#ttrpg awards

[merelyroleplayers]

Nominate Merely Roleplayers in the CRIT Awards 2024

The Creator Recognition in Tabletop RPG Awards are open for nominations until the end of May, and lots of our stuff from the past year is eligible!

You all got us to the final ballot in 2 categories last year – thank you again, it was incredible to hear the words "Merely Roleplayers" read out alongside so many luminaries of roleplaying and storytelling!

Could we make it 3 this year?

Could we even make it to a win??

At this nomination stage, you're free to nominate whoever and whatever you like in each category. It's free choice, not multiple choice. Then people/things with enough nominations get put on the final ballot for everyone to check out and vote on.

Most of the categories ask for a link or social media handle to help the CRIT team vet nominations. Plus, I know from filling out my own nominations how hard it can sometimes be to work out what actually falls within the eligibility period (which this year is 1 Jan 2023–29 Feb 2024 – RPG vendors please put the publication date on the game's page!!).

So here's a handy list of what we've done that came out in that period, the categories you could nominate them in, and the relevant links and handles:

Best of Actual Plays

Best Series

Vigil: The Great Fire https://foggyoutline.com/roleplayers-episodes/category/The+Great+Fire

Vigil: Chief/Exec https://foggyoutline.com/roleplayers-episodes/category/Chief%2FExec

Vigil: Fear Itself https://foggyoutline.com/roleplayers-episodes/category/Fear+Itself

(and in the Studio...)

Falling Cadence https://foggyoutline.com/roleplayers-episodes/category/Falling+Cadence

The Queen's Dead https://foggyoutline.com/roleplayers-episodes/category/The+Queen%27s+Dead

The Office Party https://foggyoutline.com/roleplayers-episodes/category/Office+Party

Best NPC

Any and all NPCs from the above 6 productions, including 2023 nominee Ernest Bering, Agent of DoOm...

It's up to you to decide, based on his actions in Vigil: Fear Itself, whether oor Ernie belongs in this category or in:

Best Villain

Any and all villains from the above 6 productions, including Ada Lovelace (Great Fire), Max Dashwood (Chief/Exec), Morrigan the War Chieftain (Chief/Exec), the Harlequin (Fear Itself) and (possibly, as above) Ernest Bering, Agent of DoOm.

Best of their Games

Best Game Master | Indie

Matt Boothman https://www.instagram.com/merelymatt/

Josh Yard https://www.instagram.com/merelyroleplayers/

Best Player | Indie

Ellie Pitkin https://www.instagram.com/merelyroleplayers/

(plays Persephone 'Percy' Byron in Great Fire and Camilla Parnell in Falling Cadence)

Dave https://www.instagram.com/merelyroleplayers/

(plays Mick Mason in Great Fire and Josh in Office Party)

Strat https://www.instagram.com/merelyroleplayers/

(plays Brier in Great Fire and Jerome Picklepants in Office Party)

Chris MacLennan https://www.instagram.com/merelyroleplayers/

(plays Kincaid in Great Fire)

Natalie Winter https://www.instagram.com/winternatters/

(plays Gwynned in Chief/Exec and Bess in Office Party)

Marta Da Silva https://www.instagram.com/nanaluvren/

(plays Harper in Chief/Exec)

Josh Yard https://www.instagram.com/merelyroleplayers/

(plays Jinny Greenteeth in Chief/Exec)

Vikki https://www.instagram.com/merelyroleplayers/

(plays Renko in Chief/Exec and Cadence Fairchild in Falling Cadence)

Alexander Pankhurst https://www.instagram.com/apankhurst/

(plays Graham in Fear Itself and Reginald 'Skinsy' Skinner in Falling Cadence)

Chris Starkey https://www.instagram.com/merelyroleplayers/

(plays Cameron Jarvis in Fear Itself and Neville Flounder, aka the Living Shadow, aka Night Gannet in Office Party)

Ellen Gould https://www.instagram.com/merelyroleplayers/

(plays Jess Butterworth in Fear Itself)

Helen Stratton https://www.instagram.com/merelyroleplayers/

(plays Stella Sylvester in Falling Cadence)

Fiona KT Howat https://www.instagram.com/unspeakablyfiona/

(plays the Skeletal Duchy in The Queen's Dead)

Naomi Clarke https://www.instagram.com/naomithinksit/

(plays the Draugr Earldom in The Queen's Dead)

Best of Podcasts

Best Podcast

Merely Roleplayers https://www.merelyroleplayers.com

Best Podcast Host

Matt Boothman https://www.instagram.com/merelymatt/

Thank you! Can't wait to see who gets nominated this year!

