid/Accessory – DigitalGOLD: World Anvil Grandmaster Tier Worldbuilding & Campaign Management PlatformSILVER: DUNGEONFOG—Online Map Maker & Authoring Tool
Best Aid/Accessory – Non-DigitalGOLD: Masks of Nyarlathotep Gamer Prop Set (H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society)SILVER: Dwarven Forge’s Dungeon of Doom Modular Terrain (Dwarven Forge)
Best Art, CoverGOLD: Call of Cthulhu – Terror Australis 2E (Chaosium Inc.)SILVER: KULT: Divinity Lost, 4th Edition (Helmgast AB)
Best Art, InteriorGOLD: RuneQuest: Roleplaying in Glorantha Slipcase (Chaosium Inc.)SILVER: Symbaroum Monster Codex (Free League Publishing)
Best CartographyGOLD: Forbidden Lands (Free League Publishing)SILVER: A New Map of Hot Springs Island (Swordfish Islands)
Best Electronic BookGOLD: Sly Flourish’s Return of the Lazy Dungeon Master (Last Word Audio)SILVER: Fear’s Sharp Little Needles (Stygian Fox Publishing)
Best Family Game / ProductGOLD: Kids on Bikes (Renegade Game Studios/Hunters Entertainment)SILVER: Dinosaur Princesses (Ardens Ludere)
Best Free Game / ProductGOLD: Ironsworn (Shawn Tomkin)SILVER: The Ultraviolet Grasslands (Hydra Cooperative)
Best GameGOLD: Mothership: Player’s Survival Guide (Tuesday Knight Games)SILVER: Dialect: A Game about Language and How it Dies (Thorny Games)
Best Layout and DesignGOLD: Symbaroum Monster Codex (Free League Publishing)SILVER: The Black Hack 2nd Edition (Squarehex)
Best Monster/AdversaryGOLD: Sandy Petersen’s Cthulhu Mythos for 5E (Petersen Games)SILVER: Creature Codex for 5th Edition (Kobold Press)
Best Online ContentGOLD: Seth SkorkowskySILVER: The Alexandrian
Best Organized PlayGOLD: Cypher Play Numenera Season 18-2: Building Amber (Monte Cook Games)SILVER: Minsc and Boo’s Guide to Stuff and Things (Greg Marks)
Best PodcastGOLD: Ken and Robin Talk About StuffSILVER: Red Moon Roleplaying
Best Production ValuesGOLD: Forbidden Lands (Free League Publishing)SILVER: Invisible Sun Black Box (Monte Cook Games)
Best RPG Related ProductGOLD: Dark Adventure Radio Theatre: Masks of Nyarlathotep (H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society)SILVER: Miskatonic University: Restricted Collection (Chaosium Inc.)
Best RulesGOLD: Call of Cthulhu Starter Set (Chaosium Inc.)SILVER: Forbidden Lands (Free League Publishing)
Best SettingGOLD: The Fall of DELTA GREEN (Pelgrane Press)SILVER: Call of Cthulhu – Terror Australis 2e (Chaosium Inc.)
Best SupplementGOLD: The Glorantha Sourcebook (Chaosium Inc.)SILVER: The 7th Ed. Guide to Cthulhu Invictus (Golden Goblin Press)
Best WritingGOLD: Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay Core Rulebook (Cubicle Seven)SILVER: KULT: Divinity Lost, 4th Edition (Helmgast AB)
Product of the YearGOLD: Masks of Nyarlathotep Gamer Prop Set (H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society)SILVER: Forbidden Lands (Free League Publishing)
Fan’s Choice, Best PublisherChaosium Inc.
Judges’ Spotlight AwardThe Stygian Library (Dying Stylishly Games)Archives of the Sky (Aaron A. Reed)Sigmata: This Signal Kills Fascists (Land of NOP LLC)plot ARMOR (Mostly Harmless Games)The Elephant & Macaw Banner: Player’s Guide (Porcupine Publishing)