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2020 Ennies - so much garbage

Started by Mjollnir, July 08, 2020, 10:48:29 PM

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Mistwell

#30
August 01, 2020, 11:08:21 AM Last Edit: August 01, 2020, 11:14:29 AM by Mistwell
Quote from: FelixGamingX1;1142656One game, so they can't be called pro woke. I personally won't be sending any of my titles to the ENnies anymore. For the size of the hobby it remains a quite small talent show.

What "one game"?

The only game called out as "woke" didn't win anything.

The one game called out in the OP as looking like it might be good...won the top award and several others!

The game which won the biggest award is OSR. And that publisher won the fan award too, and that OSR game won best writing and best layout. Could be some other OSR games are in there. I know The Ultraviolet Grasslands looks pretty "non-woke" to me, and it won several awards too. And the same publisher as Borg won another award for Aliens.

I am not seeing any "woke" games that won anything. Are you? Sure looks like the winners list is closer aligned with the views of people here than with the views of the "woke" crowd.

Eirikrautha

#31
August 01, 2020, 02:18:34 PM
Quote from: Mistwell;1142669What "one game"?

The only game called out as "woke" didn't win anything.

The one game called out in the OP as looking like it might be good...won the top award and several others!

The game which won the biggest award is OSR. And that publisher won the fan award too, and that OSR game won best writing and best layout. Could be some other OSR games are in there. I know The Ultraviolet Grasslands looks pretty "non-woke" to me, and it won several awards too. And the same publisher as Borg won another award for Aliens.

I am not seeing any "woke" games that won anything. Are you? Sure looks like the winners list is closer aligned with the views of people here than with the views of the "woke" crowd.
Best Free Game/Product
Silver – Tunnel Goons (Highland Paranormal Society)
Gold – TTRPG Safety Toolkit (Smooching Knife)

Yep, nothing woke on that list...

GeekyBugle

#32
August 01, 2020, 02:19:15 PM Last Edit: August 01, 2020, 03:34:43 PM by GeekyBugle
Quote from: Mistwell;1142654So, the game called out as objectionable here...won nothing. And the game which won the highest honor...is an OSR game (MÖRK BORG (Free League Publishing)). So now what?

https://www.enworld.org/threads/congratulations-to-the-2020-ennies-winners.673685/

Best Family Game / Product
Silver – Kids on Bikes: Strange Adventures Volume 2 (Renegade Games)
Gold – Jim Henson's Labyrinth (River Horse)

Best Aid or Accessory
Silver – The Dungeon Books of Battle Mats (Loke Battlemats)
Gold – Deck of Many Animated Spells (Hit Point Press)

Best Online Content
Silver – RPG Writers Workshop (Scribemind)
Gold – The Monsters Know What They're Doing (Saga Press)

Best Podcast
Silver – Red Moon Roleplaying
Gold – Asians Represent!

Best Monster/Adversary
Silver – Big Bad Booklet 1-6 (Hit Point Press
Gold – Mordenkainen's Fiendish Folio, Volume 1: Monsters Malevolent and Benign (Wizards of the Coast)

Best Cover Art
Silver – The Ultraviolet Grasslands (Exalted Funeral Press)
Gold – Call of Cthulhu – Berlin the Wicked City (Chaosium)

Best Interior Art
Silver – Strata (Rowan, Rook and Decard)
Gold – The Ultraviolet Grasslands (Exalted Funeral Press)

Best Organized Play
Silver – Where Can She Be? (Robbie Pleasant)
Gold – Stygia Untamed (Greasy Snitches and Paul Gabat)

Best Free Game/Product
Silver – Tunnel Goons (Highland Paranormal Society)
Gold – TTRPG Safety Toolkit (Smooching Knife)

Best RPG Related Product
Silver – Session Zero (John C. Byram)
Gold – Absinthe in Carcosa (Pelgrane Press)

Best Electronic Book
Silver – Uncaged Volume III (Scribemind)
Gold – New Tales of the Miskatonic Valley 2nd Ed (Stygian Fox)

Best Layout and Design
Silver – A Pound of Flesh (Tuesday Knight Games)
Gold – MÖRK BORG (Free League Publishing)