[queerpg]

2024 RAINBOW ROLL FEST WINNERS!!!

Last weekend was this year's Rainbow Roll Fest. We submitted a 45 min piece from episodes 6-7 of Wildmoore High and we won a bunch of stuff!!!

Highly recommend checking out the other winners and participants to add to your to watch/listen to lists!

[dungeonmalcontent]

Guess who totally forgot about the crit awards? Me!

And no.inations are still open (I think). So that.

The Crit Awards 2024

I just learned about these today! I'm eligible for some homebrew awards. It'd be nice to be nominated for Best Homebrew and Best Supplement, and I have a few things that could qualify (more on that later).

More than my own nominations, however, I just really want people to look at the categories and just think about who you could nominate. Everyone only gets 1 nomination per category and there are restrictions on what's eligible (public work, not big company like crit role or dropout, no AI, shared between last jan and this feb, etc.). And I know there's a lot of good categories and candidates for them.

You can find the categories for this years awards here: Crit Awards Categories.

Please, if you see a category and think of an eligible contender fill out the nomination form. It's pretty quick and you can skip categories you can't think of anyone for.

(personally I like Crest Saga for the Indie TTRPG and multiplayer TTRG categories, but don't tell anyone I said that)

My own eligibility below the cut.

As for my own works in the homebrew categories, the following are eligible:

Re:Alignment (for homebrew supplement/3rd party content)

Routine Passives (for homebrew supplement/3rd party content)

Psionics: Spellcasting & Specialties (This one could honestly go either way, it has subclasses, spells, and variant feature rules. It's an all in one supplement. This is the one I'd prefer to be nominated in this category or both.)

Grimdark Puzzles (for supplement, sadly Grimdark & Dangerous itself is not eligible)

Druid: Circle of the Glade (for supplement, technically?)

Encounter With: The Pale Widow (for monster)

Figher: Blade Drifter (for supplement)

Sorcerer: Vampiric Bloodline (for supplement)

Barbarian: Path of Possession (For supplement)

Druid: Circle of Bones (for supplement)

Artificer: Necrocrafter (for supplement)

Bard: College of Partying (for supplement)

Mancatcher (for best homebrew spell, monster, or item)

Restless Hunger (for homebrew spell, monster, or item)

Wax Wings (for homebrew spell, monster, or item)

Suspender of Disbelief (for homebrew spell, monster, or item—this is the standalone item I am most proud of if I'm being honest)

There is more, but it's more niche and behind a minimal paywall (granted some of the above is also behind a paywall). You can find these by following this link and sorting by date.

[emmavoid]

Yeldplay! got nominated for a CRIT Award!!!!

aaaaaaa? aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!! <33333333333333333333

[lakemojave]

This afternoon at 2pm pacific: Tales From the Rambler Episode 15!!!

DM'd by Bill @gabajoofs, starring Dot @dorothylarouge as Janica Halcyon, Sebastian @lakemojave as Bhuri'Hssyngig, Jordan @brucebocchi as Ced Saverem, Heather @chansaw as Val Griv'ir, and Julia @thottacelli as Caitvuna Conu!

Art by @bijillion, recap under the cut! See y'all then!

THE STORY SO FAR: It has been years since the end of the Galactic Civil War. The New Republic struggles to rebuild the galaxy after decades of Imperial rule, locked in a cold war with the remnant Pentastar Alignment. All the while, in the dark corners of the galaxy, organized crime groups compete with each other to gain power in the galactic underworld after the collapse of the Hutt Cartel. Now, the crew of the transport ship the Rambler have been thrust into this gritty, cutthroat world...

LAST TIME: A month passed after the crew of the Rambler cleared their bounties with Black Sun. Cait continued to get updates on her supposed brother attempting to contact her, with new information revealing the call had actually come from Imperial-occupied Yaga Minor. Meanwhile, Ced, Bhuri, Janica, and Hank went fishing, with Bhuri once again escalating matters into a physical wrestle with a ten-foot lake fish.

