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{{Short description|Role-playing game awards}}
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{{Infobox award
| name = ENNIES
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| awarded_for = Best [[role-playing game]]s of previous year
| presenter = [[Gen Con]]
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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
The ENNIES comprise two rounds. In the first round, publishers submit their products for nomination. Entries are judged by five democratically elected judges. The nominated products are voted on by the public in the second round. Winners of the annual awards are then announced at a ceremony at Gen Con.
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The award ceremony initially focused on the ''[[d20 System]]'' products and publishers. It has come to include "all games, supplements, and peripheral enterprises".<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|last=Rome|first=Ben H.|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/855019926|title=Games' Most Wanted: The Top 10 Book of Players, Pawns, and Power-Ups|date=2013|publisher=Potomac Books|others=Chris Hussey|isbn=978-1-59797-724-1|location=Washington, D.C.|pages=278|oclc=855019926}}</ref> Since 2002, the awards have been announced at a live ceremony at Gen Con. It is now considered a "signature part" of the convention.<ref name=":0" /> Author [[George R. R. Martin]] referred to the ENNIE Awards as "the most prestigious honors in role-playing" in 2010.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://georgerrmartin.com/notablog/2010/07/22/|title = 22 | July | 2010 | Not a Blog}}</ref>
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 =
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=
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=
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=
==Categories==
The ENNIE Awards bestow a Gold Winner and a Silver Winner for 1st and 2nd place winners, respectively. {{As of|2024}}, the current categories are:<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jovanée |first=Alice |date=2024-08-03 |title=Where to buy the best TTRPGs from Gen Con 2024 |url=https://www.polygon.com/24208883/best-rpg-games-tabletop-ennie-awards-gen-con-2024-buy-pre-order |access-date=2024-08-05 |website=Polygon |language=en-US}}</ref>
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*Judge's Spotlight
*Best Adventure - Long Form
*Best Adventure - Short Form
*Best Aid/Accessory - Digital
*Best Aid/Accessory - Non-digital
*Best Art, Cover
*Best Art, Interior
*Best Cartography
*Best Community Content
*Best Family Game/Product
*Best Free Game/Product
*Best Game
*Best Layout and Design
*Best Monster/Adversary
*Best Online Content
*Best Production Values
*Best RPG Related Product
*Best Rules
*Best Setting
*Best Streaming Content
*Best Supplement
*Best Writing
*Product of the Year (first introduced in 2007 as Best Product)
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==Winners by year==
The categories change yearly, depending on the nominations.
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*[[2001 ENnie Award winners]]
*[[2002 ENnie Award winners]]
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*[[2022 ENNIE Award winners]]
*[[2023 ENNIE Award winners]]
*[[2024 ENNIE Award winners]]
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== References ==
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