ENnie Awards 2010 - Le nomination!

[Ghostwriter]

Sono state annunciate le nomination per gli ENnie di quest'anno. Si può votare sul blog a partire dal 16 del mese; i vincitori saranno annunciati alla GenCon che si terrà in agosto. Sul blog trovate anche i link ai singoli prodotti.

Best Adventure

* The Grinding Gear (Lamentations of the Flame Princess)

* Pathfinder AP #31: Stolen Land (Paizo Publishing)

* A Song of Ice and Fire: Peril at King’s Landing (Green Ronin)

* Trail of Cthulhu: The Armitage Files (Pelgrane Press)

* WFRP: The Gathering Storm (Fantasy Flight Games)

* HM: Trail of Cthulhu: Shadows over Filmland (Pelgrane Press)

Best Aid or Accessory

* Battlegraph Dry Erase Boards (Longtooth Studios)

* Campaign Coins (King of the Castle Games & Paizo Publishing)

* Gaming Paper (Gaming Paper)

* Hero Lab v3.6 (Lone Wolf Development)

* Pathfinder GM Screen (Paizo Publishing)

* HM: A Song of Ice and Fire Narrator’s Kit (Green Ronin)

Best Art, Cover

* Eclipse Phase (Catalyst Game Labs & Posthuman Studios)

* Pathfinder Bestiary (Paizo Publishing)

* Rogue Trader Core Rulebook (Fantasy Flight Games)

* Trail of Cthulhu: Rough Magicks (Pelgrane Press)

* WFRP: The Gathering Storm (Fantasy Flight Games)

* HM: Star Wars: The Unknown Regions (Wizards of the Coast)

Best Art, Interior

* Escape from Tentacle City (Willow Palecek)

* Pathfinder Core Rulebook (Paizo Publishing)

* Rogue Trader Core Rulebook (Fantasy Flight Games)

* Shadowrun – 20th Anniversary Ed. (Catalyst Game Labs)

* Warhammer Fantasy RPG (Fantasy Flight Games)

* HM: Hero 6th Edition (Hero Games)

Best Blog

* Critical Hits

* Gnome Stew

* Kobold Quarterly

* NewbieDM.com

* One Geek to Another

* HM: Sarah Darkmagic

Best Cartography

* Aces and Eights: Judas Crossing (Kenzer & Company)

* Dungeon of Terror Virtual Box Set (0one Games)

* Maps of Mastery: Swamp Caves (Maps of Mastery)

* Pathfinder City Map Folio (Paizo Publishing)

* Revenge of the Giants (Wizards of the Coast)

* HM: Death Frost Doom (Lamentation of the Flame Princess)

Best Electronic Book

* The Great City Player’s Guide (0one Games)

* Heroes of the Jade Oath BETA (Rite Publishing)

* To Kill Or Not To Kill (Rite Publishing)

* Pathfinder Society Scenario #29: The Devil We Know Part 1: Shipyard Rats (Paizo Publishing)

* Shambles (A Terrible Idea)

* HM: Fey Folio: The Unseelie Court (Alluria Publishing)

Best Free Product

* Advanced Players Guide Playtest (Paizo Publishing)

* Combat Advantage #15 (Emerald Press)

* Lady Blackbird (one.seven Design)

* Warriors Adventure Game (HarperCollins Children’s Books)

* Wayfinder #1 (Paizo Fans United)

* HM: Hexographer (Inkwell Ideas)

Best Game

* Dragon Age: Set 1 (Green Ronin)

* Hero 6th Edition (Hero Games)

* Pathfinder (Paizo Publishing)

* Shadowrun – 20th Anniversary Ed. (Catalyst Game Labs)

* Wild Talents 2nd Edition (Cubicle 7)

* HM: Labyrinth Lord (Goblinoid Games)

Best Miniature Product

* Alkemy Minis (Kraken Editions)

* D&D Minis (Wizards of the Coast)

* Fortress of Redemption (Games Workshop)

* Gaming Paper (Gaming Paper)

* Maps of Mastery: Swamp Caves (Maps of Mastery)

