Indie RPG Awards

The Indie RPG Awards are annual, creator-based awards for Indie role-playing games and supplements. They were established in 2002[1]:143 by Andy Kitkowski, and are the most sought-after awards in the Indie RPG community.

For the purposes of the Awards, there exists a following "definition" of an Indie role-playing game:[2]

  • A game where the creator is the person who has written at least 50% of the actual game content.
  • A game where the creator has full control of content and publishing.
  • A game where the creator is the publisher, with full control over expenses and profits.

Categories

The following categories for nominations have been used throughout the history of the awards:

  • Indie Game of the Year - the main award for Indie Games.
  • Indie Supplement of the Year - for best Supplement for an Indie Game.
  • Best Free Game - for free Indie Games.
  • Best Support - for the publisher has best supported a previously published game or supplement.
  • Best Production - for best written and most attractive Indie Games.
  • Most Innovative Game - for games that stretch the RPG experience in new ways.

Additional categories were awarded in the first years of the awards:

  • Best Use of the d20 License - presented only in 2002
  • Indie RPG Zine of the Year - presented only in 2002
  • Best Synergy - a game with a synergistic relationship between the setting and the rules; presented only in 2002 and 2003.
  • Indie RPG "Human of the Year" - for Indie RPG creators and supporters; presented only in 2002 and 2003.
  • Andy's Choice Award - determined by the originator of the awards; presented only in 2002, 2003 and 2004.
  • People's Choice Award - decided by popular vote for best game and best supplement; presented only in 2004.

Winners

2002

2003
  • Indie Game of the Year: My Life with Master by Paul Czege
  • Indie Supplement of the Year: JAGS Have-Not
  • Best Free Game: FATE[3]:422 by Fred Hicks
  • Best Production: My Life with Master
  • Best Support: FATE
  • Best Synergy: My Life with Master
  • Most Innovative Game: My Life with Master
  • Indie RPG "Human of the Year": Luke Crane (spelled as Power of the Year)
  • Andy's Choice: FATE

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008
  • Indie Game of the Year: Mouse Guard by Luke Crane and David Petersen
  • Indie Supplement of the Year: Don't Lose Your Mind by Benjamin Baugh
  • Best Free Game: (tie) Sea Dracula by Jake Richmond and Nick Smith and Sufficiently Advanced by Colin Fredericks
  • Best Production: Mouse Guard
  • Best Support: Mouse Guard
  • Most Innovative Game: Sweet Agatha by Kevin Allen Jr.

2009
  • Indie Game of the Year: Kagematsu by Danielle Lewon
  • Indie Supplement of the Year: The Day after Ragnarok by Kenneth Hite
  • Best Free Game: Lady Blackbird: Adventures in the Wild Blue Yonder by John Harper
  • Best Production: Lady Blackbird: Adventures in the Wild Blue Yonder
  • Best Support: Fiasco by Jason Morningstar
  • Most Innovative Game: A Penny for My Thoughts by Paul Tevis

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014
  • Indie Game of the Year: The Clay That Woke by Paul Czege
  • Indie Supplement of the Year: Deep Carbon Observatory by Patrick Stewart, Scrap Princess
  • Best Free Game: Dream Askew by Joe Mcdaldno
  • Best Production: A Red and Pleasant Land by Zak S.
  • Best Support: Deep Carbon Observatory
  • Most Innovative Game: The Clay That Woke

2015
  • Indie Game of the Year: Night Witches role-playing game by Jason Morningstar
  • Indie Supplement of the Year: Fiasco Playset Anthology by Bully Pulpit Games
  • Best Free Game: Sign by Hakan Seyalioglu and Kathryn Hymes
  • Best Production: Fall of Magic by Ross Cowman
  • Best Support: World-Wide Wrestling Role-Playing Game by Nathan D. Paoletta
  • Most Innovative Game: Fall of Magic

2016
  • Indie Game of the Year: Blades in the Dark by John Harper
  • Indie Supplement of the Year: Microscope Explorer by Ben Robbins
  • Best Free Game: Quill: A Letter-Writing Roleplaying Game for a Single Player by Scott Malthouse
  • Best Production: Blades in the Dark by John Harper
  • Best Support: Blades in the Dark by John Harper
  • Most Innovative Game: #Feminism: A Nano-Game Anthology by Edited by Misha Bushyager, Lizzie Stark, and Anna Westerling

2017
  • Indie Game of the Year: The Watch by Anna Kreider, Andrew Medeiros
  • Indie Supplement of the Year: Itras By: The Menagerie by Ole Peder Giaver et al.
  • Best Production: Timewatch by Kevin Kulp, John Adamus, Heather Albano, Kennon Bauman, Matthew Breen, Dave Chalker, Kenneth Hite, Christopher Lackey, Cindy Maka, Belton Myers, Michael Rees, Corey Reid, Paul Stefko, Jeff Yaus
  • Best Support: Timewatch by Kevin Kulp, John Adamus, Heather Albano, Kennon Bauman, Matthew Breen, Dave Chalker, Kenneth Hite, Christopher Lackey, Cindy Maka, Belton Myers, Michael Rees, Corey Reid, Paul Stefko, Jeff Yaus
  • Most Innovative Game: Alas for the Awful Sea by Hayley Gordon, Vee Hendro

Notes
  1. Shannon Appelcline (2014). Designers & Dragons: The '00's. Mongoose Publishing. ISBN 978-1-61317-087-8.
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20131116080451/http://rpg-awards.com/faq.shtml#1a
  3. Shannon Appelcline (2011). Designers & Dragons. Mongoose Publishing. ISBN 978-1-907702-58-7.
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