2026 ENNIE Award Winners Announced

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The winners of one the tabletop role playing game industry’s biggest awards have finally been unveiled at this year’s Gen Con in Indianapolis. Contenders were vying for the prize across 24 different categories that celebrate the best in TTRPG art, design, accessories and writing.

Big winners this year include Darrington Press’ Daggerheart (which took home a Gold for both Best Game and Best Rules) and Avantris Entertainment’s The Crooked Moon (which snagged Product of the Year). Exalted Funeral Press’ Dolmenwood Campaign Book also cleaned up with a Gold for Best Setting. You can learn more and see the official list on the ENNIES website.

Below, we crack open the envelopes and look at who else took home the top prize for the 2026 ENNIEs.

What are the ENNIE Awards?

The ENNIE Awards (also known simply as the “ENNIES”) are an annual prize designed to showcase the best in tabletop RPG products, including adventures, accessories, cartography, community content and rules.

Entries are reviewed by five judges who are elected each year in an online vote open to the general public (to ensure fairness, judges must not have any ongoing professional relationship with any TTRPG publisher). Voting for that year’s ENNIES then consists of two rounds: In the first round, publishers submit their products for nomination and a shortlist is selected by the judges. In the second round, the shortlisted products are voted on by the general public.

Notably, the awards were first created in 2001 by Russ Morrissey (aka Morrus) in conjunction with the TTRPG news website Eric Noah’s Unofficial D&D Third Edition News (now known simply as EN World). From 2002 onwards, they were spelled as the “ENnie Awards,” with the annual ceremony held in person at Gen Con. In 2019, however, Morrissey (who also founded the RPG company EN Publishing) officially relinquished control of the awards and it is now a completely unaffiliated, volunteer-run organization.

Who are the nominees for the 2026 ENNIE Awards?

The nominees for this year’s ENNIEs are as follows:

Judges’ Spotlight Winners

• Girl Frame, Anxious Mimic RPGs
• Trash to Treasure, Bright Bard Games
• RPG Zine Club: Year 2, Plus One Exp/Alchemical Ink
• Tacklebox, Possible Worlds Games
• Draconis: The Call of Adventure, Studio Agate

Best Adventure – Long Form

Winner (Gold): Vaesen – City of My Nightmares, Free League Publishing
Winner (Silver): Historica Arcanum: Serenade for the Damned, Metis Creative

Nominees

• Terra Antarctica, Edge Studio
• The Spark Devil, H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society
• Tomb of a Thousand Doors, ManaDawn Tabletop Games and Plus One Exp

Best Adventure – Short Form

Winner (Gold): Whispers of the Woods, Heltung Storytelling
Winner (Silver): The Bride of Pendle, Miskatonic Repository

Nominees

• Camp Snallygaster, Pandion Games
• The White Horse of Lowvale, Tania Herrero
• Tragedy at Zaya’s Theatre, Munkao

Best Aid/Accessory – Digital

Winner (Gold): The Crooked Moon Alchemy VTT, Avantris Entertainment
Winner (Silver): Pathfinder 2e and Starfinder 2e on Foundry VTT

Nominees

• Castle of the Vampire Lord, Axolote Gaming
• Pocket Bard, Pocket Bard Inc.
• WestMarches.games, Grimoire AB

Best Aid/Accessory – Non-Digital

Winner (Gold): The Crooked Moon Tarot Card Set, Avantris Entertainment
Winner (Silver): Handouts – Ryoko’s lost notes, Loot Tavern Publishing

Nominees

• Game Master Screen, Peter Pauper Press
• Making Enemies: Monster Design Inspiration for Tabletop Roleplaying Games, Gallery Books
• The Field Guide To Floral Dragons: Dragon Miniature Sets, Hit Point Press

Best Art, Cover

Winner (Gold): The Crooked Moon Standard Edition Hardcover, Avantris Entertainment
Winner (Silver): Historica Arcanum: Echoes of Renaissance, Metis Creative