* HM: Battlegraph Dry Erase Boards (Longtooth Studios)

Best Monster/Adversary

* Aces and Eights: Rustlers & Townsfolk (Kenzer and Company)

* Hellfrost Bestiary (Cubicle 7)

* Pathfinder Bestiary (Paizo Publishing)

* Pathfinder: Classic Horrors Revisited (Paizo Publishing)

* Supernatural: Guide to the Hunted (Margaret Weis Productions)

* HM: Fey Folio: The Unseelie Court (Alluria Publishing)

Best Podcast

* All Games Considered

* Atomic Array

* NewbieDM.com Minicast

* Open Design

* Power Source

* HM: The Gamer’s Haven Podcast

Best Production Values

* Eclipse Phase (Catalyst Game Labs & Posthuman Studios)

* Pathfinder Core Rulebook (Paizo Publishing)

* Rogue Trader Core Rulebook (Fantasy Flight Games)

* Shadowrun – 20th Anniversary Ed. (Catalyst Game Labs)

* Warhammer Fantasy RPG (Fantasy Flight Games)

* HM: Mysteries of the Hollow Earth (Exile Game Studio)

Best Regalia

* Battletech: 25 Years of Art and Fiction (Catalyst Game Labs)

* Buried Tales of Pine Box, Texas (12 to Midnight)

* Cthulhu 101 (Atomic Overmind Press)

* Grind (Privateer Press)

* Three Dragon Ante: Emperor’s Gambit (Wizards of the Coast)

* HM: Best of All Flesh (Elder Signs Press)

Best Rules

* Atomic Highway (Radioactive Ape Designs)

* BASH Ultimate Edition (Basic Action Games)

* Diaspora (VSCA)

* Hero 6th Edition (Hero Games)

* Wild Talents 2nd Edition (Cubicle 7)

* HM: Earthdawn 3rd Edition, Player’s Guide (RedBrick LLC)

Best Setting

* Day After Ragnarok (Atomic Overmind Press)

* Goblin Markets (White Wolf Publishing)

* Kerberos Club (Cubicle 7)

* Judge Dredd (Mongoose Publishing)

* Rome: Life and Death of the Republic (Cubicle 7)

* HM: Shadowrun: Seattle 2072 (Catylst Game Labs)

Best Supplement

* Lucha Libre Hero (Hero Games)

* Mysteries of the Hollow Earth (Exile Game Studio)

* Nobis: The City-States (Pantheon Press)

* Player’s Handbook 3 (Wizards of the Coast)

* Rebellion Era Campaign Guide (Wizards of the Coast)

* HM: Cthulhutech: Damnation View (WildFire)

Best Website

* d20PFSRD.com

* Epic Words

* Obsidian Portal

* Pathfinder Wiki

* Pen & Paper Games

* HM: Hexographer

Best Writing

* Eclipse Phase (Catalyst Game Labs & Posthuman Studios)

* FantasyCraft (Crafty Games)

* How We Came to Live Here (Galileo Games)

* Kerberos Club (Cubicle 7)

* Victoriana 2nd Edtion (Cubicle 7)

* HM: Colonial Gothic (Rogue Games)

Product of the Year

* Doctor Who (Cubicle 7)

* Dragon Age: Set 1 (Green Ronin)

* Eclipse Phase (Catalyst Game Labs & Posthuman Studios)

* Geist the Sin-Eaters (White Wolf Publishing)

* Kerberos Club (Cubicle 7)

* Pathfinder (Paizo Publishing)

* Rome: Life and Death of the Republic (Cubicle 7)

* Shadowrun – 20th Anniversary Ed. (Catalyst Game Labs)

* Warhammer Fantasy RPG (Fantasy Flight Games)

* Wild Talents 2nd Edition (Cubicle 7)

* HM: FantasyCraft (Crafty Games)

* HM: Savage Suzerain (Cubicle 7)

HM: Honorable Mention, prodotti che sono piaciuti ai giudici ma sono fuori dalle nomination.

[Nadir]

Da notare i molti prodotti italiani in nomination.

Una bella annata devo dire.

