2025 Ennie Award Nominees

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The ENNIE Awards are proud to announce this year's nominees. Voting will be from July 11th through July 20th, and a link will be posted when the voting booth opens. The winners will be announced live and online at Gen Con on August 1st at 8pm Eastern.

Nominations are open for Fan Award for Best Publisher. We are also still accepting applications for judges for the upcoming season. Nominations for Best Publisher and judge applications will be open until July 8.

Congratulations and good luck to all the nominees!

Amelia Antrim – Punk is Dead: a post apocalyptic songwriting TTRPG, Critical Kit
  Author: Tim Roberts

Joe Blankenship Letters from the Dark Vol. VIII: Lucky Stars, chrpow LLC
  Author: Chris Powell

Tom Cantwell – Let Us Build a Tower: A Mythic Bronze Age Adventure in Babel, Sojourn RPG Publishing
  Author: Caleb Whimble

Christopher Gath – Darkenhaven, Gooey Cube

Clayton Notestine – Heroes of Cerulea, Bläckfisk Publishing
  Author: Lucas Falk

Crown of Salt, Tania Herrero
  Author: Tania Herrero

Grizelda's Cursed Curiosities, Scoundrel Game Labs
  Author: T.A. Gray

Hammel's House of Oddities, Sleeping Giant Gaming
  Author: Jon Hage

Isle of Joy, Knight Owl Publishing
  Author: Gord Sellar

The Shrike, Silverarm
  Author: Leo Hunt

Nevermore: Grimwild Adventure, Oddity Press
  Author: J.D. Maxwell

Sweet Revenge, Outrider Creative
  Author: Destiny Howell

The Dream Shrine, Brad Kerr
  Authors: Brad Kerr and Skullfungus

The Mall Remastered, Space Penguin Ink LLC
  Author: Goblin Archives

Tides of Rot, Games Omnivorous
  Authors: Karl Druid and Brian Yaksha

Bardic Tools, Bardic Tools
Dungeon Scrawl, Dungeon Scrawl
GRVNTDRAFTER, rivethead games
Hero Forge Kitbashing, Hero Forge
Mothership: Companion App Virtual Tabletop, Tuesday Knight Games

DynaMaps, Limiting Factor Games
Monty Python RPG - Head of Light Entertainment Gamemaster Screen, The Dream Shrine
Small and Boss Party Series, Severed Books
Ten Candles: Tealight Collection, Cavalry Games & Cantrip Candles
The Map Library, Roll & Play Press

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Darkened Hill & Dale, Patchwork Fez Games
  Artist: Camilla Sicignano

Farewell to Arms REDUX, rivethead games
  Artists: Johan Nohr, Tyler Lindsey, Astrolich

MIR, Little Dusha
  Artist: Metastazis

The Hidden Isle, Causa Creations Interactive Media GmbH
  Artists: Eliot Baum & Viv Tanner

Yazeba's Bed & Breakfast, Possum Creek Games
  Artist: Katie Hicks

Cick here to see the nominees collage

Maskwitches of Forgotten Doggerland, Handiwork Games
  Artists: Jon Hodgson, Paul Bourne

Mythic Bastionland, Bastionland Press
  Artist: Alec Sorensen

The Fablemaker's Deck of Many Things Holo-Foil Box Set, Hit Point Press
 Artist: Yoshi Yoshitani

The Painted Wastelands, Agamemnon Press LLC
  Artist: Tim Molloy

Zephyr Core Box, Araukana Media LTD
  Artist: Federico Sohns

Land of Eem - The Mucklands Sandbox Campaign Setting, Exalted Funeral Press
Ben Costa, Morena Paissan & Angela Gubert

Pendragon: Map of King Arthur's Britain, Chaosium, Inc.
Francesca Baerald

Revolt!, Jason Price
Chaim Holtjer

The One Ring: Moria – Through the Doors of Durin, Free League Publishing
Francesco Mattioli

Wonderland: A Fantasy Role-Playing Setting, Andrews McMeel Publishing
Andrew Kolb

Dead Beats (Miskatonic Repository)
  Author: David Kirkby

Escape From Mammoth Cave  (Miskatonic Repository)
  Author: Derek Zimmer

Mount Katahdin's Shadow Wicked Cool Games (Miskatonic Repository)
  Author: Christopher Capone

