Every year, publishers and creators submit their best products in a variety of categories to vie for the honor of an Origins Award, the hobby game industry’s premiere award for more than three decades. The massive lot of submissions is reviewed by a jury of experts drawn from the Academy of Adventure Gaming Arts & Design and the Game Manufacturers Association (GAMA), and these expert juries select the top ten in each category as semi-finalists. Game store retailers attending the GAMA Trade Show (www.GAMATradeShow.com) vote upon the semi-finalists, creating the final list of nominees in each category.
Each nominee receives a silver award and a place on the final ballot, which is presented in June each year to the attendees of the Origins Game Fair (www.OriginsGameFair.com), GAMA’s consumer game convention. Attendance at Origins typically tops 14,000 thousand game fans, all of whom can cast their vote during the show. The ballots are then tallied and the winner in each category announced at a gala ceremony on the last night of the convention.
Fellows of the Academy of Adventure Gaming Arts and Design (AAGAD) include published game designers, writers, artists, and other game creators. Membership in the Academy is open to anyone working professionally in the game industry who has three published gaming credits. For information about joining the Academy, see the Academy Web site at www.aagad.com.
To vote on the 35th Annual Origins Awards, attend the Origins Game Fair in Columbus, Ohio from 24-28 June. For more information, please visit www.OriginsGameFair.com.
Anthony J. Gallela
Chair, The Academy of Adventure Gaming Arts and Design
www.aagad.com
AcademyChair@GAMA.org
(614) 226-0890
Nominees for the 35th Annual Origins Awards
BOARD GAMES
Agricola
Z-Man Games, Inc.
Uwe Rosenberg
Ninja vs. Ninja
Out of the Box Publishing
Tushar Gheewala
Pandemic
Z-Man Games, Inc.
Matt Leacock
TOMB
Alderac Entertainment Group
John Zinser
Wealth of Nations
TableStar Games
Nico Carroll
CHILDREN’S, FAMILY, AND PARTY GAMES
Backseat Drawing
Out of the Box Publishing
Peggy Brown
duck! duck! Go!
APE Games
Kevin G. Nunn
Extraordinary Adventures of Baron Munchausen, The
Mongoose Publishing
James Wallis
Living Labyrinth
Bucephalus Games
Julie Haehn
Rorschach: The Inkbot Party Game
Bucephalus Games
Dan Tibbles, Jeremy Holcomb, Joe Huber, and Stephen McLaughlin
Say Anything
North Star Games
Dominic Craphuchettes and Satish Pillalamarri
HISTORICAL BOARD GAMES
Conflict of Heroes: Awakening the Bear
Academy Games
Uwe Eickert
Espana 1936
DEVIR US LLC / Phalanx
Antonio Catalain
The Battle of Monmouth
Clash of Arms Games
Rich Kane
The Campaigns of King David
Clash of Arms Games
Robert Markham
Pursuit of Glory
GMT Games
Brad Stock and Brian Stock
CARD GAMES
Dominion
Rio Grande Games
Donald X Vaccarino
Monty Python Fluxx
Looney Labs
Andrew Looney
Red Dragon Inn 2
Slugfest Games
Geoff Bottone, Colleen Skadl, and Cliff Bohm
Ticket to Ride Card Game
Days of Wonder
Alan R. Moon
Trailer Park Wars
Gut Bustin’ Games
Lisa Steenson
COLLECTIBLE CARD GAMES
Chaotic: M’arrillian Invasion Beyond the Doors Booster Pack 8
TC Digital Games LLC
MRN, To Be Continued LLC, Sam Murakami, and David Baumgartner
Highlander the Card Game: Search for Vengeance 11
HighlanderTGC
Mike Sager
Magic the Gathering: Shards of Alara 1
Wizards of the Coast
Bill Rose and Devin Low
Portal
Score Entertainment
Aik Tongtharadol, Josh Morris, Dan Posey, and Carl Braun
World of Warcraft the Trading Card Game: Servants of the Betrayer 2
Upper Deck
Mike Hummel, Antonio DeRosa, Ken Ho, Jeff Liu, and Patrick Sullivan
FICTION
Hungerblade
by Robin D Laws
Red Juggernaut Inc.
Infernal Sorceress
by Gary Gygax
Paizo Publishing
Killing Ground, The
by Graham McNeill
Black Library
Pirate King, The
by R.A. Salvatore
Wizards of the Coast
Worlds of Dungeons & Dragons Volume 2
edited by James Lowder & Mike O’Sullivan
Devil’s Due
NON-FICTION
KOBOLD Guide to Game Design, Vol. 1
by Wolfgang Baur, Nicolas Logue
Open Design
Lost Leaves From the Inn of the Last Home
by Margaret Weis
Margaret Weis Productions
No Quarter Magazine
editor-in-chief Nathan Letsinger
Privateer Press
Things We Think About Games
by Will Hindmarch & Jeff Tidball
Gameplaywright Press
Tour de Lovecraft: the Tale
by Ken Hite
Atomic Overmind Press
MINIATURE FIGURE GAME RULES
Classic Battletech: Tactical Operations
Catalyst Game Labs
Randall N. Bills and Herbert A Beas II
Monsterpocalypse Collectible Miniature Game
Privateer Press, Inc.
