Thirsty Sword Lesbians wins big at Gen Con’s Ennie awards

Thirsty Sword Lesbians gained gold twice at this 12 months’s Gen Con in Indianapolis, Indiana. The Ennie Awards, the marquee prize given out every year on the nation’s largest tabletop gaming conference, awarded April Equipment Walsh’s role-playing sport its 2022 Finest Recreation and Product of the 12 months medals. The announcement, made Friday, was accompanied by a number of different awards given to high-profile, unbiased BIPOC and queer creators within the tabletop role-playing sport group.

Revealed by Evil Hat Productions (Blades within the Darkish, Agon), Thirsty Sword Lesbians is predicated on the favored Powered by the Apocalypse ruleset. It focuses closely on social interplay, counterpoising hand-to-hand fight with lingering glances and flirting that enable gamers to make use of a one-liners and zingers to disarm their opponents. The e-book additionally contains useful tips for “each narrative drama and participant security” based on its web site.

Picture: Charlie Corridor/Polygon

The Ennies are distinctive amongst gaming awards, as its judges are volunteers who observe a strict set of moral tips. Chief amongst them is the vow to not have knowledgeable relationship with an RPG writer within the lead as much as the awards. These tips assist make sure that the Ennies aren’t only a reputation contest, by winnowing down the handfuls upon dozens of submissions to solely the easiest. As soon as the brief checklist has been created, voting on the ultimate winners is open to all. You’ll find the whole checklist of nominees for each class on the Ennie Awards web site.

Different notable winners embody Uncaged Goddesses, a Dungeons & Dragons fifth edition- suitable module, which took house gold for Finest Journey, silver for Finest Inside Artwork, and silver for Product of the 12 months. It contains a number of adventures for high-level adventurers primarily based on “the Faerûnian pantheon in Dungeons & Dragons, in addition to the Fury (Eberron), Mom Evening (Barovia), and Pharika (Theros)” based on its product description on the Dungeon Grasp’s Guild.

Lastly, Wanderhome took house gold for Finest Household Recreation, resulting in some emotional remarks by breakout creator Jay Dragon. In our evaluation, Polygon famous Wanderhome skillfully “positions the drama of the Redwall sequence alongside Animal Crossing’s infinite Sunday afternoons” whereas “displaying the competence to juggle each of these vibes in a single sport.”

You’ll find the total checklist of 2022 Ennie Award winners on Twitter.