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Best Cover Art
Awarded for the book containing the best cover artwork & design. |
 Chronicles
of Ramlar Player's Guide,
White
Silver Publishing
A heroic FRPG with innovative game mechanics
like Momentum, Demeanor/ Theme, freeform Expertise, and more |
 Pathfinder
#1: Burnt Offerings,
Paizo Publishing
Part 1 of the Rise of the Runelords Adventure Path begins in the coastal
town of Sandpointjust before its assaulted by a band of unruly goblins. |
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 Pirate's
Guide to Freeport,
Green Ronin Publishing
Classic fantasy elements, pirates, and Lovecraftian horror meet in Freeport, the
City of Adventure. This is a pure setting book that can be used with any fantasy
RPG. |
 Scion:
God, White Wolf Publishing
The
third book in the Scion series - Risen to the ranks of Gods - now the overworld
war is here. An epic battleground where you must embrace your fate! |
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 Thousand
Suns, Rogue Games
Strap on your
blaster pistol, grab your space suit, and get ready to journey into the future
as imagined by the greatest writers of the Golden Age of Science Fiction |
Honorable Mention: Grimm,
Fantasy Flight Games
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Best Interior Art
Awarded for the book containing the best artwork between the covers. |
 Alpha
Omega, Mind Storm Labs
Are you ready to enter the world remade? Mankind stands on the
brink of
extinction and our planet is about to become the battleground of ancient
otherworldly foes. What role will you play? |
 Changeling:
The Lost, White Wolf Publishing
A storytelling game of beautiful madness that finds you taken from your home
by the Fae, transformed by the power of Faerie, kept as the Others slave. You
are Lost. Find yourself. |
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Pathfinder
#1: Burnt Offerings,
Paizo Publishing
Part 1 of the Rise of the Runelords Adventure Path begins in the coastal
town of Sandpointjust before its assaulted by a band of unruly goblins. |
 Pathfinder
Chronicles: Classic
Monsters Revisited,
Paizo Publishing
Ten classic monsters are made new again with complete ecological discussions
and adventure ideas for some of fantasys most popular monsters. |
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 The
Savage World of Solomon Kane, Pinnacle
Entertainment Group
The Savage World of Solomon Kane is a
roleplaying game that includes the complete Savage Worlds rules customized for
Kane's world. |
Honorable Mention:
Grimm, Fantasy Flight Games
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Best Cartography
Awarded for the individual product containing the best cartography (art or technique of making maps or charts). |
 DCC
#51: Castle Whiterock, Goodman
Games
The greatest
dungeon story ever told! Simultaneously a gazetteer, a megadungeon, a love
story, and the most ambitious adventure module ever published. |
 Elder
Evils,
Wizards of the Coast
Elder Evils provides D&D Dungeon masters with
elder evil descriptions, statistic blocks, tips, adventure seeds & maps for
challenging players.
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Pirate's
Guide to Freeport,
Green Ronin Publishing
Classic fantasy elements, pirates, and Lovecraftian horror meet in Freeport, the
City of Adventure. This is a pure setting book that can be used with any fantasy
RPG. |
 The
Ruined Town, 0one Games
Old-fashioned blue printed maps for using in your adventures and campaigns
with a standard black and white version, all vector-based for maximum print
resolution. |
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 Tavern
Tile Designer,
0one
Games
Design and print all the tiles for your dungeon in few minutes!
Easy and intuitive and you dont need any drawing skill to build a nice looking
Tavern tile. |
Honorable Mention: Pathfinder Chronicles:
Guide to Korvosa, Paizo Publishing
Honorable Mention: Key Encounters: The Volcanic Shrine,
Skeleton Key Games |
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Best Production Values
Awarded for the book exemplifying the best production values, from graphic design and layout, editing, paper, binding- all the factors that combine to create the look and feel of the product. |
 Aces
and Eights, Kenzer &
Company
Shattered Frontier is the alternate history western RPG with innovative Shot
Clock game aids, modular rules, mini-games, and much more!
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Alpha
Omega, Mind Storm Labs
Are you ready to enter the world remade? Mankind stands on the
brink of
extinction and our planet is about to become the battleground of ancient
otherworldly foes. What role will you play? |
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 Campaign
Coins, King of the Castle
A universal, fantasy themed monetary system featuring highly detailed,
premium quality metal coins in four distinct finishes and a broad range of
denominations |
Changeling: The
Lost, White Wolf Publishing
A storytelling game of beautiful madness that finds you taken from your home
by the Fae, transformed by the power of Faerie, kept as the Others slave. You
are Lost. Find yourself. |
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The
Savage World of Solomon Kane, Pinnacle
Entertainment Group
The Savage World of Solomon Kane is a
roleplaying game that includes the complete Savage Worlds rules customized for
Kane's world. |
Honorable Mention: Vampire: Ventrue,
White Wolf Publishing |
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Best Writing
Awarded for the book containing the best prose and descriptive text (ie."cream"
or "fluff"). |
Changeling:
The Lost,
White Wolf Publishing
A storytelling game of beautiful madness
that finds you taken from your home by the Fae, transformed by the power of
Faerie, kept as the Others slave. You are Lost. Find yourself. |
 Grimm,
Fantasy Flight Games
Players are ordinary children leading their lives, cast by fate into the world
of Grimm fairytales. Luckily, even "ordinary" kids are special, and in the Grimm
Lands, they have power! |
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 Monsters
and Other Childish Things, Arc Dream
Publishing
A distressingly fun and funny roleplaying game about kids
and the horrors from beyond time and space who love them. |
 Trail
of Cthulhu, Pelgrane Press
Set in the 1930s, ToC offers investigative play in Pulp and Purist
modes. It includes the innovative GUMSHOE rules. A whole new way to go mad
and die! |
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 Two-Fisted
Tales,
Precis Intermedia
Enter the World of Thrilling Pulp Action and
Experience the Dangers and Excitement of Magic, Martial Arts, Hypnotism,
Gadgets, and Two-Fisted Duels. |
Honorable Mention: All Tomorrow's
Zombies!, Eden Studios |
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Best Rules
Awarded for the book containing the best (innovative, creative, workable) game design and mechanics (ie. "crunch"). |
Aces
and Eights, Kenzer &
Company
Shattered Frontier is the alternate history western RPG with innovative Shot
Clock game aids, modular rules, mini-games, and much more!
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 Epic
Roleplaying Game Manual, Dark Matter
Studios |
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 Star
Wars Roleplaying Game Saga Edition,
Wizards of the
Coast
The Saga Edition celebrates the 30th Anniversary edition of the
Star Wars RPG with updated content, rules and a streamlined system. |
Trail
of Cthulhu, Pelgrane Press
Set in the 1930s, ToC offers investigative play in Pulp and Purist
modes. It includes the innovative GUMSHOE rules. A whole new way to go mad
and die! |
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 Witchhunter:
The Invisible World, Paradigm
Concepts
A role-playing game of swashbuckling adventure and horror
set in a world much like our 17th century. |
Honorable Mention: Traveller,
Mongoose
Publishing |
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