As the month ended, Janica, still unsettled after her encounter with Durga the Hutt, managed to open the blue cube Val had stolen from Black Sun, revealing it to be a holocron belonging to the ancient Jedi Master known as Booster. Booster confirmed that Janica was strong in the Force, and offered to teach her the ways of the Jedi, an offer which Janica accepted after some hesitation. She attempted to meditate and open herself to the Force, only to be ripped from her relaxation by the mysterious figure who had contacted her once before in her dreams.

Before Janica could process these developments, the crew was given their next assignment by the Republic: smuggling weapons and equipment to the local resistance on Ord Mantell, led by Janica's old friend and local saloon owner Chodo Kantum.

En route to Ord Mantell, the Rambler was ripped out of hyperspace to avoid colliding with a derelict cruise liner. Boarding the liner, the crew were assaulted by a horrific stench, as the ship was filled to the brim with thousands of mutilated corpses. The crew made their way to the bridge, where they were met by the figure from Janica's dreams, who introduced himself as a Sith named Tenlos and tempted Janica to join him. The crew were narrowly able to escape after Tenlos flew into a rage, and returned to their original heading. Janica spoke with Master Booster, who confirmed that Tenlos was a Sith from his time whom he had once faced in battle. He urged Janica to continue her training, and entreated Bhuri to protect her. Meanwhile, Ced sat in the ship's lounge, rattled from the encounter, as Cait learned more about the Imperials who seemed set on luring her into a trap.

The crew of the Rambler arrived on Ord Mantell, landing in the capital of Worlport and delivering their shipment to the Last Chance Saloon. The crew met with Chodo, who arranged a meeting with the other resistance leaders and explained their plan to bring the fight to the Imperial occupation, a plan which the crew readily agreed to join...

[gigantic-spider]

The Awards winners' livestream on Friday November 15 @ 7pm EST

The Awards is finally back to reveal the 20 winners of this third annual indie TTRPG awards show, joining our illustrious honorees from 2022 and 2023. Join me and (most of) this year's judging panel as we reveal, in no particular order, the 20 submissions that were deemed the best TTRPG stuff of the year.

This year we are honored to be hosted by @darlingdemoneclipse on her Twitch channel, on Friday November 15 @ 7pm EST (UTC-5). Tune in to see some of the coolest, weirdest, most TTRPG-est stuff you can possibly imagine!

[lizardcatcreations]

Restless Specter

a special chonk i made in collaboration with the upcoming CRIT Awards 💙 i'm so in love with this design and couldn't not share all of my fav pictures, and i hope whoever ends up with it loves it as much as i do.

don't forget to nominate your fav indie TTRPG and gaming creators by june 1st!

[rollforfelicity]

Nominations for The CRiT Awards opened today! For those who aren't familiar, The CRiT Awards are a peer-driven TTRPG awards show where creators can nominate each other to be recognized for their work in the TTRPG space.

For those of you deciding who you’d like to nominate for each category, I hope you’ll consider nominating me for the category of Best Game Master | Indie.

During the eligible period I GM’d two seasons of Monsterhearts: Freshman Year for Girls Run These Worlds and 6 indie one-shots on my own channel. I also facilitated 7 GMless indie games and Shall We? a Wanderhome limited series. (GMing and Facilitating are very much not the same thing, but I want to highlight the number of indie TTRPG shows I've produced/facilitated as well as GM'd.)

In 2023, I started the Incredibly Indie series on RollForFelicity, which is a series specifically intended to get more eyes on games with few (if any) examples of play. I consider myself a huge supporter of indie TTRPGs.

Not only do I increase the visibility of indie TTRPGs, but I’m also very good at running them. I get to the heart of the mechanics and lean into the stories and moments each game is hoping to achieve. When I run a game, I try to run it as the quintessential example of what THAT game can be.

I have a deep love for indie TTRPGs, but more than that, I think I’m really fucking good at running them. So if you’ve enjoyed any of the series or one-shots I’ve GM’d, I hope you’ll consider nominating me for Best Game Master | Indie.

[corsairesix]

The Crit Awards have opened their nominations! Their mission is to celebrate and recognize the contributions and achievements of the TTRPG community, so nominations and votes are community-driven.

If you enjoyed the work of anyone in the TTRPG community, from game designers to artists to actual play performers, a great way you can support them is by nominating them!

[totcoc0a]

The Audioverse awards are here and we are up for several categories, along with several shows I am sure you all know and love! This is a great (and free) way to show appreciation for the shows you enjoy and I am thrilled that we get to participate this year!

Happy voting!

