2026 Nominees

Judges’ Spotlight Winners

William Beeson – Girl Frame, Anxious Mimic RPGs
Author: Isabelle M. Ruebsatt

Hans Cummings– Trash to Treasure, Bright Bard Games
Authors: Jon Boyle and Bri De Danann

Christopher Gath – RPG Zine Club: Year 2, Plus One Exp/Alchemical Ink

Fiona Katherine Taylor Howat – Tacklebox, Possible Worlds Games
Authors: J. Walton and James Tadd Adcox

Tom King – Draconis: The Call of Adventure, Studio Agate
Authors: Justine Niogret and Alexandre Mula

Best Adventure – Long Form

Historica Arcanum: Serenade for the Damned, Metis Creative
Authors: Tyler Denison, Sarp Duyar, Doğa Can Sayılkan, Alp Arslan

Terra Antarctica, Edge Studio
Authors: Leah Hawthorne, Keith Ryan Kappel, Brandon Perdue, Sam Stewart

The Spark Devil, H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society
Author: Sean Branney

Tomb of a Thousand Doors, ManaDawn Tabletop Games and Plus One Exp
Authors: Matthew Morris, Lux Taggert, Sky Svard, Antonio Buch, FriggingFrogs, Derek Mayne, Yar0d, Pulpee, Phybe, Kelly Bean, Kapithan, William Lambert, Owen McGauley, and Isaac Williams, Ellohir, Hugh Lashbrooke, Lancraft, Liam McCrickard, TabletobRPG, BohemiaSpielkunst, Relic913, Flindermouse, Rat’s Nest Games, Lesueur Benoit, Xenio, tim zee, Tumultous Tabletop, and Marcos_BM

Vaesen – City of My Nightmares, Free League Publishing
Author: Kiku Pukk Harenstam

Best Adventure – Short Form

Camp Snallygaster, Pandion Games

The Bride of Pendle, Miskatonic Repository
Author: Jayson Green

The White Horse of Lowvale
Author: Tania Herrero

Tragedy at Zaya’s Theatre
Author: Munkao

Whispers of the Woods, Heltung Storytelling
Author: Paweł Kicman

Book of Spirits, Beyond the Screen
Artists: Aldo Domínguez, Fen Inkwright

Historica Arcanum: Echoes of Renaissance, Metis Creative
Artists: Belgin Kaya, Yağmur Kıyak, Beliz Baytok, Usame Bakar, Alper Bıçaklar, Taha Hakan Arslan, İshak Can Altun, Celia Tang, İlker Serdar Yıldız, Ege Satırcı

Mappa Mundi – An Exploration + Ecology RPG, Three Sails Studios
Artist: Joel Kilpatrick

The Crooked Moon Standard Edition Hardcover, Avantris Entertainment
Artist: Xavier Collette

Totem – The Spirits’ RPG, Officina Meningi
Artists: Francesco Biagini & Voidface

Best Art, Interior

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Ecryme: Player’s Guide, Open Sesame Games, LLC
Artists: Camille Durand-Kriegel, Émile Denis, Nicolas Fructus, Remton, Francois Schuiten, Sabrina Tobal

Household Volume II, Two Little Mice
Artists: Daniela Giubellini, Antonia De Luca, Federica Costantini, Alessandro Paviolo, Ivana Abbate, Alessandro Cancian, Andrea Tentori Montalto, Arrigo Verderosa

Legend In The Mist – Core Book, Son of Oak Game Studio
Artists: Alejan Drapinal, Marius Zszulc, Mark Hretskyi, Zach Causey

Mappa Mundi – An Exploration + Ecology RPG, Three Sails Studios
Artist: Joel Kilpatrick

The Field Guide to Floral Dragons Box Set, Hit Point Press
Artist: Kin Wald

Best Cartography

Collection of Fantasy Maps II, Open Sesame Games
Guillaume Tavernier

Dolmenwood Maps Book, Exalted Funeral Press
Jonathan Newell, Glynn Seal, Arlin Ortiz

