If you’re looking for a list of the best RPGs of the last year, there’s few better places to look than the latest nominations for the ENnie Awards, the prestigious roleplaying prizes handed out at Gen Con in mid-August.
Kickstarter success story Tales from the Loop leads this year’s shortlist, picking up nods for best interior art, best game, best setting, best writing and product of the year thanks to its unique alternate ‘80s setting and storytelling inspired by classic movies such as E.T.
The second edition of 7th Sea – a reboot of the 1999 awardwinning historical fantasy game – has also fared very well, scoring nominations for best cover art, best free product, best game, best rules and product of the year for its core rulebook, with its scenario Pirate Nations picking up an extra recommendation for best supplement and the map of Théah voted among the best cartography.