2021_ENnie_Award_winners
The following are the winners of the 21st annual ENNIE Awards, held in 2021:[1][2][3]
| 2021 ENNIE Award winners | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Awarded for | Best role-playing games of previous year | |||
| Country | United Kingdom & United States | |||
| Presented by | Gen Con | |||
| First awarded | 2001 | |||
| Website | Archive of 2021 ENNIE Awards | |||
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- Amelia Antrim – Anyone Can Wear the Mask Author: Jeff Stormer
- Di – Righteous Blood, Ruthless Blades: Wuxia Roleplaying, Osprey Games Authors: Brendan Davis, Jeremy Bai
- Salim Hakima – Abracadabra. A Guide to Becoming a Magical Games Master, The Grinning Frog Author: Stephen Hart
- Shauna Ratliff – Altered Carbon The Role Playing Game, Hunters Entertainment Renegade Game Studios Authors: Christopher De La Rosa, Ivan Van Norman
- James Surano – SLA Industries 2nd Edition Core Rulebook, Nightfall Games Author: Dave Allsop
| Category | Gold Winner | Silver Winner |
|---|---|---|
| Best Adventure | OSE: Halls of the Blood King, Exalted Funeral Press
Author: Diogo Nogueira |
ALIEN RPG Destroyer of Worlds, Free League Publishing
Author: Andrew E.C. Gaska |
| Best Aid/Accessory – Digital | Michael Ghelfi – RPG Ambiences & Music, Michael Ghelfi | DNGNGEN, Stockholm Kartell & Ockult Örtmästare Games |
| Best Aid/Accessory – Non – Digital | City of Mist Character Folio Pack, Son of Oak Game Studio | Roll & Play: The Game Master's Fantasy Toolkit, Roll & Play Press |
| Best Art, Cover | Vaesen – Nordic Horror Roleplaying, Free League Publishing
Artist: Johan Egerkrans |
Heart: The City Beneath, Rowan, Rook and Decard
Artist: Felix Miall |
| Best Art, Interior | Vaesen – Nordic Horror Roleplaying, Free League Publishing
Artist: Johan Egerkrans |
Heart: The City Beneath, Rowan, Rook and Decard
Artist: Felix Miall |
| Best Cartography | OSE: Halls of the Blood King, Exalted Funeral Press Glynn Seal | ALIEN RPG Destroyer of Worlds, Free League Publishing
Christian Granath, Andrew E.C. Gaska |
| Best Electronic Book | Brancalonia – Spaghetti Fantasy Setting Book, Acheron Games
Authors: Mauro Longo, Andrea Macchi, Max Castellani, Edoardo Cremaschi, Giovanni De Feo, Luca Mazza, Mala Spina, Alessandro Savino, Jack Sensolini, Umberto Spaticchia. |
Ancestry & Culture: An Alternative to Race in 5e, Arcanist Press
Author: Eugene Marshall |
| Best Family Game / Product | Mausritter: Boxed Set, Games Omnivorous, Losing Games
Author: Isaac Williams |
Tales of Xadia: The Dragon Prince Roleplaying Game – Rules Primer, Fandom, Inc.
Authors: Cam Banks, Dan Telfer |
| Best Free Game / Product | Humblewood: The Wakewyrm's Fury, Hit Point Press Inc.
Author: Andrea Bruce, Jordan Richer, Christopher Pinch, T. R. Rowe |
Warhammer 40,000 Roleplay: Wrath & Glory The Graveyard Shift, Cubicle 7
Author: Robert Buckey, Zak Dale-Clutterbuck |
| Best Game | Alice is Missing, Hunters Entertainment, Renegade Game Studios
Author: Spenser Starke |
Heart: The City Beneath, Rowan, Rook and Decard
Authors: Grant Howitt, Christopher Taylor |
| Best Layout and Design | Heart: The City Beneath, Rowan, Rook and Decard Minerva McJanda | The Stygian Library: Remastered, SoulMuppet Publishing
David N. Wilkie |
| Best Monster/Adversary | Vaesen – Nordic Horror Roleplaying, Free League Publishing
Authors: Johan Egerkrans, Nils Hintze |
Heart: The City Beneath, Rowan, Rook and Decard
Authors: Grant Howitt, Christopher Taylor |
| Best Online Content | DNGNGEN, Stockholm Kartell & Ockult Örtmästare Games | dScryb – Finely Crafted Boxed Text, dScryb |
| Best Organized Play | A Rough Guide to Glamour, Jonstown Compendium
Authors: Chris Gidlow, Mike Hagen, Nick Brooke, Michael O’Brien, Jeff Richard, Greg Stafford |
Hand of Glory, Type 40 Author: Allan Carey |
| Best Podcast | Asians Represent! | The Letters Page – The Sentinel Comics Podcast |
| Best Production Values | ALIEN RPG Destroyer of Worlds, Free League Publishing | Broken Compass: Adventure Journal, Two Little Mice |
| Best RPG Related Product | Worldbuilder's Notebook, Swordfish Islands
Author: Jacob Hurst |
Adventurers Tarot: The Empress Deck, Weird Works LLC |
| Best Rules | Alice is Missing, Hunters Entertainment, Renegade Game Studios
Author: Spenser Starke |
Cortex Prime Game Handbook, Fandom, Inc.
Author: Cam Banks |
| Best Setting | Heart: The City Beneath, Rowan, Rook and Decard
Authors: Grant Howitt, Christopher Taylor |
Brancalonia – Spaghetti Fantasy Setting Book, Acheron Games
Authors: Mauro Longo, Andrea Macchi, Max Castellani, Mauro Longo, Andrea Macchi, Max Castellani, Edoardo Cremaschi, Giovanni De Feo, Luca Mazza, Mala Spina, Alessandro Savino, Jack Sensolini, Umberto Spaticchia |
| Best Supplement | Mörk Borg CULT: Feretory, Free League Publishing
Authors: Pelle Nilsson, Johan Nohr |
Ancestry & Culture: An Alternative to Race in 5e, Arcanist Press
Author: Eugene Marshall |
| Best Writing | Heart: The City Beneath, Rowan, Rook and Decard
Authors: Grant Howitt, Christopher Taylor |
Brancalonia – Spaghetti Fantasy Setting Book, Acheron Games
Authors: Mauro Longo, Andrea Macchi, Max Castellani |
| Product of the Year | Alice is Missing, Hunters Entertainment, Renegade Game Studios | Brancalonia – Spaghetti Fantasy Setting Book, Acheron Games |
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- "ENnie Awards 2021 winners: Alice is Missing and Heart: The City Beneath named best RPGs of the year". Dicebreaker. September 20, 2021. Retrieved July 11, 2022.