Nominees for the ENnies, the Gen Con EN World RPG Awards, and Judges Spotlight Winners have been announced. The ENnies celebrate excellence in tabletop roleplaying gaming. Voting runs from July 4 to July 14. The winners will be presented July 31.

Judges’ Spotlight Winners

• Dragons in the Stacks: A Teen Librarian’s Guide to Tabletop Role-Playing (Libraries Unlimited) – Annah Madrinan
• Wicked Lies and Alibis (Imaginary Empire) – Stacy Muth
• Posthuman Pathways (Genesis of Legend Publishing) – Jakub Nowosad
• Firefly Echoes of War: Thrillin’ Heroics (Margaret Weis Productions) – Kayra Keri Küpçü
• East Texas University (Pinnacle Entertainment Group) – Kurt Wiegel

Best Adventure

• Cake Walk (Fabled Environments)
• East Texas University: Degrees of Horror (Pinnacle Entertainment Group)
• Horror on the Orient Express (Chaosium)
• Hoard of the Dragon Queen (Wizards of the Coast)
• A Red & Pleasant Land (Lamentations of the Flame Princess)

Best Aid/Accessory

• DungeonMorph Dice: Explorer Set (Inkwell Ideas)
• D&D Dungeon Master’s Screen (Wizards of the Coast)
• Syrinscape’s Rise of the Runelords Mega SoundPack (Syrinscape)
• Black-green Call of Cthulhu 7th Edition RPG Dice Set (Q-Workshop)
• Pathfinder Cards: Deluxe Harrow Deck (Paizo Inc.)

Best Art, Cover

• Iron Kingdoms Full Metal Fantasy Monsternomicon (Privateer Press)
• MUTANT: Year Zero – The Roleplaying Game (Modiphius Entertainment Ltd)
• Freeport: The City of Adventure for the Pathfinder RPG (Green Ronin Publishing)
• Achtung! Cthulhu: Terrors of the Secret War (Modiphius Entertainment Ltd)
• Rise of Tiamat (Wizards of the Coast)

Best Art, Interior

• D&D Monster Manual (Wizards of the Coast)
• Interface Zero 2.0: Full Metal Cyberpunk (Gun Metal Games)
• Trail of Cthulhu: Dreamhounds of Paris (Pelgrane Press)
• The Strange (Monte Cook Games, LLC)
• Iron Kingdoms Unleashed Core Rules Hardcover (Privateer Press)

Best Blog

• ConTessa – Tabletop gaming by women for everyone!
• DMDavid Blog
• Gnome Stew
• House Rule Gaming
• NERD TREK

Best Cartography

• MUTANT: Year Zero – The Roleplaying Game (Modiphius Entertainment Ltd)
• The Guide to Glorantha (Moon Design Publications)
• Distant Outposts Deluxe Poster Map Set (Christopher West’s Maps of Mastery)
• Horror on the Orient Express (Chaosium)
• Ninth World Guidebook (Monte Cook Games, LLC)

Best Electronic Book

• Mass Effect: Fate RPG (Don Mappin)
• Dragon Age Core RuleBook (Green Ronin Publishing)**
• Basic Rules for D&D (Wizards of the Coast)
• Ken Writes About Stuff Volume 2 (Pelgrane Press)
• Cake Walk (Fabled Environments)
• Valiant Universe RPG Digital Initiative (Catalyst Game Labs)

Best Family Game

• Atomic Robo: The Roleplaying Game (Evil Hat Productions)
• D&D Starter Set (Wizards of the Coast)
• Infestation, An RPG of Bugs and Heroes (Third Eye Games)
• Doctor Who: Adventures in Time and Space – Limited Edition Anniversary Rulebook (Cubicle 7 Entertainment Ltd.)
• Adventure Maximus RPG Starter Set (Eden Studios)

Best Free Product

• Mass Effect: Fate RPG (Don Mappin)
• Valiant RPG Digital Initiative (Catalyst Game Labs)**
• Basic Rules for D&D (Wizards of the Coast)
• Doctor Who: Adventures in Time and Space – Arrowdown (Cubicle 7 Entertainment Ltd.)
• 13th Age: The Archmage’s Orrery (Pelgrane Press)
• East Texas University: Redneckromancer (Pinnacle Entertainment Group)

Best Game

• D&D Player’s Handbook (Wizards of the Coast)
• The Strange (Monte Cook Games, LLC)
• Firefly Roleplaying Game (Margaret Weis Productions)
• MUTANT: Year Zero – The Roleplaying Game (Modiphius Entertainment Ltd)
• Atomic Robo: The Roleplaying Game (Evil Hat Productions)