Pendragon Gamemaster Screen Pack, Chaosium Inc.
Francesca Baerald

Pilgrims of the Murk Dome, Hollow Press
Plastiboo

Tomb of a Thousand Doors, ManaDawn Tabletop Games and Plus One Exp
Fernando Salvaterra, Felipe de Faria, Bruno Prosaiko, Alex Damaceno, Josiah Moore, QBR, Lux, and Sky Svard, Oddgob Games

Best Community Content

A Patch of Unfurled Green, West Coast Adventurers Guild
Author: Marc “DM Mythall” Kassouf

Sprigs & Kindling Volumes 4:1
Author: Amanda Mullins

The Bride of Pendle, Miskatonic Repository
Author: Jayson Green

The Severed Vault
Author: Jeremy Cheong

Triangle Agency Fan Zine

Best Family Game / Product

Crescent 2e, Mythworks
Authors: Ema Acosta

Dragon Town and the Darkness Below
Author: JP Coovert

Dungeons & Kittens Starter Set, Edge Studio
Authors: Clement de Ruyter, Trickytophe, Francois Cedelle, and John Grumph

Mushie Missions, Bright Bard Games
Author: Jon Boyle

PiCO, Mythworks
Author: Felix Isaacs

Best Free Game / Product

Daggerheart Quickstart Adventure: The Sablewood Messengers, Darrington Press
Authors: Spenser Starke, Rowan Hall and Mike Underwood

Legend In the Mist Learn-To-Play Comic Book Adventure, Son of Oak Game Studio LLC
Author: Amit Moshe, Eran Aviram, Itamar Karbian, Kelly Black

SHIFT: Roleplaying Game Basic Rules (FREE RPG DAY), Hit Point Press
Author: Graeme Fotheringham, Jordan Richer, and Carlos Cisco

Sprigs & Kindling Volumes 3-5
Authors: Arrianna Abraham, Russell Anderson, Bjorn Ove Asprem (Boa), Hank Belanger, Irving Benitez, Justen Bennett, Ben Bisogno, Scott C. Bourgeois, Brendan (Khatyra), Devin R Bruce, J Carter, Tess Chappell, Alexander Thomas Guy Coursolle, Jim Crocker, Kirk Damato, Peter DeCraene, dión // isle in the heavens, Michael Dürr, Leigh Eldridge, Charlie Etheridge-Nunn, Pat Eyler, Mike Ferdinando, Rob Fletcher, Tess Fowler, Wes Franks, Jeremy Gaines, G F Greco, Cassidy Hadlock, Rebecca Hall, Jack Hargreaves, Sydney Hawkins, Lisa Imbryk, Chaotic Jamgochian, Rachael Jamison, Rhyme Jansen, Jazy, Igor Juraszewski, Andrea Klassen, Lukas Kristjanson, MW Lindberg, Billy Lingar, Kevin Macku, Mags Maenad, Marc Majcher, Ben Mansky, Gabe McCormick, Brian Miranda, Amanda Mullins, Scout Munroe, Dori Murdock, Bartosz N (bartosso), J Evan Parks, Levi Phipps, Daniel Qualls, Mike Raichelson, Raymond Rich, Kim Riek, Gabriel Robinson, Nicolas Ronvel, Jesse Ross, Blake Ryan, Alex Rybitski, Brian Sago, salty, shaed, Aaron Sinner, James Smith,
Clint Smith, Arkadiusz Stefański, Steph Infection, AJ Summers, Cameron L. Summers, Thwalee, Sean Tibbitts, Mads C Turley,
Michael Van Vleet, Alton W, Arthur Wells, Nova Wurmson

Triangle Agency Fan Zine
Authors: Kodasea, Corinna “Jude” Maria Liptáková, MarimoSelkie, Haasio, Sporadic Dialogue, L.S. Moon, fizzyware, DelcanRiven (Onion), Nathan Joseph, Pan, Me_ikko, VoiceoftheOoze, natanco, Nitroserum, Ro_drawzzz, Ash Yggdrasill, MegasomaMars, Wyllora, Ghost of Inks, Doomslug, the_pencil_head, Sleipnir, mntacuyan, iris lemony, Rhodocros, Zoe Traub, Yiu113, AlchemicalClown, SylkWeaver, Pidgeothy, Jack?, Koopstrooper, MGM_101, Robobuilder, Simon da Silva, Copper_KaBell, Boc, iCodeghost, Carbsta, Cinnabar, Totodile, Jazz Fox-Canning