Best Cartography
Silver – Jim Henson's Labyrinth (River Horse)
Gold – Trilemma Adventures Compendium Vol 1 (Trilemma Adventures)

Best Rules
Silver – Zombie World (Magpie Games)
Gold – Thousand Year Old Vampire (Petit Guignol)

Best Writing
Silver – The Monsters Know What They Are Doing (Saga Press)
Gold – MÖRK BORG (Free League Publishing)

Best Adventure
Silver – Trilemma Adventures Compendium Vol 1 (Trilemma Adventures)
Gold – A Pound of Flesh (Tuesday Knight Games)

Best Setting
Silver – Arkadia – The Greek Setting for 5e (Arcana Games)
Gold – Call of Cthulhu: Berlin the Wicked City (Chaosium)

Best Supplement
Silver – Ironsworn Delve (Shawn Tomkin)
Gold – Delta Green: The Labyrinth (Arc Dream Publishing)

Best Production Values
Silver – Humblewood Box Set (Hit Point Press)
Gold – Thousand Year Old Vampire (Petit Guignol)

Fans' Choice for Best Publisher
Gold – Free League Publishing

Best Game
Silver – MÖRK BORG (Free League Publishing)
Gold – ALIEN the Roleplaying Game (Free League Publishing)

Product of the Year
Silver – Thousand Year Old Vampire (Petit Guignol)
Gold – MÖRK BORG (Free League Publishing)

Judges' Spotlight Awards
Sleepaway (Jay Dragon)
Glitter Hearts (Greg Leatherman)
Refractions in Glasston (Taylor University PWR Press, Sam Guinsatao, Carson Jacobs, T.R. Knight, Joy Lemont, Elijah Oates, Rayce Patterson, Emily Pawlowski, J. Tucker White)
Knarls Candy Compendium (Makenzie De Armas, Levi Phipps)
Hit the Streets, Defend the Block (Rich Rogers)

OSR eh?

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Edited to add more evidence of the "unwokness" :rolleyes: of the mork borg creators...

https://archive.is/Xxgoa


https://archive.is/NxQ9d
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Here is why this forum tends to be so stupid. Many people here think Joe Biden is "The Left", when he is actually Far Right and every US republican is just an idiot.

"During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act."

― George Orwell

GeekEclectic

#33
August 01, 2020, 04:40:24 PM
Quote from: GeekEclectic;1139412Also, 1 of my votes was more defensive. I just picked the thing that looked coolest and gave it a 1 in the hopes that it'd be more likely to beat those fucking safety tools that violate both common sense and APA guidelines on how to actually act around people with PTSD and phobias. They're probably going to win anyway.
Told you so.
"I despise weak men in positions of power, and that's 95% of game industry leadership." - Jessica Price
"Isnt that why RPGs companies are so woke in the first place?" - Godsmonkey
*insert Disaster Girl meme here* - Me

Mistwell

#34
August 01, 2020, 09:37:57 PM
Quote from: Eirikrautha;1142690Best Free Game/Product
Silver – Tunnel Goons (Highland Paranormal Society)
Gold – TTRPG Safety Toolkit (Smooching Knife)

Yep, nothing woke on that list...

I don't know anything about them, other than...they're free. And capitalists tend to like money from their work. But, what is it about them that's "woke"? My brief look at tunnel goons didn't strike me as "woke". Pretty simplistic game.

Mistwell

#35
August 01, 2020, 09:41:23 PM
Quote from: GeekyBugle;1142691OSR eh?

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Edited to add more evidence of the "unwokness" :rolleyes: of the mork borg creators...

https://archive.is/Xxgoa


https://archive.is/NxQ9d

I don't know anything about the creators but I know the game was marketed as OSR and uses OSR chassis. Hell it was called out in the OP as the one that looked interesting to him. It's very metal.

Eirikrautha

#36
August 01, 2020, 09:53:38 PM
Quote from: Mistwell;1142720I don't know anything about them, other than...they're free. And capitalists tend to like money from their work. But, what is it about them that's "woke"? My brief look at tunnel goons didn't strike me as "woke". Pretty simplistic game.
You can't be that stupid.  I wasn't talking about tunnel goons.  It lost to the safety tool kit.  But you knew that and were just dissembling.