Best Miniature Product

• Gen Con Adventurer’s Tavern – Painted (Games and Gears)
• D&D Icons of the Realms: Elemental Evil Boosters (WizKids)
• Fantasy Pirate Goblin Lieutnant 28mm Miniature (Via Ludibunda)
• Pathfinder Pawns: Inner Sea Pawn Box (Paizo Inc.)
• Iron Kingdoms Unleashed Roleplaying Game Adventure Kit (Privateer Press)

Best Monster/Adversary

• D&D Monster Manual (Wizards of the Coast)
• 13th Age Bestiary (Pelgrane Press)
• The Strange Bestiary (Monte Cook Games, LLC)
• Iron Kingdoms Full Metal Fantasy Monsternomicon (Privateer Press)
• Achtung! Cthulhu: Terrors of the Secret War (Modiphius Entertainment Ltd)

Best Podcast

• Ken and Robin Talk About Stuff
• Miskatonic University Podcast
• Translating the Strange
• NPC Cast
• Grim Dark Podcast

Best Production Values

• Horror on the Orient Express (Chaosium)
• D&D Starter Set (Wizards of the Coast)
• The Guide to Glorantha (Moon Design Publications)
• Iron Kingdoms Unleashed Roleplaying Game Adventure Kit (Privateer Press)
• Shadowrun: Runner’s Toolkit: Alphaware (Catalyst Game Labs)

Best RPG Related Product

• Designers & Dragons: A History of the Roleplaying Game Industry (Evil Hat Productions)
• Chicks Dig Gaming: A Celebration of All Things Gaming by the Women Who Love It (Mad Norwegian Press)
• Shadowrun: Crossfire (Catalyst Game Labs)
• Temple of Elemental Evil (WizKids)
• Doctor Who: The Card Game 2nd Edition (Cubicle 7 Entertainment Ltd.)

Best Rules

• D&D Player’s Handbook (Wizards of the Coast)
• MUTANT: Year Zero – The Roleplaying Game (Modiphius Entertainment Ltd)
• Mindjammer – The Roleplaying Game (Transhuman Science-Fiction Adventure in the Second Age of Space) (Modiphius Entertainment Ltd)
• At the Hands of an Angry God (BlackWyrm Games)
• Monster of the Week (Evil Hat Productions)

Best Setting

• The Strange (Monte Cook Games, LLC)
• The Guide to Glorantha (Moon Design Publications)
• MUTANT: Year Zero – The Roleplaying Game (Modiphius Entertainment Ltd)
• A Red & Pleasant Land (Lamentations of the Flame Princess)
• Trail of Cthulhu: Dreamhounds of Paris (Pelgrane Press)

Best Software

• Roll20 (Roll 20)
• D&D Complete Core Monster Pack for Fantasy Grounds (SmiteWorks USA LLC)
• Hero Lab (Lone Wolf Development)
• Syrinscape’s Rise of the Runelords Mega SoundPack (Syrinscape)
• Eclipse Phase: Singularity Character Generator (Posthuman Studios & Snow Dog Labs)

Best Supplement

• D&D Dungeon Master’s Guide (Wizards of the Coast)
• Pathfinder RPG: Pathfinder Unchained (Paizo Inc.)
• Savage Worlds Science Fiction Companion (Pinnacle Entertainment Group)
• Doctor Who – The Fourth Doctor Sourcebook (Cubicle 7 Entertainment Ltd.)
• Shadowrun: Run Faster (Catalyst Game Labs)

Best Website

• Tabletop Audio
• Adventureaweek
• Age of Ravens
• The Escapist
• The Illuminerdy

Best Writing

• Ken Writes About Stuff Volume 2 (Pelgrane Press)
• D&D Player’s Handbook (Wizards of the Coast)
• The Strange (Monte Cook Games, LLC)
• A Red & Pleasant Land (Lamentations of the Flame Princess)
• Designers & Dragons: A History of the Roleplaying Game Industry (Evil Hat Productions)

Product of the Year

• MUTANT: Year Zero – The Roleplaying Game (Modiphius Entertainment Ltd)
• The Strange (Monte Cook Games, LLC)
• Horror on the Orient Express (Chaosium)
• A Red & Pleasant Land (Lamentations of the Flame Princess)
• The Guide to Glorantha (Moon Design Publications)
• D&D Player’s Handbook (Wizards of the Coast)
• Iron Kingdoms Unleashed Core Rules Hardcover (Privateer Press)
• Mass Effect: Fate RPG (Don Mappin)
• Designers & Dragons: A History of the Roleplaying Game Industry (Evil Hat Productions)**
• Firefly Roleplaying Game (Margaret Weis Productions)
• Mindjammer – The Roleplaying Game (Transhuman Science-Fiction Adventure in the Second Age of Space) (Modiphius Entertainment Ltd)

(**) Nominee replaced Mass Effect

Update 06/30/2015: Mass Effect has been removed as a nominee in three categories. Replacement nominees will be selected. See details here. // The three new nominees have been announced. They have been added above.