Talk:Andre Novoa

Edit request: update Game Design section

COI disclosure: I am André Novoa, the subject of this article. I am not requesting these changes be made by me directly, per Wikipedia's conflict-of-interest guidelines, and am submitting them here for review instead.

I'd like to propose an update to the "Game Design" section to add sourced, current information (2025–2026) about my studio, awards, and recent projects, and to correct/remove an unsourced ENNIE Awards claim currently tagged . Full proposed replacement text with citations below:

Novoa has written [[role-playing game]] (RPGs) books and modules since 2015. His work has been published in the US, Brazil and Europe. In 2020, he created Games Omnivorous,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://gamesomnivorous.com/|title=Games Omnivorous - Minimalist & Bizarre Games|website=Games Omnivorous}}</ref> a brand based in Portugal that specialised in publishing minimalist and art-house games, including ''Death Robot Jungle'', the first RPG setting in the format of a music LP vinyl <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.publico.pt/2020/06/20/culturaipsilon/noticia/disco-jogo-ilha-misteriosa-meio-sala-1920740|title=É um disco, é um jogo, é uma ilha misteriosa no meio da sala|first=Mário|last=Lopes|website=PÚBLICO|date=20 June 2020 }}</ref>, ''Vaults of Vaarn'', ''Frontier Scum'', ''[[Mausritter]]'' and other games and supplements. Since 2025, Games Omnivorous has operated as a game design studio led by Novoa, with his design work focused on ''The Job'' and ''FLAIL'', alongside continued work as co-creator on ''Mausritter'' and ''Frontier Scum''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://gamesomnivorous.com/pages/about|title=About|website=Games Omnivorous|access-date=2 July 2026}}</ref> He is the recipient of the 2020 Hartvig Award by Rolisboa, the Portuguese roleplaying convention.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.elemento.pt/rolisboa/premio_hartvig.html|title=Rolisboa 2020|website=www.elemento.pt}}</ref>

The first RPG by Andre Novoa was ''17th Century Minimalist'' (2020).<ref name="TTG">{{cite news |last=Eggett |first=Christopher John |date=2024-05-11 |title=The Job RPG Review |url=https://www.tabletopgaming.co.uk/reviews/the-job-rpg-review/ |website=Tabletop Gaming |accessdate=2025-05-19 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20250519004321/https://www.tabletopgaming.co.uk/reviews/the-job-rpg-review/ |archivedate=2025-05-19 }}</ref> Novoa was a designer of ''Death Robot Jungle'' (2020), a role-playing game setting on a record.<ref>{{cite news |last=Eggett |first=Christopher John |date=2020 |title=Death Robot Jungle |url=https://pocketmags.com/us/the-best-games-of-magazine/the-best-games-of-2020/articles/886825/death-robot-jungle |website=Tabletop Gaming |accessdate=2025-05-19 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20250519005425/https://pocketmags.com/us/the-best-games-of-magazine/the-best-games-of-2020/articles/886825/death-robot-jungle |archivedate=2025-05-19 }}</ref> Novoa and Manuel Pinheiro also created ''Putrescence Regnant'' (2021) for ''[[Mörk Borg]]'', also on a vinyl record of yellow-and-black marbled wax.<ref>{{cite news |last=Jarvis |first=Matt |date=2020-10-16 |title=Mörk Borg's Putrescence Regnant is a grim 'bog crawl' adventure releasing as a vinyl music album |url=https://www.dicebreaker.com/games/mork-borg/news/mork-borg-putrescence-regnant-kickstarter |website=[[Dicebreaker]] |accessdate=2025-05-19 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20250519005321/https://www.dicebreaker.com/games/mork-borg/news/mork-borg-putrescence-regnant-kickstarter |archivedate=2025-05-19 }}</ref> Novoa was also a designer of role-playing games that use hex-shaped tiles, called ''Undying Sands'',<ref>{{cite news |last=Eggett |first=Christopher John |date=2021-07-14 |title=Undying Sands Review |url=https://www.tabletopgaming.co.uk/reviews/undying-sands-review/ |website=Tabletop Gaming |accessdate=2025-05-19 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20250519004951/https://www.tabletopgaming.co.uk/reviews/undying-sands-review/ |archivedate=2025-05-19 }}</ref> ''Bottled Sea'',<ref>{{cite news |last=Carter |first=Chase |date=2022-01-21 |title=Hexcrawl across sand and sea with a pair of bookless RPG settings geared towards exploration |url=https://www.dicebreaker.com/games/undying-sands/news/undying-sands-bottled-sea-kickstarter |website=[[Dicebreaker]] |accessdate=2025-05-19 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20250519004835/https://www.dicebreaker.com/games/undying-sands/news/undying-sands-bottled-sea-kickstarter |archivedate=2025-05-19 }}</ref> and the ''Hexcrawl Toolbox'' (2023).<ref>{{cite news |last=Carter |first=Chase |date=2022-12-01 |title=Hexcrawl-curious adventurers should check out this toolbox of tabletop RPG aides |url=https://www.dicebreaker.com/categories/roleplaying-game/news/hexcrawl-toolkit-worldbuilding-aide-kickstarter |website=[[Dicebreaker]] |accessdate=2025-05-19 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20250519005224/https://www.dicebreaker.com/categories/roleplaying-game/news/hexcrawl-toolkit-worldbuilding-aide-kickstarter |archivedate=2025-05-19 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Bassil |first=Matt |date=2022-12-09 |title=Run DnD hexcrawls in style with this RPG toolbox |url=https://www.wargamer.com/dnd/hexcrawl-toolbox-kickstarter |website=[[Wargamer (website)|Wargamer]] |accessdate=2025-05-19 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20250519004645/https://www.wargamer.com/dnd/hexcrawl-toolbox-kickstarter |archivedate=2025-05-19 }}</ref> Novoa wrote the minimalist one-shot heist role-playing game ''The Job''.<ref>{{cite news |last=Carter |first=Chase |date=2023-10-19 |title=Stack a tower of dice while pulling an Ocean's Eleven or Italian Job-style heist in one-shot RPG The Job |url=https://www.dicebreaker.com/games/the-job/news/the-job-dice-tower-stacking-heist-rpg |website=[[Dicebreaker]] |accessdate=2025-05-19 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20250519004527/https://www.dicebreaker.com/games/the-job/news/the-job-dice-tower-stacking-heist-rpg |archivedate=2025-05-19 }}</ref><ref name="TTG"/>