GeekyBugle

#37
August 01, 2020, 10:05:56 PM
Quote from: Mistwell;1142721I don't know anything about the creators but I know the game was marketed as OSR and uses OSR chassis. Hell it was called out in the OP as the one that looked interesting to him. It's very metal.

It's not OSR, it's SwordCream.
Quote from: Rhedyn

Here is why this forum tends to be so stupid. Many people here think Joe Biden is "The Left", when he is actually Far Right and every US republican is just an idiot.

"During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act."

― George Orwell

Snowman0147

#38
August 01, 2020, 10:58:09 PM
Quote from: GeekyBugle;1142723It's not OSR, it's SwordCream.

Be careful my friend.  That brown isn't cream.

GeekyBugle

#39
August 01, 2020, 11:33:54 PM
Quote from: Snowman0147;1142725Be careful my friend.  That brown isn't cream.

:eek: Bwahahahhahaha, you are correct my friend.
Quote from: Rhedyn

Here is why this forum tends to be so stupid. Many people here think Joe Biden is "The Left", when he is actually Far Right and every US republican is just an idiot.

"During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act."

― George Orwell

GeekEclectic

#40
August 01, 2020, 11:41:09 PM
Quote from: Snowman0147;1142725Be careful my friend.  That brown isn't cream.
Dude, I was not ready for that! Or, more correctly, my computer monitor was not ready for that! That was . . . fun to clean up. But worth it. :D
"I despise weak men in positions of power, and that's 95% of game industry leadership." - Jessica Price
"Isnt that why RPGs companies are so woke in the first place?" - Godsmonkey
*insert Disaster Girl meme here* - Me

Mistwell

#41
August 02, 2020, 02:31:57 AM
Quote from: Eirikrautha;1142722You can't be that stupid.  I wasn't talking about tunnel goons.  It lost to the safety tool kit.  But you knew that and were just dissembling.

No man I was not. Guys here have a tendency to assume the worst of me. I don't know about either of them, and I thought you were saying both were "woke". OK, the safety toolkit is "woke"? I didn't recognize that one either. But I just looked that one up and yeah now I can see it on that one.

Abraxus

#42
August 02, 2020, 10:44:37 AM Last Edit: August 02, 2020, 10:55:11 AM by sureshot
Quote from: Mistwell;1142735No man I was not. Guys here have a tendency to assume the worst of me. I don't know about either of them, and I thought you were saying both were "woke". OK, the safety toolkit is "woke"? I didn't recognize that one either. But I just looked that one up and yeah now I can see it on that one.

Yes you kind of were imo.

Your posting history is filled with being disingenuous and purposefully stupid when it suits you and the narrative. Given how Woke you are your now trying to pretend,bullshit and more importantly con the forum into thinking you made a mistake. Somehow you "missed" the most woke product on the list which is the safety toolkit, while knowing damn well what is was. Why else would a product have such a title today if it was not an SJW or Woke product.

So either you did not read the initial list and don't want to admit to it or as per your usual modus operandi trying to pull a fast and claim ignorance. Nice try yet imo none of falling for it. It was easier for you to accuse us of being ignorant and causing a fuss and pushing your narrative. Rather than checking the facts first because again it goes against the narrative. So save the "I'm the victim here your all mean to me!"

Slambo

#43
August 02, 2020, 10:46:21 AM
Quote from: Mistwell;1142735No man I was not. Guys here have a tendency to assume the worst of me. I don't know about either of them, and I thought you were saying both were "woke". OK, the safety toolkit is "woke"? I didn't recognize that one either. But I just looked that one up and yeah now I can see it on that one.

So you didnt even read it all the way?

Philotomy Jurament

#44
August 02, 2020, 02:30:36 PM Last Edit: August 02, 2020, 02:41:39 PM by Philotomy Jurament
Took a look at that Mörk Borg game. Kinda interesting, but very rules-light and very "arty" in its presentation (even the website was a pain to navigate because of that). I'm a bit surprised it's being called an OSR game. (I think my conception of "OSR" is a lot narrower than what the term has come to include.)
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