Best Game

Coriolis: The Great Dark Core Rulebook, Free League Publishing
Author: Kosta Kostulas, Nils Karlén, Martin Grip, Svante Landgraf, Shawn Tomkin, Matt Click
Art: Martin Grip
Editing: Tomas Harenstam, Mattiaas Johnsson Haake
Layout/Design: Christian Granath

Daggerheart Core Set, Darrington Press
Author: Spenser Starke, Carlos Cisco, Rowan Hall, John Harper, Matthew Mercer, Alex Uboldi, Mike Underwood, Layla Adelman, Meguey Baker, Banana Chan, Chris Davidson, Rue Dickey, Felix Isaacs, Erin Roberts, Deven Rue, Rogan Shannon, Mark Thompson, Eugenio Vargas, Chris Willett
Art: Nick Acuna, Juan Salvador Almencion, Mauro Alocci, Ana Amaral, Anthony Avon, Mike Azevedo, Zoe Badini, Diana Bakieva, Adam Barker, Eliot Baum, Paul Scott Canavan, Carlos Cardona, Edgar Cardona, Kristina Carroll, Stephanie Cost, Luísa Costa, Katya Cyan, Cybercatbug, Daarken, Nikki Dawes, Carlos C. Díaz, Benjamin Ee, Geoffrey Ernault, Letícia Freitas, Bear Frymire, Gaboleps, Laura Galli, Kristina Gehrmann, James Green, Grant Griffin, Arturo Gutiérrez González, Juan Gutierrez, Leesha Hannigan, Rick Hefner, Suzanne Helmigh, Hendry Iwanaga, Jessketchin, Anthony Jones, Jack Jones, KarrahE, Sam Key, Ivan Koltovich, Alex Konstad, Samantha Kung, Linda Lithén, Samantha
B. Lucas, Danil Luzin, Dominik Mayer, Julia Metzger, Maxime Minard, Andrea Tentori Montalto, José Muñoz, Reiko Murakami, Laura Marie Neal, Irina Nordsol, Tamara Osborn, Mike Pape, Jen Estirdalin Pattison, Mila Pesic, Henry Peters, Rafater, Andreas Rocha, Ryan Christian Rodero, Joshua Rodriguez, Henrik Rosenborg, Ilya Royz, Allan Santos, Stanislav Sherbakov, Ernanda Souza, Fernanda Suarez, Jenny Tan, Mat Wilma, Maciej Wojtala
Editing: Laura Hirsbrunner, Amber Litke, Sadie Lowry, Ashley Michaela “Navigator” Lawson, Scott Gray, Sebastian Yūe
Layout/Design: Matt Paquette & Co., John Harper, Vee Hendro

Legend In The Mist – Core Book, Son of Oak Game Studio
Author: Amit Moshe, Eran Aviram, Itamar Karbian, Kelly Black
Art: Alejan Drapinal, Marius Zszulc, Mark Hretskyi, Zach Causey
Editing: Eran Aviram
Layout/Design: Manuel Serrasáez

Sickest Witch Core Rulebook, Severed Books
Author: Justin Sirois
Art: Justin Sirois
Editing: Spencer Ellsworth, Michael Hughes
Layout/Design: Justin Sirois

Thieves of the Tome, First Pancake Studios
Author: George Philbrick
Art : George Philbrick
Layout/Design: George Philbrick

Best Layout and Design

Berserkr, Slightly Reckless Games
Deadline: A Clockwork Press, The Wanderer’s Tome
Midnight Muscadines, Pandion Games
Voidheart Symphony (Revised Edition), Rowan Rook & Decard
Warhammer: the Old World Roleplaying Game, Player’s Guide, Cubicle 7 Entertainment

