Indie_RPG_Awards Knowpia

The Indie RPG Awards were annual, creator-based awards for Indie role-playing games and supplements. They were established in 2002^[1]^: 143 by Andy Kitkowski. The final round of awards was given in 2017.^[2]

For the purposes of the Awards, there exists a following "definition" of an Indie role-playing game:^[3]

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 edit

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 edit

2002 edit

Indie Game of the Year: Dust Devils by Matt Snyder
Indie Supplement of the Year: Charnel Gods by Ron Edwards
Best Free Game: Nicotine Girls by Paul Czege
Best Use of the d20 License: The Kid's Colouring Book o Critters - Celebrity Edition by M. Jason Parent
Best Production: Children of the Sun by Lewis Pollack
Best Support: The Riddle of Steel by Jacob Norwood
Best Synergy: Dust Devils
Most Innovative Game: Universalis by Ralph Mazza and Mike Holmes
Indie RPG "Human of the Year": Ron Edwards
Indie RPG Zine of the Year: The Shadowrun Supplemental
Andy's Choice: Charnel Gods by Scott Knipe

2003 edit

Indie Game of the Year: My Life with Master by Paul Czege
Indie Supplement of the Year: JAGS Have-Not
Best Free Game: FATE^[4]^: 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 edit

Indie Game of the Year: Dogs in the Vineyard by D. Vincent Baker
Indie Supplement of the Year: Monster Burner by Luke Crane
Best Free Game: The Shadow of Yesterday by Clinton R. Nixon
People's Choice - Best Game: Dead Inside by Chad Underkoffler
People's Choice - Best Supplement: Monster Burner
Best Production: A/State by Malcolm Craig
Best Support: Monster Burner
Most Innovative Game: Dogs in the Vineyard
Andy's Choice: Primetime Adventures by Matt Wilson

2005 edit

Indie Game of the Year: Polaris by Ben Lehman
Indie Supplement of the Year: Burning Sands: Jihad by Luke Crane
Best Free Game: Perfect20 by Levi Kornelsen
Best Production: Artesia by Mark Smylie
Best Support: Truth & Justice by Chad Underkoffler
Most Innovative Game: Polaris

2006 edit

Indie Game of the Year: Spirit of the Century by Fred Hicks
Indie Supplement of the Year: Dictionary of Mu by Judd Carlman
Best Free Game: JAGS Revised by Marco Chacon
Best Production: Burning Empires by Luke Crane
Best Support: Burning Empires
Most Innovative Game: Lacuna Part 1, second attempt by Jared Sorensen

2007 edit

Indie Game of the Year: Grey Ranks by Jason Morningstar
Indie Supplement of the Year: The Blossoms are Falling by Luke Crane
Best Free Game: Classroom Deathmatch by Jake Diamond and Matt Schlotte
Best Production: Reign by Greg Stolze
Best Support: The Blossoms are Falling
Most Innovative Game: Grey Ranks

2008 edit

Indie Game of the Year: Mouse Guard Roleplaying Game 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 edit

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 edit

Indie Game of the Year: Apocalypse World by D. Vincent Baker
Indie Supplement of the Year: The Hot War Transmission by Malcolm Craig and Scott Dorward
Best Free Game: Stars Without Number by Kevin Crawford
Best Production: Freemarket by Luke Crane and Jared Sorensen
Best Support: Apocalypse World
Most Innovative Game: Apocalypse World

2011 edit

Indie Game of the Year: Do: Pilgrims of the Flying Temple by Daniel Solis
Indie Supplement of the Year: Fiasco Companion by Jason Morningstar and Steve Segedy
Best Free Game: Anima Prime by Christian Griffen
Best Production: Do: Pilgrims of the Flying Temple
Best Support: Fiasco Companion
Most Innovative Game: Do: Pilgrims of the Flying Temple

2012 edit

Indie Game of the Year: Dungeon World by Sage LaTorra and Adam Koebel
Indie Supplement of the Year: American Disasters (for Fiasco) by Jason Morningstar and Steve Segedy
Best Free Game: Mythender by Ryan Macklin
Best Production: Dungeon World
Best Support: Dungeon World
Most Innovative Game: Dog Eat Dog by Liam Burke

2013 edit

Indie Game of the Year: Hillfolk by Robin D. Laws
Indie Supplement of the Year: Adventures on Dungeon Planet by Johnstone Metzger
Best Production: Torchbearer by Thor Olavsrud and Luke Crane
Best Support: Hillfolk
Most Innovative Game: The Quiet Year by Avery Alder

2014 edit

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 Avery Alder
Best Production: A Red and Pleasant Land by Zak S.
Best Support: Deep Carbon Observatory
Most Innovative Game: The Clay That Woke

2015 edit

Indie Game of the Year: Night Witches 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 edit

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 edited by Misha Bushyager, Lizzie Stark, and Anna Westerling

2017 edit

Indie Game of the Year: The Watch by Anna Kreider and Andrew Medeiros
Indie Supplement of the Year: Itras By: The Menagerie by Ole Peder Giaver and others
Best Production:Timewatch by Kevin Kulp and others
Best Support: Timewatch
Most Innovative Game: Alas for the Awful Sea by Hayley Gordon, Vee Hendro

Notes edit

^ Shannon Appelcline (2014). Designers & Dragons: The '00's. Mongoose Publishing. ISBN 978-1-61317-087-8.
^ "Indie RPG Awards". www.indie-rpg-awards.com. Retrieved 2023-03-27.
^ "Indie RPG Awards". November 16, 2013. Archived from the original on 16 November 2013.
^ Shannon Appelcline (2011). Designers & Dragons. Mongoose Publishing. ISBN 978-1-907702-58-7.