Weekend Update: 8/2/2025

Welcome to the Cannibal Halfling Weekend Update! Start your weekend with a chunk of RPG news from the past week. We have the week’s top sellers, industry news stories, something from the archives, and discussions from elsewhere online.

DriveThruRPG Top Sellers for 8/2/2025

Warhammer: the Old World Roleplaying Game, Gamemaster’s Guide

Daggerheart Corebook

Cosmere RPG | Stormlight Handbook

Ashes Without Number

Cosmere RPG | Stormlight World Guide

Top News Stories

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I am so over the #ENnies (and awards competitions in general). I've seen people begging for votes; I've known people who rushed out products just "to have something to get into the ENnies". It's not about the worth of the candidates. It's a popularity contest. The whole concept is dated and ridiculous. Acknowledge superior products, sure; don't pit them against each other in a ludicrous contest.

I looked through the Ennie nominee list and it is depressing how unfamiliar I am with the vast majority of them. Sigh

#ttrpg #ennies

I will not be taking part in the #Ennies this year. The products up for election confirm the impression that I'm increasingly moving away from the #TTRPG scene. I don't give a shit about #DnD / #OSR stuff like #MörkBorg #OSE or #5e. Apart from a few exceptions, I can't do much with the selection.

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https://vote.ennie-awards.com/vote/2025/

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Weekend Update: 7/5/2025

Welcome to the Cannibal Halfling Weekend Update! Start your weekend with a chunk of RPG news from the past week. We have the week’s top sellers, industry news stories, something from the archives, and discussions from elsewhere online. […]

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Games People Play

Welcome To The Machine

Via @Alias : les Ennie Awards n'autoriseront plus les jeux de rôle générés par IA dans leur sélection pour leurs prix.
https://www.polygon.com/gaming/514406/ennie-awards-ban-ai-change-policy
#jdr #JeuDeRole #EnnieAwards #Ennies #AI #IA #IntelligenceArtificielle #jeu
Ennie Awards change course, will no longer allow AI-generated content

The Ennie Awards, for decades one of the most prestigious competitions in the TTRPG space, will no longer allow submissions built with the help of AI.

Polygon

https://ennie-awards.com/revised-policy-on-generative-ai-usage/

HUZZAH!!!

Originally the Ennies only wanted to have AI stuff barred from certain categories, but now:

"Beginning with the 2025-2026 submission cycle, the ENNIE Awards will no longer accept any products containing generative AI or created with the assistance of Large Language Models or similar technologies for visual, written, or edited content."

Good Riddance!

#EnnieAwards #Ennies #TTRPG #AI #LLM

Revised Policy on Generative AI Usage – ENNIE Awards