Best Monster/Adversary

Dolmenwood Monster Book, Exalted Funeral Press
Authors: Gavin Norman with Kyle Hettinger, Amelia Luke, James Spahn, Brian Yaksha
Art: Bianca Canoza, Pauliina Hannuniemi, Jana Heidersdorf, Aaron Howdle, Chris Huth, Tom Kilian, Jethro Lentle, Ellie Livingston, Kyle Patterson, Mish Scott, Ulla Thynell, Andrew Walter, Letty Wilson

Monsters of Drakkenheim Ghostfire Gaming
Authors: Monty Martin, Kelly McLaughlin
Art: Maria Arteta, Mauro Alocci, Andreea Barbu, Clément Blum, Cristina Birtea, Isabell Bartnicki, Marius Bota, Augusto Costa, Alberto dal Lago, Andrei Dragoș Poițelea, Giuseppe De iure, Rafael Dantanna, Sorina Dana Ştefan, Anastassia Grigorieva, Andre Garcia, Isabela Homitchi, Suzanne Helmigh, Will Hallett, Andrei Iacob, Kurt Jakobi, Ona Kristensen, Cristiana Leone, Danil Luzin, Alina Magherusan, Derek Murphy, Fajri Muhammad, Giovana Marion, Guilherme Motta, Laura Marie Neal, Renan Maurilio, Toni Munteanu, Marzena Nereida Piwowar, Olha Nykytiuk, Elizabeth Peiró, Felipe Pérez, Vincenzo Pratticò, Mihai Radu, Oana Roxana Birtea, Renan Ribeiro, George Stratulat, Stephen Sykes, Gaga Turmanishvili, Andreia Ugrai, Rebeca Ungurean, Bianca Vrinceanu, Karin Wittig

Starfinder Alien Core, Paizo Inc.
Author: Kate Baker, Lau Bannenberg, Rigby Bendele,Vishesh Bhartiya, Joseph Blomquist, Jeremy
Blum, Tineke Bolleman, Brent Bowser, Michael Bramnik, Patrick Brennan, Charlie Brooks, Jessica Catalan, Brite Cheney, Jeremy Corff, Caryn
DiMarco, Anthony Dollinger, Steve Fidler, Kim Frandsen, Andrew D. Geels, Basheer Ghouse, Sen H.H.S., Katrina Hennessy, Thurston Hillman,
Joan Hong, Jenny Jarzabski, Sara Jeffers, Mikko Kallio, Lysle Kapp, Mike Kimmel, Dustin Knight, Cole Kronewitter, Mahpiya, Letterio Mammoliti,
Randal Meyer, Jacob W. Michaels, Matt Morris, Dennis Muldoon, Quinn Murphy, Elizabeth V Nold, Chesley Oxendine, Emily Parks, Glen Parnell,
Randy Price, Kyle T. Raes, Jessica Redekop, Erin Roberts, James Rodehaver, David N. Ross, Pidj Sorensen, Joel Southall, Kendra Leigh Speedling,
Drew Taylor, Sam W Tennyson, Jalen Todd, Ruvaid Virk, Viditya Voleti, Christopher Wasko, Nicholas Wasko, Jackson Wery, Shan Wolf, and Basil
Wright
Art: János Brumár, Sol Devia, Daniele DiParma, Anna Duma-Baranowska, Miguel Regodón Harkness,
Ivan Koritarev, Renan Maurilio, Sophie Medvedeva, Guilherme Motta, Guilherme Olivieri, Nikolai Ostertag, Pixoloid Studios (Mark Molnar, Gaspar
Gombos, Zsolt “Mike” Szabados, Janos Gardos, Peter Lerner, and Almos Balogh), Jino Rufino, Alberto Saraiva, Arthur Enrique Olivera Silva,
Melissa Spandri, and Veto Zomer

The Field Guide to Floral Dragons Box Set, Hit Point Press
Author: Verity Lane, Chris Pinch, Jordan Richer, Sebastian Yue
Art: Kin Wald

