The Australian Role-Playing Industry Awards (ARPIA) are proud to announce the shortlist for the 2025 awards. The ARPIAs celebrate the creativity, innovation, and passion of Australia’s tabletop role-playing game community, recognising the designers, writers, artists, and storytellers whose work inspires players around the world. This year’s shortlist highlights the extraordinary breadth of talent across our industry, from bold new systems and evocative adventures to stunning artwork and innovative digital releases.

Best Artwork

Bracing for the Storm, Illustrated by Tara Willow & Tallulah Cunningham

Call of Cthulhu Keeper Decks – 2nd Edition, Illustrated by Reuben Dodd

Castles in the Air, Illustrated by Samara Jethwa & Vee Hendro

Ganymede Outriders, Illustrated by Ivona Denovic & Juan Ochoa

Best PDF Only Product 

Partners: The Lost Files, by Steve Dee

Party Favour, by Peter John Chen

Resort, by Kat Clay

Revenant, by Danielle Linder

Best Emerging Creator

David Waldron 

Luke James

Nicole Renner

Stevie Schafer 

Best Stream

Best Left Forgotten: Sunburnt Country, by Jess Wolfendale

Call of Cthulhu Live PAX Aus 2024, by Michael O’Brien

Castleton, by AJ Winters 

The Eldritch Lorecast, by Ben Byrne, Dael Kingsmill, Shawn Merwin, and James Haeck

Best Scenario

DuckPac – Book 4: The Quackford Terror & Other Stories, by Neil Gibson

Feast of the Forest, by David Waldron and Jason lee

Resort, by Kat Clay

Vanity of Vanities, by Steve Dee

Best Game Jam Submission

Looking Presentable, by Robin Small

Prehistoric Keeper, by Joie Yong

Remember and Return, by Pidj Sorensen

TCP Foundation, by Brandon Lee

Game of the Year

Cartograph – Atlas Edition, by Brandon Lee

Dark Vigil, by Nicole Renner

Midnight in Melbourne, by Elm Macpherson

Precogniscience, by Tully Blackmore

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