2008 ENnie Awards

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Nominees
In order to make room for product images and descriptions, the nominations have been broken into five separate pages:
  1. Fan Product and Fan's Choice:  Best Publisher: Awarded to a free product (web site, 'zine, podcast, vidcast, or publication) put out by fans, ie. not by a publisher.
  2. The elements that make up the products: Best Cover Art | Best Interior Art | Best Cartography | Best Production Values | Best Writing | Best Rules
  3. Type of products by content: Best Adventure | Best Setting | Best Supplement | Best Monster or Adversary
  4. Type of products by medium Best Miniature Product | Best Regalia | Best Aid or Accessory | Best Free Product or Webhancement | Best Electronic Book
  5. Best overall products Best d20/OGL Product | Best Game | Product of the Year


Best Adventure
Awarded for a product that is primarily an adventure, adventure ideas, or seeds.
DCC 50 Vault of the Iron OverlordDCC #50 Vault of the Iron Overlord, Goodman Games

Printed with an inside cover map that physically rotates as the players explore, this dungeon brings together Monte Cook, Erol Otus, and the DCCs!
Castle WhiterockDCC #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.
   
Expedition to the Ruins of GreyhawkExpedition to the Ruins of Greyhawk, Wizards of the Coast

Expedition to the Ruins of Greyhawk is a super-adventure that revisits a classic D&D location and incorporates new twists and surprises for version 3.5
Burnt OfferingsPathfinder #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.
   
Seven Days to the GravePathfinder #8: Seven Days to the Grave, Paizo Publishing

Part 2 of the Curse of the Crimson Throne Adventure Path deals with a disease spreading through Korvosa that leaves its victims deformed and faceless.
Honorable Mention:  Shaolin Squirrels: Nuts of Fury, Hinterwelt Enterprises
   
Best Supplement
Awarded for a product which adds supplementary rules or details to the game.
Codex ArcanisCodex Arcanis, Paradigm Concepts

The essential guide to Arcanis: the World of Shattered Empires. Mortals stumble in darkness; heroes light the way, leave your mark upon the Shattered Empires!
Hero HighHero High, Green Ronin Publishing

Hero High is a look at the genre of teen heroes for the Mutants & Masterminds. It includes everything a GM needs to run a teen heroes campaign.
   
Secrets of the Surface WorldHollow Earth Expedition: Secrets of the Surface World, Exile Games Studio Spirit of the SeasonSpirit of the Season, Evil Hat Productions

Nick Saint (aka Secret Santa), the Reindeer Men, & their Chanukah allies fight for the holidays. It's the most wonderful time of the year... for EVIL!
   
True20 CompanionTrue20 Companion, Green Ronin Publishing

The True20 Companion helps Narrators create exciting campaign worlds, with advice and expanded information on adapting the True20 game system to various genres of adventure fiction,  including modern action, horror, fantasy, and science fiction.
Honorable Mention:  Vampire:Ventrue, White Wolf Publishing
   
Best Setting
Awarded for a product detailing a setting.
City of BrassCity of Brass Box Set, White Wolf Publishing

A bazaar at the crossroads of the universe, here is a place where your greatest dreams and worst nightmares may be granted with a wish -- if the price is right.
Pathfinder GazetteerPathfinder Chronicles Gazetteer, Paizo Publishing

This 64-page gazetteer contains information on the major kingdoms and cities of the Pathfinder Chronicles campaign setting.
   
Pirate's Guide to FreeportPirate'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.
Roma ImperiousRoma Imperious, Hinterwelt Enterprises

Roma Imperious is a compelling Roman world setting that blends historical fact with high fantasy adventure beyond the limits of the city gates.
   
Warp WorldWarp World, Blackburg Tactical Research Center

In 2010, the world changes. The expanding universe stretches the fabric of spacetime, and it snaps. And everything that was real, becomes real again.
Honorable Mention:  Amethyst, Dias Ex Machina Games
   
Best Adversary/Monster Product
Awarded for a product whose primary focus is monsters or adversaries.
The Book of Unrelenting HorrorThe Book of Unremitting Horror, Pelgrane Press

In BoUH, art and text combine to offer disturbing creatures for the modern world, each one an adventure in itself, linked by a terrifying mythos.
Elder EvilsElder 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.
  
Glimpse of the AbyssGlimpse of the Abyss (Feng Shui), Atlas Games

Dozens of demonic, mysterious, and downright bizarre monsters for your Feng Shui adventures with new schticks, a ready-to-play adventure, 3 new character types, and 36 thousand gods?
The Noble WildThe Noble Wild, Skirmisher Publishing

This comprehensive guide to playing intelligent animals includes stats for more than 60 species, eight prestige classes, and many special rules.
  
Classic Monsters RevisitedPathfinder 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.
Honorable Mention:  Dragonlance:  Dragons of Krynn, Margaret Weis Productions
  

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Updated July 25, 2008

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