Nominees

• Book of Spirits, Beyond the Screen
• Mappa Mundi – An Exploration + Ecology RPG, Three Sails Studios
• Totem – The Spirits’ RPG, Officina Meningi

Best Art, Interior

Winner (Gold): Legend In The Mist – Core Book, Son of Oak Game Studio
Winner (Silver): The Field Guide to Floral Dragons Box Set, Hit Point Press

Nominees

• Ecryme: Player’s Guide, Open Sesame Games, LLC
• Household Volume II, Two Little Mice
• Mappa Mundi – An Exploration + Ecology RPG, Three Sails Studios

Best Cartography

Winner (Gold): Dolmenwood Maps Book, Exalted Funeral Press
Winner (Silver): Collection of Fantasy Maps II, Open Sesame Games

Nominees

• Pendragon Gamemaster Screen Pack, Chaosium Inc.
• Pilgrims of the Murk Dome, Hollow Press
• Tomb of a Thousand Doors, ManaDawn Tabletop Games and Plus One Exp

Best Community Content

Winner (Gold): Triangle Agency Fan Zine
Winner (Silver): The Bride of Pendle, Miskatonic Repository

Nominees

• A Patch of Unfurled Green, West Coast Adventurers Guild
• Sprigs & Kindling Volumes 4:1, Amanda Mullins
• The Severed Vault, Jeremy Cheong

Best Family Game / Product

Winner (Gold): Dungeons & Kittens Starter Set, Edge Studio
Winner (Silver): Dragon Town and the Darkness Below, JP Coovert

Nominees

• Crescent 2e, Mythworks
• Mushie Missions, Bright Bard Games
• PiCO, Mythworks

Best Free Game / Product

Winner (Gold): Daggerheart Quickstart Adventure: The Sablewood Messengers, Darrington Press
Winner (Silver): Legend In the Mist Learn-To-Play Comic Book Adventure, Son of Oak Game Studio LLC

Nominees

• SHIFT: Roleplaying Game Basic Rules (FREE RPG DAY), Hit Point Press
• Sprigs & Kindling Volumes 3-5
•  Triangle Agency Fan Zine

Best Game

Winner (Gold): Daggerheart Core Set, Darrington Press
Winner (Silver): Legend In The Mist – Core Book, Son of Oak Game Studio

Nominees

• Coriolis: The Great Dark Core Rulebook, Free League Publishing
• Sickest Witch Core Rulebook, Severed Books
• Thieves of the Tome, First Pancake Studios

Best Layout and Design

Winner (Gold): Warhammer: the Old World Roleplaying Game, Player’s Guide, Cubicle 7 Entertainment
Winner (Silver): Berserkr, Slightly Reckless Games

Nominees

• Deadline: A Clockwork Press, The Wanderer’s Tome
• Midnight Muscadines, Pandion Games
• Voidheart Symphony (Revised Edition), Rowan Rook & Decard

Best Monster/Adversary

Winner (Gold): Monsters of Drakkenheim Ghostfire Gaming
Winner (Silver): Dolmenwood Monster Book, Exalted Funeral Press

Nominees

• Starfinder Alien Core, Paizo Inc.
•  The Field Guide to Floral Dragons Box Set, Hit Point Press
• Wrath of the Kaiju, Loot Tavern Publishing

Best Online Content

Winner (Gold): Designing Dungeons Course: Or, How to Kill a Party in 30 Rooms or Less, Joshua McCrowell & Warren D
Winner (Silver): Solo RPG List

Nominees

• Explorers Design
• Golarion Mapping Project, Tabletop RPG Historical Society
• Molten Sulfur Blog, Molten Sulfur Press

Best Production Values

Winner (Gold): The Crooked Moon Ultimate Edition, Avantris Entertainment
Winner (Silver): Legend In the Mist – Ravenhome Slipcase, Son of Oak Game Studio LLC

