Here are this year's nominations and winners. Voting was 10-21 July 2019, with the results announced at GenCon on 2 August (my 60th birthday as it happens!). There were 432 entries from some 241 publishers and creators for the judges to sift through. Congratulations to everyone who got nominated, never mind those who actually won!

Judge's Spotlight Winners

• Benjamin Adelman: The Stygian Library, Dying Stylishly Games
• Christopher Gath: Archives of the Sky, Aaron A. Reed
• Alexander Holley: SIGMATA: This Signal Kills Fascists, Land of NOP LLC
• Brent Jans: plot ARMOR, Mostly Harmless Games
• Brian Nowak: The Elephant & Macaw Banner: Player's Guide, Porcupine Publishing

Best Adventure

• GOLD: Masks of Nyarlathotep, Chaosium Inc.
• SILVER: Mothership: Dead Planet, Tuesday Knight Games
• Slaves of the Machine God, Monte Cook Games
• The Persephone Extraction, Pelgrane Press
• Winter's Daughter, Necrotic Gnome

Best Aid/accessory, Digital

• GOLD: World Anvil Grandmaster Tier Worldbuilding & Campaign Management Platform, World Anvil LTD
• SILVER: DUNGEONFOG - Premium Online Map Maker & Authoring Tool, DUNGEONFOG KG
• DunGen: High Resolution Dungeon Generator for Discord, Dungeon Channel
• Magwa's Magic Item Compendium Mobile App, KNights of Vasteel
• Paper Blossoms - An Unofficial Character Generation for L5R (FFG), Paper Blossoms

Best Aid/Accessory, Non-digital

• GOLD: Masks of Nyarlathotep Gamer Prop Set, The H. P.Lovecraft Historical Society Inc.
• SILVER: Dwarven Forge's Dungeon of Doom Modular Terrain, Dwarven Forge
• Champions Character Creation Cards, High Rock Press
• Numenera Ruin Deck, Monte Cook Games
• The Big Book of Sci-Fi Battle Mats, Loke BattleMats

Best Art, Cover

• GOLD: Call of Cthulhu - Terror Australis 2nd Edition, Chaosium Inc.
• SILVER: KULT: Divinity Lost, 4th Edition of KULT - Core Rules, Helmgast AB
• Bluebeard's Bride: Book of Mirrors, Magpie Games
• Coriolis - Emissary Lost, Free League Publishing
• Winter's Daughter, Necrotic Gnome

Best Art, Interior

• GOLD: RuneQuest: Roleplaying in Glorantha Slipcase Set, Chaosium Inc.
• SILVER: Symbaroum Monster Codex, Järnringen/Free League Publishing
• Invisible Sun, Monte Cook Games
• KULT: Divinity Lost, 4th Edition of KULT - Core Rules, Helmgast AB
• Legacy: Life Among the Ruins 2nd Edition, UFO Press Limited

Best Cartography

• GOLD: Forbidden Lands - Retro Open-World Survival Fantasy RPG, Free League Publishing
• SILVER: A New Map of Hot Springs Island, Swordfish Islands
• Lamp's Light Sanitarium: A Horror Campaign for 5e, Saturday Morning Scenarios
• Silent Titans, Swordfish Islands
• The Midderlands Expanded, MonkeyBlood Design & Publishing

Best Electronic Book

• GOLD: Sly Flourish's Return of the Lazy Dungeon Master, Last Word Audio
• SILVER: Fear's Sharp Little Needles, Stygian Fox Publishing
• Dinosaur Princesses, Ardens Ludere
• Ironsworn, Shawn Tomkin
• Uncaged Volume 1, Ashley Warren Writes

Best Family Game/Product

• GOLD: Kids on Bikes, Renegade Game Studios/Hunters Entertainment
• SILVER: Dinosaur Princesses, Ardens Ludere
• The Hidden Halls of Hazakor, Insane Angel Studios
• Power Outage: Core Guide Book, Go Nerdy LLC
• The Tragedies of Middle School, 9th Level Games

Best Free Game/Product

• GOLD: Ironsworn, Shawn Tomkin
• SILVER: The Ultraviolet Grasslands - Free Introduction, Hydra Cooperative
• Die Laughing, Sliced Up, NerdBurger Games
• The Executioner's Daughter, Ashley Warren Writes
• Wayfinder #18: Fey and the First World, Paizo Fans United

Best Game

• GOLD: Mothership: Player's Survival Guide, Tuesday Knight Games
• SILVER: Dialect: A Game about Language and How it Dies, Thorny Games
• Companions' Tale, Sweet Potato Press
• Dream Askew/Dream Apart, Buried Without Ceremony Games
• Liminal, Wordplay Games