Matt Wilson, Bryan Cutler, Jason Soles, Rob Stoddard, and Kevin Clark
WARMACHINE: Legends
Privateer Press, Inc.
Matt Wilson, Jason Soles, and Rob Stoddard
WH40K: 5th Edition
Games Workshop
Alessio Cavatore
World of Warcraft Miniatures Game
Upper Deck Company
Justin Gary, David Baumgartner, John Fiorillo, Matt Hyra, and Anthony Shaheen
MINIATURE FIGURE OR LINE OF MINIATURE FIGURES
Monsterpocalypse Collectible Miniature Game
Privateer Press, Inc.
Matt Wilson, Bryan Cutler, Jason Soles, Rob Stoddard, and Kevin Clark
Star Wars Miniatures: The Clone Wars
Wizards of the Coast
Wizards of the Coast
WARMACHINE Steam-Powered Miniatures Combat
Privateer Press, Inc.
Matt Wilson, Ron Kruzie, and Chris Walton
WH40K: Space Marines
Games Workshop
Games Workshop
World of Warcraft Miniatures Game
Upper Deck Company
Justin Gary, David Baumgartner, John Fiorillo, Matt Hyra, and Anthony Shaheen
HISTORICAL MINIATURE FIGURE GAME RULES
Fields of Glory Miniature Rules
Osprey Publishing / Slitherine Software
Richard Bodley-Scott
Volley & Bayonet: Road To Glory
Test of Battle Games
Frank Chadwick and Greg Novak
Cold Steel and Canister
Decker Game Company
Jack Decker
Song of Drums and Shakos
Ganesha Games
Andrea Sfiligoi
Chevauchee: Rules for Battles with Medieval Miniatures
Skirmisher Publishing LLC
Michael J. Varhola, Robert “Mac” McLaughlin, and the Skirmisher Games Development Group
HISTORICAL MINIATURE FIGURE GAME RULES SUPPLEMENTS
RISE OF ROME (Fields of Glory Supplement)
Osprey Publishing
Operation Cobra, The Normandy Breakout –FW206 Cobra FLAMES OF WAR
Battlefront Games
WWII Eastern Front Skirmish Scenarios”
Britton Publishers
STARS AND STRIPES FOREVER
Test of Battle Games
AGE OF EAGLES: Napoleon Vs Europe 1813 – 14, AOE Scenario Book
Quantum Printing
HISTORICAL MINIATURE FIGURE OR LINE OF MINIATURE FIGURES
28mm Imperial Romans
WARLORD GAMES
King Philips War 28MM
Brigade Games Inc.
SS-Panzerdivision ‘Das Reich’ Panzerkompanie (GEAB06) [15mm Line]
Battlefront Games
28mm Celts
WARLORD GAMES
15mm Ancient Saxons
Splintered Light
ROLE-PLAYING GAMES
CthulhuTech
Catalyst Game Labs
Matthew Grau, Fraser McKay, and Mike Vaillancourt
Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition Players Handbook
Wizards of the Coast
Rob Heinsoo, Andy Collins, and James Wyatt
Mouseguard Role-Playing Game
Archaia Studios Press
Luke Crane and David Petersen
Star Wars Saga Edition Core Rulebook
Wizards of the Coast
Chris Perkins, Owen K.C. Stephens, and Rodney Thompson
Trail of Cthulhu, The
Pelgrane Press Ltd
Kenneth Hite, Robin D Laws, Jerome Huegenin, and Simon Rogers
ROLE-PLAYING GAME SUPPLEMENTS
Buccaneers of Freeport
Green Ronin Publishing
Ari Marmell, Anthony Pryor, Rodney Thompson, and Robert Vaughn
Forgotten Realms Campaign Guide
Wizards of the Coast
Bruce Cordell, Ed Greenwood, and Chris Sims
Hero Lab
Lone Wolf Development
Rob Bowes and Colen McAlister
Serenity Adventures
Margaret Weis Productions
Alana Abbot, Billy Aguiar, James Davenport, Ted Reed, and James M. Ward
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
Wizards of the Coast
Rodney Thompson, Sterling Hershey, John Jackson Miller, and Abel Pena
GAME ACCESSORIES
Chibithulhu
Steve Jackson Games
Steve Jackson
Classic Battletech: Record Sheets 3039
Catalyst Game Labs
Randall N. Bills, Bjorn Schmidt, and David L. McCulloch
D-Total
Gamescience
Dr. A. F. Simkin, Frank Dutrain, and Louis Zocchi
Duel Decks: Jace vs Chandra
Wizards of the Coast
Erik Lauer and Ken Nagle
Living Arcanis T-Shirt
Paradigm Concepts, Inc
Pedro Barrenechea, Henry Lopez, Nelson Rodriguez, and Eric Weiner
Wicked Munchkin Bag & Die
Q-Workshop
John Kovalic and Patryk Strzelewicz