Wrath of the Kaiju, Loot Tavern Publishing
Authors: Joao Araujo, William Earl, Dai Jia Rong He, Max Wartelle
Art: Mohammed Bellafquih, Kwanpo “Ari” Cheng, Phan Tuan Dat, Aleksa Drageljevic, Tyler Grayson, Martin Kirby-Jackson, Roman Kuzmin, Rastislav Le, Michelle Mueller, Richard Nguyen, Mukhlis “Sinlaire” Nur, Ognjen Sporin, Rajaa Al-Subairi, Chaouki “Ciao” Titouhi, Souhaib Zekri

Best Online Content

Designing Dungeons Course: Or, How to Kill a Party in 30 Rooms or Less, Joshua McCrowell & Warren D
Explorers Design
Golarion Mapping Project, Tabletop RPG Historical Society
Molten Sulfur Blog, Molten Sulfur Press
Solo RPG List

Best Production Values

Legend In the Mist – Ravenhome Slipcase, Son of Oak Game Studio LLC

Mappa Mundi – An Exploration + Ecology RPG, Three Sails Studios

Terra Antarctica, Edge Studio

The Crooked Moon Ultimate Edition, Avantris Entertainment

The Spark Devil, H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society

Best RPG Related Product

Advent-ure Calendar 20: The Lost Labyrinth, Only Games, Black Oak Workshop

Beyond the Witching Ring: Dolmenwood Soundtrack Album — 12″” Vinyl LP, Exalted Funeral Press
Music: Tales Under The Oak

Dolmenwood Noble House Enamel Pins Set, Exalted Funeral Press

Menagerie of Unbearable Things, Tania Herrero

Sickest Witch Belt Buckle, Severed Books

Best Rules

A Land Once Magic, moreblueberries
Author: Viditya Voleti

Daggerheart, Darrington Press
Authors: Spenser Starke, Carlos Cisco, Rowan Hall, John Harper, Matthew Mercer, Alex Uboldi, Mike Underwood, Layla Adelman, Meguey Baker, Banana Chan, Chris Davidson, Rue Dickey, Felix Isaacs, Erin Roberts, Deven Rue, Rogan Shannon, Mark Thompson, Eugenio Vargas, Chris Willett

Legend In The Mist – Core Book, Son of Oak Game Studio
Authors: Amit Moshe, Eran Aviram, Itamar Karbian, Kelly Black

Sickest Witch Core Rulebook, Severed Books
Author: Justin Sirois

Thieves of the Tome, First Pancake Studios
Author: George Philbrick

Best Setting

Dolmenwood Campaign Book, Exalted Funeral Press
Authors: Gavin Norman, Chance Dudinack, Luke Gearing, Yves Geens, Noah Green, Greg Gorgonmilk, Kyle Hettinger, Clint Krause, Amelia Luke, Scott Malthouse, Jonathan Newell, Frances Northcutt Green, Amanda P., Doyle Wayne Ramos-Tavener, Glynn Seal, James Spahn, Andrew Walter, Brian Yaksha.

Ecryme: Player’s Guide, Open Sesame Games, LLC
Authors: Alexandre Clavvel, Mathieu Gaborit, Samuel Metzener

Grim Hollow: Campaign Guide, Ghostfire Gaming
Authors: Ben Byrne, Shawn Merwin, Jenn E. Adams, Andrew Bishkinskyi, Jacob Davis, Jackson DiCarlo, Benjamin Evans, Scott Fitzgerald Gray, Benjamin Huffman, Chris Lindsay, Ginny Loveday, Pan Lyons, Greg Marks, Elliott Randall, Joe Raso, Kienna Shaw, Anne Smith, Marcello De Velazquez, Christopher Walz, Graham Ward, Ethan Yen

Household Volume II, Two Little Mice
Authors: Ricardo “Rico” Sirignano and Simone Formicola

Ryokos Guide to the Yokai Realms, Loot Tavern Publishing
Authors: Joao Araujo, William Earl, Dai Jia Rong He, Max Wartelle