Pathfinder Society Scenario 6-08: Upon Wheels and Rime  (Paizo Inc.)
  Author: Dave Nelson

Sweet Dreams are Made of Geese  (Dungeon Master's Guild)
  Author: Jamie Chan

Dungeon Cats, Tiger Wizard
  Authors: Andrew Bellury

Land of Eem - Core Rulebook, Exalted Funeral Press
  Author: Ben Costa and James Parks

Let’s Go to Roomino!, Eric Oakland
  Author: Eric Oakland

Stewpot: Tales from a Fantasy Tavern, Evil Hat Productions
  Author: Takuma Okada

Yazeba's Bed & Breakfast, Possum Creek Games
  Authors: Mercedes Acosta, Jay Dragon, Lillie J Harris, M Vaselak

Garbage & Glory - Trashrun, Wet Ink Games, LLC 
  Authors: Josh Heake, Matthew Orr, Brandon K. Aten, Sarah Orr Aten

Grimwild: Free Edition, Oddity Press
  Author: J.D. Maxwell

Helene of the Blue Ridge, Pandion Games
  Author: Andy Boyd

Slay & Plunder, Nwyvre Press
  Author: James Giltner

TEETH: False Kingdom, Big Robot Ltd
  Authors: Jim Rossignol, Marsh Davies

His Majesty the Worm, Exalted Funeral Press
  Author: Josh McCrowell
  Art: Bertdrawstuff, Emily Cheeseman, Charles Ferguson-Avery, Nicolas Evans, Gobert, Sophie Grunner, Gus L, HodagRPG, Tom Kilian, Amanda Lee, Frank, Savanna Mayer, Thomas Novosel, Gertrud Oberg, Caitlin Reid, Marcin S, Alec Sorenson, Emmy Verte
  Editing: Meledy Watson, Kennedy Gerber
  Layout/Design: Peter Borlace, Michael Strange

Last Train to Bremen, Caro Asercion
  Author: Caro Ascersion
  Art: Conner Fawcett
  Editing: Weaver Walker
  Layout/Design: Conner Fawcett

Monty Python’s Cocurricular Mediaeval Reenactment Programme - Sensible Middle Class Edition, Exalted Funeral Press
  Author: Brian Saliba, Craig Schaffer
  Art: Keith Lowe, Julia Bangert, Elliot Lang, Kyle Patterson, Zachary Pullen, Irina Shirokova, Andrew "Tiger Wizard" Bellury, David Hoskins
  Editing: Chant Evans, Ben Summer
  Layout/Design: Conner Fawcett

The Last Caravan, Mythworks
  Author: Ted Bushman
  Art: Hayden Davis, James Firnhaber, Spencer Hawkes, Jeff Langevin, Galen Pejeau
  Editing: Graham Ward, Kristin Perkins
  Layout/Design: Graham Ward, Carson Wright

Triangle Agency, Haunted Table
  Author: Caleb Zane Huett, Sean Ireland
  Art : Kanesha Bryant, Corviday, GC Houle, Ryan Kingdom, Kodesea, Nathan Rhodes, Michael Shillingburg
  Layout/Design: Ben Mansky, Michael Shillingburg

Doomsong, Caesar Ink
  Chris Cæsar, Moritz Krebs

Feathertail Falls, Fanterland
  Peter Elroy and Max Philippi

Mythic Bastionland, Bastionland Press
  Chris McDowall

Tephrotic Nightmares, Exalted Funeral Press
  Johan Nohr

Wonderland: A Fantasy Role-Playing Setting, Andrews McMeel Publishing
  Andrew Kolb