Best Layout and Design

• GOLD: Symbaroum Monster Codex, Järnringen/Free League Publishing
• SILVER: The Black Hack 2e, Squarehex
• Bluebeard's Bride: Book of Mirrors, Magpie Games
• Mini-Dungeon Tome, AAW Games
• Secrets of Silent Streets, Monte Cook Games

Best Monster/Adversary

• GOLD: Sandy Petersen's Cthulhu Mythos for 5e, Petersen Games
• SILVER: Creature Codex for 5th Edition, Kobold Press
• Hideous Creatures: A Bestiary of the Cthulhu Mythos, Pelgrane Press
• Symbaroum Monster Codex, Järnringen/Free League Publishing
• Tyrants & Hellions, 2CGaming, LLC

Best Online Content

• GOLD: Seth Skorkowsky, Seth Skorkowsky
• SILVER: The Alexandrian, The Alexandrian
• Cannibal Halfling Gaming, Cannibal Halfling Gaming
• Molten Sulfur Blog, Molten Sulfur Press
• Questing Beast Podcast, Questing Beast

Best Organised Play

• GOLD: Cypher Play Numenera Season 18-2: Building Amber Keep, Monte Cook Games
• SILVER: Minsc and Boo's Guide to Stuff and Things, Adventure League Admins
• Heir of Orcus Verses I & II, Anthony Joyce
• Ooze There?, Neo Tokyo Project
• Vacant, Ma'at Crook

Best Podcast

• GOLD: Ken and Robin Talk About Stuff
• SILVER: Red Moon Roleplaying
• Asians Represent!
• Plot Points
• She's a Super Geek

Best Production Values

• GOLD: Forbidden Lands - Retro Open-World Survival Fantasy RPG, Free League Publishing
• SILVER: Invisible Sun Black Cube, Monte Cook Games
• Faerie Fire, a 5e Supplemental, Astrolago Press
• Numenera 2: Discover and Destiny Slipcase Set, Monte Cook Games
• Silent Titans, Swordfish Islands

Best RPG Related Product

• GOLD: Dark Adventure Radio Theatre: Masks of Nyarlathotep, The H. P. Lovecraft Historical Society Inc.
• SILVER: Miskatonic University: The Restricted Collection, Chaosium Inc.
• Bluebeard's Bride: Book of Lore, Magpie Games
• Deven Rue Map Weights Set, Campaign Coins

Best Rules

• GOLD: Call of Cthulhu Starter Set, Chaosium Inc.
• SILVER: Forbidden Lands - Retro Open-World Survival Fantasy RPG, Free League Publishing
• Legacy: Life Among the Ruins 2e, UFO Press Limited
• Mothership: Player's Survival Guide, Tuesday Knight Games
• Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay Core Rulebook, Cubicle Seven Entertainment Ltd.

Best Setting

• GOLD: The Fall of DELTA GREEN, Pelgrane Press
• SILVER: Call of Cthulhu - Terror Australis 2nd Edition, Chaosium Inc.
• Dream Askew/Dream Apart, Buried Without Ceremony Games
• Forbidden Lands - Retro Open-World Survival Fantasy RPG, Free League Publishing
• Invisible Sun, Monte Cook Games

Best Supplement

• GOLD: The Glorantha Sourcebook, Chaosium Inc.
• SILVER: The 7th Edition Guide to Cthulhu Invictus, Golden Goblin Press
• Faerie Fire, a 5e Supplemental, Astrolago Press
• Star Trek Adventures: The Sciences Division Supplemental Rulebook, Modiphius Entertainment
• The Book of Ages, Pelgrane Press

Best Writing

• GOLD: Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay Core Rulebook, Cubicle Seven Entertainment Ltd.
• SILVER: KULT: Divinity Lost, 4th Edition of KULT - Core Rules, Helmgast AB
• Liminal, Wordplay Games
• Silent Titans, Swordfish Islands
• Troika! Numinous Edition, Melsonian Arts Council

Product of the Year

• GOLD: Masks of Nyarlathotep Gamer Prop Set, The H. P.Lovecraft Historical Society Inc.
• SILVER: Forbidden Lands - Retro Open-World Survival Fantasy RPG, Free League Publishing
• Companions' Tale, Sweet Potato Press
• Dialect: A Game about Language and How it Dies, Thorny Games
• Dinosaur Princesses, Ardens Ludere
• Dream Askew/Dream Apart, Buried Without Ceremony Games
• Invisible Sun, Monte Cook Games
• Liminal, Wordplay Games
• Mothership: Player's Survival Guide, Tuesday Knight Games
• Silent Titans, Swordfish Islands

Fan's Choice Best Publisher

• Chaosium Inc

The 2020 Judges will be Rachel Campbell, Chris Gath, Shawna Ratliff, Guy Sclanders, and James Sura. Enjoy your year!

The full list of submissions is HERE.

Nominations last updated: 3 August 2019