2026 ENNIE Awards Winners
| Category | Winner |
|---|---|
| Product of the Year | The Crooked Moon Ultimate Edition (Avantris Entertainment) |
| Best Game | Daggerheart Core Set (Darrington Press) |
| Fan Favorite Publisher | Avantris Entertainment |
| Best Writing | Making Enemies: Monster Design Inspiration for Tabletop Roleplaying Games (Gallery Books) |
| Best Rules | Daggerheart (Darrington Press) |
| Best Setting | Dolmenwood Campaign Book (Exalted Funeral Press) |
| Best Supplement | Legend In The Mist – Action Grimoire (Son of Oak Game Studio) |
| Best Layout & Design | Warhammer: The Old World Roleplaying Game, Player’s Guide (Cubicle 7 Entertainment) |
| Best Family Game | Dungeons & Kittens Starter Set (Edge Studio) |
| Best Free Game | Daggerheart Quickstart Adventure: The Sablewood Messengers (Darrington Press) |
| Best Streaming Content | Get Your Sheet Together (Darrington Press) |
| Best Production Values | The Crooked Moon Ultimate Edition (Avantris Entertainment) |
| Best Monster/Adversary | Monsters of Drakkenheim (Ghostfire Gaming) |
| Best Cartography | Dolmenwood Maps Book (Exalted Funeral Press) |
| Best RPG Related Product | Beyond the Witching Ring: Dolmenwood Soundtrack Album – 12" Vinyl LP (Exalted Funeral Press) |
| Best Solo Game | SPINE: A Dark Solo TTRPG About Losing Yourself in a Book (Backwards Tabletop) |
| Best Community Content | Triangle Agency Fan Zine (Triangle Agency Fan Zine Team) |
| Best Art, Interior | Legend In The Mist – Core Book (Son of Oak Game Studio) |
| Best Art, Cover | The Crooked Moon Standard Edition Hardcover (Avantris Entertainment) |
| Best Online Content | Designing Dungeons Course: Or, How to Kill a Party in 30 Rooms or Less (Joshua McCrowell & Warren D) |
| Best Aid/Accessory – Non-Digital | The Crooked Moon Tarot Card Set (Avantris Entertainment) |
| Best Aid/Accessory – Digital | The Crooked Moon Alchemy VTT (Avantris Entertainment) |
| Best Adventure – Short Form | Whispers of the Woods (Heltung Storytelling) |
| Best Adventure – Long Form | Vaesen – City of My Nightmares (Free League Publishing) |
| Hall of Fame | RuneQuest (Chaosium Inc.) |
Source: Youtube Stream and BlueSky account. It is not yet on the official website.
The world isn’t ready for Dungeons & Kittens. I have it at home. Way richer than expected.
Has anyone here played daggerheart? I’ve only read through its srd and the rules and dice mechanics are completely uninteresting to me. I typically prefer rules light games, osr inspired, or pbta. Nothing in daggerheart’s rules screams that it sounds fun to play at the table, or that it wouldn’t turn into a rules slog like dnd, but maybe I’m missing something in there
Daggerheart is our main TTRPG and the appeal is the it leans more on narrative and story telling. Its a lot more flexible in terms of rules than DnD. So no, no rules slog. The hope and fear dice make rolls feel more dynamic. But we like theatre of mind, Rule of Cool and whatnot so the narrative forward aspect of it appeals yo our play style.
I haven’t played the final release version, but played the intro scenario in the original beta release. I know there’s been some changes since but not fully aware of the scope.
It seemed to work well for the style of game my group tends to play. I plan on buying it and trying a longer campaign once my current ones are done.
It may just not be your cup of tea, and that’s okay.
Is daggerheart any good?
I mean, it just won “best rules” and “best game” awards. So it would appear that at least some people think so.
Thank you for posting!
