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The '''ENNIE Awards''' (previously stylized as ENnie Awards)<ref>{{Cite magazine |last= |first= |date=August 20, 2009 |title=ENnie Awards Present the Best in Tabletop Role-Playing |language=en-US |magazine=Wired |url=https://www.wired.com/2009/08/ennie-awards-present-the-best-in-tabletop-role-playing/ |access-date=March 1, 2022-03-01 |issn=1059-1028}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Hall |first=Charlie |date=July 5, 2017-07-05 |title=The best tabletop RPGs of 2017 |url=https://www.polygon.com/2017/7/5/15923872/best-tabletop-rpgs-2017 |access-date=2019-02-February 27, 2019 |website=Polygon}}</ref> are awards for [[role-playing game]] (RPG) products (including game-related accessories, publications, and art) and their creators. The awards were created in 2001 by [[Russ Morrissey]] of [[EN World]] in partnership with Eric Noah's Unofficial D&D Third Edition News.<ref>{{Cite web |title=About – ENNIE Awards |url=https://ennie-awards.com/about/ |access-date=March 1, 2022-03-01 |language=en-US}}</ref> The ceremony has been hosted at [[Gen Con]] in [[Indianapolis]] since 2002.<ref name=":1" /> Since 2018, EN World is no longer associated with the awards.

The nominees are chosen by a panel of judges, and the winners are voted on by the public and presented at an award show done in collaboration between [[Gen Con]] and [[EN World]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.escapistmagazine.com/annual-ennie-awards-honor-best-of-roleplaying-games/|title = Annual ENnie Awards Honor Best of Roleplaying Games|date = 20 August 20, 2014}}</ref>

In 2007, the ENNIES were sponsored by the corporation Your Games Now, followed by Avatar Art in 2008. In 2010, 2011, and 2012, they were sponsored by both [[Indie Press Revolution]] and [[OneBookShelf|DriveThruRPG]]. From 2013 to 2016, they were sponsored by DriveThruRPG alone. In 2015, Campaign Coins made the medals as a sponsorship; Lone Wolf Development became a sponsor in 2017. The awards were run and owned by Morrissey until 2019.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-02-February 15, 2019 |title=ENnies Leadership Change Announcement |url=http://www.ennie-awards.com/blog/ennies-leadership-change-announcement/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190421200617/https://ennie-awards.com/blog/ennies-leadership-change-announcement/ |archive-date=April 21, 2019 |access-date=2019-02-February 15, 2019 |website=ENnie Awards |language=en-US}}</ref>

In 2015, the awards disqualified the unofficially licensed [[Mass Effect]] RPG for copyright violations.<ref>{{cite web |title=Tabletop RPG Award Nominates Copyright Infringing Game For Multiple Awards(UPDATE) |url=https://www.bleedingcool.com/2015/06/29/tabletop-rpg-award-nominates-copyright-infringing-game-multiple-awards/ |website=Bleeding Cool News And Rumors |publisher=Bleeding Cool |date=29 June 29, 2015}}</ref>

In 2020, Massif Press withdrew its RPG Lancer from the competition over a 2017 controversy, where a game module for the Lamentations of the Flame Princess system titled Blood in the Chocolate received a Gold award in the Adventure category, despite being widely described as 'offensive', 'particularly icky', and 'simply ridiculous' by press, industry members and the publisher itself.<ref>{{cite web|website=Bell of Lost Souls|url=https://www.belloflostsouls.net/2020/07/rpg-lancer-withdraws-from-ennies-protesting-controversial-title-receiving-award.html|title=RPG: Lancer Withdraws From ENnies, Protesting Controversial Title Receiving Award|date=2 July 2, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|website=Geek Native|url=https://www.geeknative.com/74293/ennies-2020-nominee-will-refuse-any-awards-until-organisers-address-2017-controversy/|title= ENnies 2020 nominee will refuse any awards until organisers address 2017 controversy|date=30 June 30, 2020}}</ref> Charlie Hall commented for ''[[Polygon (website)|Polygon]]'' in 2020:<ref>{{Cite web|last=Hall|first=Charlie|date=2020-06-June 30, 2020|title=2020's best tabletop RPGs (so far), as chosen by fans|url=https://www.polygon.com/2020/6/30/21308168/2020s-best-tabletop-rpgs-chosen-by-fans|access-date=2022-02-February 11, 2022|website=Polygon|language=en-US}}</ref> {{Blockquote|text=The Ennies are unique among gaming awards. Judges are volunteers, who follow a strict set of ethical guidelines. Chief among them is the vow not to have any professional relationship with any RPG publisher in the lead up to the awards. They help ensure that the Ennies aren’t just a popularity contest by winnowing down the dozens upon dozens of submissions to only the very best. Once the short list has been created, voting on the final winners is open to all.}}