Magpie Games Explained

Magpie Games is an American tabletop role-playing games publishing company. Their 2021 crowdfunding campaign to fund the publication of raised over five million dollars, breaking the record for Kickstarter's highest earning tabletop role-playing game.^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]} Other notable publications include Bluebeard's Bride and a role-playing game adaptation of the board game Root.^{[6] [7]} The publisher has won IndieCade, ENNIE Awards, and Indie Game Developer Network awards.

In 2024, Magpie Games offered a discounted collection of their games on Humble Bundle as a charitable fundraiser for Child's Play.^[8]

Awards

Magpie Games won a 2018 IndieCade award for Bluebeard's Bride.^[9]

Magpie Games has won the following ENNIE Awards:

• 2023: Best Rules (Gold) and Best Family Game/Product (Gold) for Avatar Legends; Best Free Game / Product (Gold) for Root: The RPG Talon Hill Quickstart.^[10]
• 2022: Best Game (Silver) and Best Supplement (Silver) for Root: The RPG^[11]
• 2020: Best Rules (Silver) for Zombie World^[12]
• 2017: Best Family Game (Silver) for ^[13]
• 2016: Best Rules (Silver) for Urban Shadows^[14]

Magpie Games has won the following Indie Game Developer Network awards:^[15]

• 2019: Game of the Year and Best Art for Bluebeard's Bride: Book of Rooms
• 2018: Best Art for Bluebeard's Bride
• 2017: Best Rules for Masks: A New Generation

Notes and References

1. Web site: Wieland . Rob . The Avatar Legends Roleplaying Game Has Raised Over $5 Million On Kickstarter . 2023-03-30 . Forbes . en.
2. Web site: Moore . Jared . 2021-08-16 . Avatar Legends Has Been So Successful It's Run Out of Stretch Goals . 2023-03-30 . IGN . en.
3. Web site: Marrongelli . Rocco . 2021-02-04 . Magpie Games Brings the Worlds of Aang and Korra to New Tabletop Gaming Adventures . 2024-09-04 . The Pop Insider . en-US.
4. Web site: Magpie Games Taps Demiplane as Official 'Avatar Legends RPG' Online Digital Toolset Provider . 2024-09-04 . icv2.com . en.
5. Web site: Clark . Nicole . 2022-10-13 . Avatar Legends gives the future of Last Airbender over to the fans . 2023-03-30 . Polygon . en-US.
6. Web site: Hall . Charlie . 2021-12-15 . Root: The Roleplaying Game is a delightfully blank slate, ready for adventure . 2023-03-30 . Polygon . en-US.
7. Web site: Hall . Charlie . 2021-12-08 . The board game Root would never have worked as a D&D campaign . 2023-03-30 . Polygon . en-US.
8. Web site: Carter . Chase . 2024-03-25 . Avatar Legends, Root RPG, Bluebeard's Bride and more offered cheap in Magpie Games' charity bundle . 2024-09-04 . Dicebreaker . en.
9. Web site: BLUEBEARD'S BRIDE – IndieCade . 2024-09-05 . en-US.
10. Web site: 2023 Nominees and Winners – ENNIE Awards . 2024-09-05 . en-US.
11. Web site: 2022 Nominees and Winners – ENNIE Awards . 2024-09-05 . en-US.
12. Web site: 2020 Nominees and Winners – ENNIE Awards . 2024-09-05 . en-US.
13. Web site: 2017 Nominees and Winners – ENNIE Awards . 2024-09-05 . en-US.
14. Web site: 2016 Nominees and Winners – ENNIE Awards . 2024-09-05 . en-US.
15. Web site: Previous Award Winners . 2024-09-05 . Indie Game Developer Network . en-US.