Novoa's work has received multiple [[ENNIE Awards]], including a Gold Award for Best Family Game/Product (2021) for ''Mausritter: Boxed Set'',<ref>{{cite web |title=2021 Nominees and Winners |url=https://ennie-awards.com/portfolio-item/2021-nominees-and-winners/ |website=ENNIE Awards |access-date=2 July 2026}}</ref> a Silver Award for Best Layout & Design (2023) for ''Frontier Scum'',<ref>{{cite web |title=2023 Nominees and Winners |url=https://ennie-awards.com/portfolio-item/2023-nominees-and-winners/ |website=ENNIE Awards |access-date=2 July 2026}}</ref> and a Silver Award for Best Aid/Accessory – Non-Digital (2024) for ''Hexcrawl Toolbox''.<ref>{{cite web |title=2024 Nominees and Winners |url=https://ennie-awards.com/portfolio-item/2024-nominees-and-winners/ |website=ENNIE Awards |access-date=2 July 2026}}</ref>

Novoa was part of the four-person creative team recognised with the Prémio Inovação em Banda Desenhada (Innovation in Comics Award) at the inaugural Prémio Nacional de Banda Desenhada in 2026, for ''Rumo ao Eclipse'', a role-playing game based on a pre-existing comic book, published by Chili Com Carne.<ref>{{cite news |title=1.º Prémio Nacional de Banda Desenhada distingue carreira de António Jorge Gonçalves |newspaper=Observador |date=2026-06-28 |url=https://observador.pt/2026/06/28/1-o-premio-nacional-de-banda-desenhada-distingue-carreira-de-antonio-jorge-goncalves/}}</ref>

Since 2026, Novoa has co-hosted a podcast with Johan Nohr of ''Mörk Borg'' called ''Making Games''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Making Games Podcast |url=https://podcasts.apple.com/si/podcast/making-games/id1896884077 |website=Apple Podcasts |access-date=2 July 2026}}</ref>

Thank you for reviewing! Happy to answer any questions about sourcing. Andrenovoa (talk) 16:36, 2 July 2026 (UTC)

Note: Moved to the COI edit request template. FlammablePizza (talk) 17:01, 2 July 2026 (UTC)