Malhavoc Press

Malhavoc Press Nets 3 ENnie Nominations!

7/12/02 -- updated 7/25/02
Followup -- 8/12/02

The nominations are in for this year's Gen Con & EN World d20 System Awards, and Malhavoc Press is proud to announce that If Thoughts Could Kill and MONTECOOK.com have been recognized!

If Thoughts Could Kill by Bruce R. Cordell was one of five products nominated for Best Adventure. It was also among the nominees for Best Interior Art, thanks to a terrific job by illustrator Kieran Yanner.

Designed by the Unseelie Court and produced by Monte and Sue Cook, our website MONTECOOK.com numbered among the nominees for Best Official Website as well.

Monte also earned a nomination in the Best d20 Game category for the Call of Cthulhu d20 Roleplaying Game from Wizards of the Coast.

We're particularly pleased to see If Thoughts Could Kill recognized this year. It went up for sale as a PDF the week Wizards opened the d20 psionics rules, making it the very first 3rd Edition d20 psionics support title published. Bruce R. Cordell, who also authored the Psionics Handbook, did a terrific job! You've seen lots of other cool products bearing his name as well: The Epic Level Handbook, Manual of the Planes, The Sunless Citadel, Tome and Blood, Heart of Nightfang Spire, and Return to the Tomb of Horrors, all from Wizards of the Coast.

Kieran Yanner says he has always been interested in art, roleplaying games, and the fantasy/sci-fi genre. Taking as an example such artists as Jim Lee, Diterlizzi, and Brom, Kieran began shaping his style long before he ever thought he would actually become a professional illustrator. From Decipher to Malhavoc Press, White Wolf to Dream Pod 9, Kieran has produced hundreds of illustrations for the RPG industry, both covers and interiors. Kieran still considers himself a neonate to illustration and has a modest opinion of his artwork -- he says there's always something he can improve upon and people he can learn from.

Visit the awards' site at EN World for the full list of nominations. While you're there, you might also note that Malhavoc Press shows up as "honorable mention" for Best Cartography (If Thoughts Could Kill), Best Rules Supplement (Book of Eldritch Might II: Songs and Souls of Power), and Best Publisher!

The public voting has now ended. Awards will be presented at Gen Con on Friday, August 9, and it is sure to be a tough competition.

Thanks to the EN World judges -- and all you voters! -- for your support of Malhavoc Press!