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2011 ENnie Award Winners
The following are the winners of the 11th annual ENnie Awards, held in 2011: Judges' Spotlight Winners *Eat and Run (Brainpan Games) *Fortune’s Fool (Pantheon Press) *Outbreak: Undead (Hunters Books) *Smallville (Margaret Weis Productions Margaret Weis Productions, Ltd. is a games publisher located in Williams Bay, Wisconsin, United States and founded in 2004 after Margaret Weis and Don Perrin, the two founders of Sovereign Press, divorced. Games Margaret Weis Productions is pr ...) *Wayfinder #4: The Mwangi Expanse (Paizo Fans United) Gold and Silver Winners References External links 2011 ENnie Awards{{ENNIE Awards ENnies winners ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. The United Kingdom includes the island of Great Britain, the north-eastern part of the island of Ireland, and many smaller islands within the British Isles. Northern Ireland shares a land border with the Republic of Ireland; otherwise, the United Kingdom is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, the North Sea, the English Channel, the Celtic Sea and the Irish Sea. The total area of the United Kingdom is , with an estimated 2020 population of more than 67 million people. The United Kingdom has evolved from a series of annexations, unions and separations of constituent countries over several hundred years. The Treaty of Union between the Kingdom of England (which included Wales, annexed in 1542) and the Kingdom of Scotland in 170 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catalyst Game Labs
Catalyst Game Labs (CGL) was created in May 2007 by InMediaRes Productions, LLC for the purpose of publishing print ''Shadowrun'' and ''Classic BattleTech'' sourcebooks.InMediaRes Productions, LLC forms imprint Catalyst Game Labs (BattleCorps.com, May 15, 2007) In June 2007, WizKids transferred the licenses for both ''Shadowrun'' and ''Classic BattleTech'' from 's United States subsidiary, FanPro LLC, to Catalyst, and in June 2008, Catalyst announced new novels for ''Shadowrun'' and ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pinnacle Entertainment Group
Pinnacle Entertainment Group is a publisher of role-playing games and wargames. History When Shane Lacy Hensley decided to create a 19th-century miniatures game he contacted Charles Ryan's company Chameleon Eclectic about publishing it. The result was '' Fields of Honor: The American War for Independence'' (1994), published in conjunction with Chameleon Eclectic, who dealt with distribution and other things that Hensley was not ready for, but ownership of the game remained with a new company that Hensley had created called Pinnacle Entertainment Group. The next year, Pinnacle and Chameleon Eclectic published ''The Last Crusade'' (1995), John Hopler's World War II CCG, the last product produced jointly between the two companies. When he completed the first draft of the game ''Deadlands'', Hensley flew in two friends and game designers, Greg Gorden and Matt Forbeck, who liked what they saw and asked to buy into the company; although Gordon later had to leave for personal reasons, For ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Castle Ravenloft (board Game)
''Castle Ravenloft Board Game'' is a board game published in 2010 by Wizards of the Coast. It was the first game released in the Dungeons & Dragons Adventure System board game series. Overview In ''Castle Ravenloft Board Game'', the players control Heroes who have come to Barovia to discover the secrets of Castle Ravenloft, and must work as a team to succeed in the adventures within the castle. It features multiple scenarios and quests. Gameplay ''Castle Ravenloft Board Game'' is a co-operative game for 1-5 players. Each player selects a Hero, and can choose from the Dragonborn Fighter, Human Rogue, Dwarf Cleric, Eladrin Wizard, and Human Ranger. Contents ''Castle Ravenloft Board Game'' includes 40 plastic heroes and monsters, 13 sheets of interlocking cardstock dungeon tiles, 200 encounter and treasure cards, a rulebook, a scenario book, and a 20-sided die. Reception David M. Ewalt of Forbes comments: "Count Strahd von Zarovich and Castle Ravenloft — stars of a beloved Du ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cubicle 7
Cubicle 7 Entertainment Ltd is an Irish games company that creates and publishes tabletop games. Best known for its ''Doctor Who'' and ''Lord of the Rings'' games, Cubicle 7 offers titles covering a range of licensed and self-developed properties. History Angus Abranson and Dave Allsop formed the role-playing game company Cubicle 7 with the aim of publishing new material for Allsop's role-playing game '' SLA Industries''. Abranson brought on his friend, Dominic McDowall-Thomas, in January 2004 to edit the books, but later in 2004 production was halted and Allsop left Cubicle 7 for other opportunities. In late 2006, Abranson and McDowall-Thomas formed Cubicle 7 Entertainment Limited, as its partners. In 2006, Cubicle 7 purchased the British small-press publisher Heresy Games and published a new edition of their 2003 role-playing game ''Victoriana'' in 2009. The company's first licensed game was obtained in 2006, with '' Starblazer Adventures'' published in 2008. Cubicle 7 then l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Laundry
''The Laundry'' is a tabletop role-playing game published by Cubicle 7 in 2010. The game is based on novelist Charles Stross's ''The Laundry Files'' series. Description ''The Laundry'' is a game where agents have to deal with Lovecraftian outer gods and British bureaucracy at the same time. Publication history Cubicle 7 used their ''Basic Role-Playing'' license to create ''The Laundry'' (2010), based on ''The Laundry Files'' series of novels by Charles Stross. The game was published in July 2010. Cubicle 7 subsequently published a number of supplements: * ''Black Bag Jobs'', a compilation of scenarios. * ''The Agent's Handbook'' which develops the agents' characters and the internal procedures of the organization. * ''The Mythos Dossiers'', a compilation of in-game documents to use as play-aids and scenario seeds. * ''License To Summon'', which give more details on the various forms of sorcery in the game universe. * ''God Game Black'', which provides more information on the Sle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monster Vault
