Queer makers win large at Gen Con’s Ennie honors for 2022

08.08.2022

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Key art for the free-to-download *Queen Pins Queen* component for *Thirsty Sword Lesbians*.

Thirsty Sword Lesbians won gold two times at this year’s Gen Con in Indianapolis,Indiana The Ennie Awards, the marquee reward handed out yearly at the country’s biggest tabletop video gaming convention, granted April Kit Walsh’s role-playing game its 2022 Best Game and also Product of the Year medals. The news, made Friday, was gone along with by numerous various other honors offered to top-level, independent BIPOC and also queer makers in the tabletop role-playing game neighborhood.

Published by Evil Hat Productions (Blades in the Dark, Agon), Thirsty Sword Lesbians is based upon the preferred Powered by the Apocalypse ruleset. It concentrates greatly on social communication, counterpoising hand-to-hand battle with sticking around looks and also teasing that permit gamers to utilize a one-liners and also zingers to deactivate their challengers. The publication likewise consists of handy standards for “both narrative drama and player safety” according to its web site.

A view from the second floor of the Indianapolis Union Station presentation space. — A sight of the Ennie Awards event on Friday evening, which occurred in the historical Indianapolis Union Station.

The Ennies are distinct amongst video gaming honors, as its courts are volunteers that adhere toa strict set of ethical guidelines Chief amongst them is the oath not to have an expert partnership with an RPG author in the lead approximately the honors. These standards aid make sure that the Ennies aren’t simply an appeal competition, by winnowing down the loads upon loads of entries to just the greatest. Once the list has actually been produced, electing on the last champions is open to all. You can locate the total listing of candidates for every single group at the Ennie Awards website.

Other noteworthy champions consist of Uncaged Goddesses, a Dungeons & & Dragons 5th version- suitable component, which took house gold for Best Adventure, silver for Best Interior Art, and also silver for Product of theYear It consists of numerous journeys for top-level travelers based upon “the Faerûnian pantheon in Dungeons & Dragons, as well as the Fury (Eberron), Mother Night (Barovia), and Pharika (Theros)” according to its item summary on the Dungeon Master’s Guild.

Finally, Wanderhome took house gold for Best Family Game, resulting in some psychological comments by outbreak designerJay Dragon In our testimonial, Polygon kept in mind Wanderhome masterfully “positions the drama of the Redwall series alongside Animal Crossing’s endless Sunday afternoons” while “displaying the competence to juggle both of those vibes in a single game.”

You can locate the complete listing of 2022 Ennie Award champions on Twitter.