BIG BADS Box Set, Hit Point Press
  Authors: Jennifer Adcock, Nadine Amami, Keith Ammann, Charlotte Ashley, Beth Ball, Jasmine Bhullar, Andrea Bruce, David Castro, Ty Christensen, Yubi Coates, Ricardo Evangelho, Jess Go, Joshua Heath, Michael Hollik, Benjamin Huffman, Jay Jackson, Matt Key, Kat Kruger, Verity Lane, Jason Levine, Son M, Jessica Marcrum, Christopher L. Medina, Jake Michels, Christopher Pinch, Jordan Richer, TR Rowe, lan Spiegel-Blum, Lulu St. Janmes, Frederic Walker, Rob Wieland, KandiJ. Williams, Bailey Wright, Ty Christenstatt, Holly Conrad, Verity Lane, Christopher Pinch Jordan Richer, Theo Surette, Sebastian Yüe
  Concepts: Rajaa Al-Subairi, Emily Beckett, Ty Christensen, Holly Conrad, Ricardo Evangelho, Graeme Fotheringham, Liam Gregg, Rosemarie Halim, Verity Lane, Christopher Pinch, Jordan Richer Meredith Smallwood, Theo Surette, Sebastian Yüe
  Art: Rajaa A1-Subairi, Mark Behm, Elliot Bouriot, Shafer Brown, Justin Chan, Anna Christensen, Kayla Cline, Nicholas DeLuca, Lexxy Douglass, Isabela Duffles, Riley Easter, Kristina Gehrmann, IIse Gort, Dave Greco, Kelley Harris, Joel Holtzman, Avery Howett, Will Kirkby, Marby Kwong, Elliot Lang, Holly Lucero, Sam Mameli, Jen C. Marshall, Thabiso Mhlaba, Felix Miall, Jeff Miracola, Sean A. Murray , Kathleen O'Hara, Dimitrios Pantazis, Svetoslav Petrov, Brittany Pezillo, Federico Piatti, Dominique Ramsey, Jenn Ravenna, Jordan Richer, Henrik Rosenborg, Samantha Rustle, Axel Sauerwald, Faith Schaffer, Ameera Sheikh, Joe Slucher, Kim Sokol, Sovereign, Alex Stone, Mariah Tekulve, Sally Thordarson, Marija Tiurina, Lauren Walsh, Russell Werges, Yoshi Yoshitani, Nataly Zhuk, Josiah Cameron, Fez Inkwright, Steve Argyle, Mike Bakker, George Bennett, Andrea Bruce, Josiah o Cameron, Sidharth Chaturvedi, Hannah Comstock, Jessica Desjardin, Anna (Newt) Douaová, Jason Engle, Felipe Escobar, Jonathan Juanieve Fernandes, IIse Gort, Matt Harris, Ralph Horsley, Avery Howett, Fez Inkwright, Kurt Jakobi, Victoria Jeffery, Sara Katch, Shel Khan, Will Kirkby, Felix Klaer, Jack Kozita, Ashly Lovett, Barbara Lucas, Holly Lucero, Chuck Lukas, Andrew Mar, Gina Matarazzo, Julia Metzger, Jeff Miracola, Derek Murphy, Mythir, Alexander Ngo, Dimitrios Pantazis, Eleonor Piteria, Livia Prima, Jason Rainville, Jordan Richer, Izaak Rodriguez, Samantha Rustle, Daria ShestakOva, Joe Slucher, April Solomon, Alyse Stewart, Mariya Sviridova, Patricia Kelen Takahashi, Jarel Threat, Randy Vargas, Tyler Walpole, Brian Scot Walters, Anthony Scott Waters, Mark Zug
Co-op Student Artists: Rhoan Collins, Shauna-Lee Foster, Theo Surette

Land of Eem - Bestiary Vol. 1, Exalted Funeral Press
  Authors: Ben Costa, James Parks
  Art: Ben Costa, Sean Kiernan, Alex Ahad, Ben Seto

Uncle Ernie's A.R.M. Summer Catalog, 23rd Century Productions, LLC
  Author: Anthony Oliveira, David Soruco, Michelle Soruco, Kurt Willis, Alb', Marcus Holder
  Art: David Chen, Miguel Alejandro Lozano Durán, Stuart Ellis, Breno Girafa, Teaghan Gokey, Ray Hedman, Nick Jizba, Ky Kie, and Katinka Thorondor

Wilderfeast, Horrible Guild
  Author: KC Shi, Ilsa Zhang
  Art: Xulia Vicente, Francisco Riolobos Blanco, Zeno Colangelo, Cecilia Lonnie, Alessandro Corradi, Francesco De Benedittis

Wonderland: A Fantasy Role-Playing Setting, Andrews McMeel Publishing
  Authors: Andrew Kolb
  Art:

Molten Sulfur Blog, Molten Sulfur Press
MurkMail, Murkdice
One-Page RPG Jam, James Lennox-Gordon
Playful Void, Idle Cartulary
Prismatic Wasteland Blog, Prismatic Wasteland

Land of Eem Deluxe Box Set, Exalted Funeral Press

Mothership: Deluxe Set, Tuesday Knight Games

Revolt!, Jason Price

Tephrotic Nightmares, Exalted Funeral Press

Tides of Rot, Games Omnivorous

A Pitcrawler's Progress - The Album, MacGuffin & Co.
  Authors: Jonathan Sims, Sasha Sienna
  Music: Amber Devereux

H.P. Lovecraft's At the Mountains of Madness for Beginning Readers, Chaosium Inc.
  Author: RJ Ivankovic

Humblewood: For Want of a Nail, Hit Point Press
  Author: Gail Simone
  Art: Sarah Webb

Playing at the World, 2E: The Invention of Dungeons & Dragons, The MIT Press
  Author: Jon Peterson

Prismatic Wisdom, Games Omnivorous
  Author: WF Smith

Dawn of the Orcs, Lyme
  Author: Lyme

His Majesty the Worm, Exalted Funeral Press
  Author: Josh McCrowell

Memento Mori Corebook, Two Little Mice
Authors: Andrea Felicioni, Marco B. Bucci

Triangle Agency, Haunted Table
  Authors: Caleb Zane Huett, Sean Ireland

Wilderfeast, Horrible Guild
  Author: KC Shi

Call of Cthulhu - Cthulhu Ireland, Chaosium Community Content
  Author: Colin Dunlap

Doomsong, Caesar Ink
  Authors: Morgan Finley, Jack Caesar, Chris Caesar

RuneQuest: Lands of RuneQuest - Dragon Pass, Chaosium Inc.
  Authors: Jeff Richard, Greg Stafford, Jason Durall

Settlers of a Dead God, Exalted Funeral Press
  Author: Eduardo Carabaño Rubianes
  Translation: Mike Schneider

The Painted Wastelands, Agamemnon Press LLC
  Authors: Christopher Willet, Tim Molloy

"Spectral Schemes: the Mystery of the Ballarat Ghost" adapted from Kat Clay's "The Hammersmith Haunting", Chaosium Inc.

Dice Exploder

Mystery Quest

Seth Skorkowsky (YouTube Channel)

This Week In TTRPG Podcast, EN World

ARKYVR, Alewood Games
  Author: Rhodrick Magsino

Mothership: Warden's Operations Manual, Tuesday Knight Games
  Author: Sean McCoy

Outgunned Adventure, Two Little Mice
  Authors: Riccardo Sirignano, Simone Formicola

Star Crossed: Love Letters, Bully Pulpit Games LLC
  Authors: Alex Roberts, Jason Morningstar

The One Ring: Moria – Through the Doors of Durin, Free League Publishing
  Author: Gareth Hanrahan

Monty Python’s Cocurricular Mediaeval Reenactment Programme - Sensible Middle Class Edition, Exalted Funeral Press
  Authors: Brian Saliba, Craig Schaffer
  Editing: Chant Evans, Ben Summer

The Bird Oracle, Shing Yin Khor
  Author: Shing Yin Khor

The Details of Our Escape, Possible Worlds Games
  Authors: Tyler Crumrine, Renee Gladman
  Editing: Reilly Qyote

Triangle Agency, Haunted Table
  Authors: Caleb Zane Huett, Sean Ireland

Yazeba's Bed & Breakfast, Possum Creek Games
  Authors: Mercedes Acosta, Jay Dragon, Lillie J Harris, M Vaselak
  Editing: Dominique Dickey, M Vaselak

Doomsong, Caesar Ink

Land of Eem Deluxe Box Set, Exalted Funeral Press

Memento Mori Deathless Edition, Two Little Mice

Monty Python’s Cocurricular Mediaeval Reenactment Programme - Sensible Middle Class Edition, Exalted Funeral Press Mythic Bastionland, Bastionland Press

Revolt!, Jason Price

The Last Caravan, Mythworks

The One Ring: Moria – Through the Doors of Durin, Free League Publishing

Triangle Agency: Normal Briefcase Collection, Haunted Table

Yazeba's Bed & Breakfast, Possum Creek Games

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