''Monster Vault'' is a supplement to the 4th edition of the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' role-playing game. Contents ''Monster Vault'' collects the monsters of the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' world in one box and presents all-new variants, including new spins on such monsters as dragons, orcs, and vampires. In addition to combat statistics, each monster entry comes with story information to help DMs incorporate the monsters into their adventures and campaigns. This box also contains die-cut tokens for the monsters that appear within, as well as a 32-page adventure that showcases several of the monsters. Publication history ''Monster Vault'' was written by Logan Bonner, Matthew Sernett, and Rodney Thompson, and published in 2010. Shannon Appelcline commented on ''Essentials'', the final major expansion of 2010 for Fourth Edition ''Dungeons & Dragons'': "Trade paperbacks like '' Heroes of the Fallen Lands'' (2010) offered rules for a variety of character classes in a trade paperback that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reaper Miniatures
Reaper Miniatures is an American manufacturer of pewter and plastic figurines in the 25–35 mm scale, which include fantasy and science fiction figures. Founded in 1992 by brothers Ed and David Pugh, the company was originally based in Fort Worth, Texas, Fort Worth, then moved to Lewisville, Texas, Lewisville, and then to Denton, Texas, Denton, where it is based today. The company also has developed tabletop miniature game systems that may be played with their figures. The Reaper Miniatures mascot is a succubus named Sophie. History Reaper Miniatures started in Fort Worth, Texas on July 4, 1992. Initially, two lines of miniatures were produced: Distinguished Flying Collectibles (a line of World War II aircraft) and Renaissance Dreams (a line of fantasy jewelry). Reaper moved to Lewisville, Texas, in April 1993, and at this location they reactivated several old miniature lines that the company owned and combined them into the Dungeon Dweller 25 mm fantasy line. Reap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evil Hat Productions
Evil Hat Productions is a company that produces role-playing games and other tabletop games. Chief among them is the free indie RPG, ''Fate'', which has won numerous awards. History Fred Hicks had been working with Lydia Leong, Rob Donoghue, and others to run LARPs at AmberCon NorthWest starting in 1999, and came up with the name Evil Hat for themselves. While on a trip to Lake Tahoe, friends Hicks and Donoghue developed a new game based on a conversation about running another ''Amber'' game and fixing some problems with ''FUDGE''; the result was ''Fate'' which Hicks and Donoghue would publish under the name Evil Hat. Donoghue and Hicks released a complete first-edition of ''Fate'' through Yahoo! Groups (January 2003) then cleaned up the technical writing and slightly polished the system for a second edition (August 2003). Hicks and Donoghue began work on the licensed '' Dresden Files Roleplaying Game'' in 2004, but publication was held up because they decided to use ''Spir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Dresden Files Roleplaying Game
''The Dresden Files'' Roleplaying Game is a licensed role-playing game based on ''The Dresden Files'' and using the Fate system. It was released in late 2010 in two hardcover volumes: ''Your Story'' with the rules information and ''Our World'' with setting information, and won numerous awards at all of the Origins Awards, the ENnies, and the Golden Geek Awards. Game ''The Dresden Files'' Roleplaying Game is written as an in-universe artifact: a draft of tabletop role-playing game written by Billy Borden in order to explain to both his werewolf pack and to mortals how the supernatural world works. He hopes that in-universe it will allow him to reveal the weaknesses of supernatural creatures, making the rest of the supernatural world as vulnerable as the publication of Dracula made "Black Court" Vampires. Because it is supposedly a draft copy of the game, the book is covered in annotations by Harry Dresden, Bob the talking skull, and Billy Borden and these take the form of h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Savage Mojo
Savage Mojo is a publisher of role-playing games and supplier of game-development resources to other studios. History In 2007 Miles M Kantir joined Aaron Acevedo in creating Talisman Studios. In their first year, Talisman Studios published the ''Shaintar: Immortal Legends'' line of products for Sean Patrick Fannon, turning his manuscripts into finished books and maps. Miles M Kantir, the creator of the Origins Award-nominated Suzerain universe, oversaw the development of a second edition under the Talisman Studios banner, initially (2007-2009) using "Mojo Rules!". Later, after receiving an official license from Pinnacle Entertainment Group, the Savage Worlds rules system (2010–present) would be adopted. During this time the Suzerain universe would expand to include a multitude of titles such as ''Shanghai Vampocalypse'', and ''Noir Knights''. In 2011, Talisman Studios was rebranded as Savage Mojo. In 2013, Savage Mojo ran a successful Kickstarter campaign for Sean Patrick F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Posthuman Studios
Posthuman Studios is an American game company that produces role-playing games and game supplements. History Catalyst Game Labs's fourth roleplaying line was ''Eclipse Phase'' (2009), the product of Posthuman Studios, a new game design studio created by Rob Boyle, ''Shadowrun'' writer Brian Cross, and graphic designer Adam Jury Adam Jury is a Canadian game designer and graphic designer working in the hobby games industry. He is the co-founder of Posthuman Studios. History Adam Jury is a graphic designer. Jury began his career as a freelance writer working with FASA Cor .... References {{reflist External linksOfficial site Role-playing game publishing companies ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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