[Ghostwriter]

Best Cover Art

Silver: Eclipse Phase

Gold: Pathfinder Bestiary

Best Interior Art

Silver: Shadowrun 20th

Gold: Pathfinder Core Rulebook

Best Cartography

Silver: Aces & Eights: Judas Crossing

Gold: Pathfinder City Map Folio

Best Writing

Silver: Victoriana

Gold: Eclipse Phase

Best Production Values

Silver: Shadowrun

Gold: Pathfinder

Best Rules

Silver: Hero 6th Edition

Gold: Diaspora

Best Adventure

Silver: Trail of Cthulhu: Armitage Files

Gold: Pathfinder #31: Stolen Land

Best Monster or Adversary

Silver: Pathfinder: Classic Horrors Revisited

Gold: Pathfinder Bestiary

Best Setting

Silver: Rome: Life and Death of the Republic

Gold: Day After Ragnarok

Best Supplement

Silver: Players Handbook 3

Gold: Mysteries of the Hollow Earth

Best Aid or Accessory

Silver: Gaming Paper

Gold: Pathfinder GM Screen

Best Miniatures Product

Silver: Gaming Paper

Gold: D&D Minis

Best Regalia

Silver: Battletech

Gold: Cthulhu 101

Best Electronic Book

Silver: The Devil We Know

Gold: The Great City Player's Guide

Best Free Product

Silver: Lady Blackbird

Gold: Advanced Players Guide Playtest

Best Website

Silver:d20PFSRD.com

Gold: Obsidian Portal

Best Podcast

Silver: All Games Considered

Gold: Atomic Array

Best Blog

Silver: Gnome Stew

Gold: Kobold Quarterly

Best Game

Silver: Shadowrun

Gold: Pathfinder

Product of the Year

Silver: Eclipse Phase

Gold: Pathfinder

Fan Award for Best Publisher

Silver: Fantasy Flight Games

Gold: Paizo Publishing

[FeAnPi]

Sbaglio o Pathfinder ha stramegagigaiperubervinto?

[TartaRosso]

@Ghost:

Argh mi hai preceduto!

Per il resto effettivamente Pathfinder ha decisamente primeggiato.

Il che va evidentemente a merito della Paizo che sta facendo un prodotto curato. Purtroppo da quello che leggo non è la stessa cosa qua in Italia.

Ma gli Ennies come vengono attribuiti? Dal sito non riesco a capire bene come funziona. Mi sembra di capire che chiunque può votare il prodotto ma vanno votati anche dei giudici.

Questo per capire se è un indice anche di dove si sposta il mercato (in questo caso evidentemente Pathfinder) oppure sono solo una valutazione dei giudici.

Da notare che mi sembra non ci sia neanche un prodotto targato D&D 4° (se si esclude forse D&D mini ma mi sembra un pò poco). Ma se ho visto bene non c'era nulla neanche nelle nomination. Che è forse doppiamente indicativo.

Ulteriormente indicativo se poi gli Ennies sono un indice di come va il mercato.

Comunque fatemi segnalare anche la vittoria di un gioco che mi piace (anche se ancora non ho avuto l'occasione di giocarlo ma rimedierò a breve) cioè Diaspora.

[Ghostwriter]

Gli ENnie funzionano così:

- i produttori mandano i prodotti al comitato segnalando le categorie;

- i giudici visionano tutti i prodotti ricevuti e restringono il campo a 5 titoli per categoria;

- il pubblico vota via Web.

Alla fine gli ENnie sono un voto di gradimento popolare più che altro. D&D quest'anno ha le mini e un argento per il PHB3, ma agli ENnie partecipano solo i prodotti usciti entro l'anno - la 4e ha vinto diversi ENnie l'anno scorso.

Personalmente devo dire che i risultati di quest'anno erano immaginabili (come quelli dello scorso - essendo un premio popolare vincono i giochi con più seguito), dispiace un po' per certe piccole produzioni (Lady Blackbird arrivato dietro a un playtest, tipo), ma comunque la lista delle nomination è interessante anche al di là dei nomi principali.