Nominees

• Mappa Mundi – An Exploration + Ecology RPG, Three Sails Studios
• Terra Antarctica, Edge Studio
• The Spark Devil, H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society

Best RPG Related Product

Winner (Gold): Beyond the Witching Ring: Dolmenwood Soundtrack Album — 12″” Vinyl LP, Exalted Funeral Press
Winner (Silver): Menagerie of Unbearable Things, Tania Herrero

Nominees

• Advent-ure Calendar 20: The Lost Labyrinth, Only Games, Black Oak Workshop
• Dolmenwood Noble House Enamel Pins Set, Exalted Funeral Press
• Sickest Witch Belt Buckle, Severed Books

Best Rules

Winner (Gold): Daggerheart, Darrington Press
Winner (Silver): Legend In The Mist – Core Book, Son of Oak Game Studio

Nominees

• A Land Once Magic, moreblueberries
• Sickest Witch Core Rulebook, Severed Books
• Thieves of the Tome, First Pancake Studios

Best Setting

Winner (Gold): Dolmenwood Campaign Book, Exalted Funeral Press
Winner (Silver): Ryokos Guide to the Yokai Realms, Loot Tavern Publishing

Nominees

• Ecryme: Player’s Guide, Open Sesame Games, LLC
• Grim Hollow: Campaign Guide, Ghostfire Gaming
• Household Volume II, Two Little Mice

Best Solo Game

Winner (Gold): SPINE: A Dark Solo TTRPG About Losing Yourself in a Book, Backwards Tabletop
Winner (Silver): The Bonsai Diary, Gene Koo

Nominees

• Odyssey of the Giant, Heltung Storytelling
• Pirouette, InnocentGoblin TTRPGs
• Song of the Scryptwyrm, Dan Bronson-Lowe

Best Streaming Content

Winner (Gold): Get Your Sheet Together, Darrington Press
Winner (Silver): Cozy RPG Reviews

Nominees

• How’s My Driving?, The Panic Table & DNGN CLUB GAMES
• One Shot: Last Train to Bremen, One Shot
• The Good Friends of Jackson Elias podcast, Blasphemous Tomes

Best Supplement

Winner (Gold): Legend In The Mist – Action Grimoire, Son of Oak Game Studio
Winner (Silver): The Painted Wastelands Player’s Guide, Agamemnon Press

Nominees

• Mystified!, The Wanderer’s Tome
• No Place Like Homebrew, Roll & Play Press
• The Creative Game Master’s Guide to Extraordinary Locations (& How To Design Them), Bluestone Books

Best Writing

Winner (Gold): Making Enemies: Monster Design Inspiration for Tabletop Roleplaying Games, Gallery Books
Winner (Silver): Rapscallion, Magpie Games

Nominees

• Piaga 1348, NEED GAMES!
• Pirouette, InnocentGoblin TTRPGs
• StoryBake, Tiny Ghost Chef Games

Product of the Year

Winner (Gold): The Crooked Moon Ultimate Edition, Avantris Entertainment
Winner (Silver): Daggerheart, Darrington Press

Nominess

• Coriolis: The Great Dark Core Rulebook, Free League Publishing
• Dolmenwood Campaign Book, Exalted Funeral Press
• Legend In The Mist – Core Book, Son of Oak Game Studio
• Menagerie of Unbearable Things Tania Herrero
• The Bonsai Diary, Gene Koo
• The Field Guide to Floral Dragons Box Set, Hit Point Press
• The Spark Devil, H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society
• The White Horse of Lowvale, Tania Herrero

Final thoughts

While there are other annual TTRPG prizes (including the Origins and Diana Jones Awards), none cover as many categories as the ENNIES, making them one of the most prestigious accolades in the industry. Congratulations to all the winners and the nominees!

You can learn more and see the full list on the official ENNIE Awards site.