[vintagerpg]

Breaking news! Experience Points: The Lost Chapters from Monsters, Aliens, & Holes in the Ground has been nominated for an Ennie Award in the Best RPG Related Product category!

Big thanks to Exalted Funeral for submitting the zine, and a heaping pile of congratulations to my co-conspirators Ed Coleman (author of the Paranoia essay), Kyle Patterson (illustrator), Derek Kinsman (designer), Jamie Springer (copy editor), Orrin Grey (line editor) and Joe DeSimone (fact checker), who can all officially append "Ennie-Nominated" to their list of qualifications for all time.

It would be swell if you voted for them! They worked super hard on both this and the main book, on a shockingly tight turn-around, and made an amazing reality out of my rambling thoughts. I'm forever in their debt, really. The Ennies are a community award, so you, my community, please go and vote!

[merelyroleplayers]

Who is Ernie Bering?

Our Ernie is a finalist in the Best NPC category in this year's CRIT Awards, so let's have a quick rundown of who the man is.

If you already know, you can cast your vote for Ernie (and for Merely Roleplayers for Best Storyline!) at the CRIT Awards site:

Ernest 'Ernie' Bering is a craggy, barrel-chested man usually seen in a nondescript grey suit, cut to conceal a shoulder holster. In a visual medium, he would be played by Tommy Lee Jones, but voiced by Ray Winstone.

In our show, he's voiced by Matt Boothman. Matt and Chris Starkey came up with the character and Ellie Pitkin came up with his name.

Ernie is a career field agent of the Department of Omissions (DoOm), tasked with minimising the disruption the supernatural world causes to ordinary British citizens. He's a man shaped by life in the shadows.

Ernie was the point man for a disastrous DoOm scheme to release ghouls into the English countryside as bait for the Hunt, which legends say would scour England of evil. The Hunt didn't show but the ghouls massacred a family on a camping trip.

The only survivor was the youngest child, Cameron Jarvis (played by Chris Starkey). Ernie kept an eye on Cam as he moved through the foster system, mainly out of guilt, but also because Cam had fought off a ghoul, so he might be useful to Ernie in the future.

Completely off DoOm's books, Ernie trained Cam to deal with ghouls and other otherworldly threats. He's been both a handler and something of a surrogate father to Cam.

Years after the tragic experiment with the ghouls, the Hunt finally arrived in England and invited Ernie to join their ranks – via a ghoul being used as a combination errand boy and hunting hound. Ernie declined and took a nasty stab wound from the ghoul.

After Ernie tried and failed to keep Cam out of things, the truth finally came out and Cam put the injured Ernie on notice: if Ernie ever shows his face to Cam again, he'll find himself on the receiving end of his own deadly training.

And that's where we left Ernie at the end of Vigil: Quarry. He will return later this year in Vigil: Fear Itself...

In the meantime, show your appreciation for our favourite highly competent moral vacuum in the Best NPC category at the CRIT Awards!

[danielnelsen]

suffered through that whole fight with the forge monster thing and then got an achievement for killing it without using the forge 😭😭😭 i wasn’t trying to make the fight harder, i just forget you can do interesting things in this game

[ratwavekayla]

The Rascal community-sourced announcements have details on the new Webstore I've just opened for Rat Wave Game House.

"At launch the store features six titles, three of which are currently exclusively available through the Rat Wave webstore. First there's To Embrace a Swamp Creature, a Belonging outside Belonging game about mentally ill swamp things, reminiscent of Night in the Woods as well as films like Shiva Baby and Appropriate Behaviour. Then there's An Illustrator's Guide to the Dreamtlands, a solo journaling and sketching game using the artwork of Wassily Kandinsky. The final exclusive is The Story of a Story, another solo game this time with the player assuming the role of a story told round the camp fire as they evolve. Beyond these initial exclusive readers can also buy copies of Transgender Deathmatch Legend, The Infinite Dancefloor and Follow Me in the Night direct from the source."

I reckon after fulfilment it's probs the main place Ritual Magic for Besties will be available. I'm also thinking of experimenting with running pre-orders for a future new release (Godslingers)

Anyway, feel free to give me money anytime you want

[emmavoid]

CRIT Awards Ceremony!

The CRIT Awards are tonight, 6pm PST/9pm EST! Come watch cool folks give out well-deserved awards to awesome ttrpg folks!

[guccigarantine]

technoir doesn’t have a b plot system and yet ali still managed to make it happen in the counter/weight prequel