The five finalists in each category of the Origins Awards were chosen by retailers attending the recent GAMA Trade Show in
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Agricola |
Z-Man Games, Inc. |
Uwe Rosenberg | ||
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Ninja vs. Ninja |
Out of the Box Publishing |
Tushar Gheewala | ||
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Pandemic |
Z-Man Games, Inc. |
Matt Leacock | ||
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TOMB |
Alderac Entertainment Group |
John Zinser | ||
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Wealth of Nations |
TableStar Games |
Nico Carroll | ||
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Children’s, Family, and Party Games |
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Backseat Drawing |
Out of the Box Publishing |
Peggy Brown | ||
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duck! duck! Go! |
APE Games |
Kevin G. Nunn | ||
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Extraordinary Adventures of Baron Munchausen, The |
Mongoose Publishing |
James Wallis | ||
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Living Labyrinth |
Bucephalus Games |
Julie Haehn | ||
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Rorschach: The Inkbot Party Game |
Bucephalus Games |
Dan Tibbles, Jeremy Holcomb, Joe Huber, and Stephen McLaughlin | ||
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Say Anything |
North Star Games |
Dominic Craphuchettes and Satish Pillalamarri | ||
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Historical Board Games |
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Conflict of Heroes: Awakening the Bear |
Academy Games |
Uwe Eickert | ||
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Espana 1936 |
DEVIR |
Antonio Catalain | ||
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The |
Clash of Arms Games |
Rich Kane | ||
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The Campaigns of King David |
Clash of Arms Games |
Robert Markham | ||
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Pursuit of Glory |
GMT Games |
Brad Stock and Brian Stock | ||
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Card Games |
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Dominion |
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Donald X Vaccarino | ||
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Monty Python Fluxx |
Looney Labs |
Andrew Looney | ||
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Red Dragon Inn 2 |
Slugfest Games |
Geoff Bottone, Colleen Skadl, and Cliff Bohm | ||
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Ticket to Ride Card Game |
Days of Wonder |
Alan R. Moon | ||
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Trailer Park Wars |
Gut Bustin' Games |
Lisa Steenson | ||
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Collectible Card Games |
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Chaotic: M'arrillian Invasion Beyond the Doors Booster Pack 8 |
TC Digital Games LLC |
MRN, To Be Continued LLC, Sam Murakami, and David Baumgartner | ||
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Highlander the Card Game: Search for Vengeance 11 |
HighlanderTGC |
Mike Sager | ||
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Magic the Gathering: Shards of Alara 1 |
Wizards of the Coast |
Bill Rose and Devin Low | ||
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Portal |
Score Entertainment |
Aik Tongtharadol, Josh Morris, Dan Posey, and Carl Braun | ||
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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 | ||
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Fiction |
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Hungerblade by Robin D Laws (Red Juggernaut Inc.) |
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Infernal Sorceress by Gary Gygax (Paizo Publishing) |
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Killing Ground, The by Graham McNeill (Black Library) |
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Pirate King, The by R.A. Salvatore (Wizards of the Coast) |
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Worlds of Dungeons & Dragons Volume 2, edited by James Lowder & Mike O'Sullivan (Devil's Due) | ||||
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Non-Fiction |
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KOBOLD Guide to Game Design, Vol. 1 by Wolfgang Baur, Nicolas Logue (Open Design) | ||||
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Lost Leaves From the | ||||
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No Quarter Magazine, editor-in-chief Nathan Letsinger (Privateer Press) | ||||
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Things We Think About Games by Will Hindmarch & Jeff Tidball (Gameplaywright Press) | ||||
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Tour de Lovecraft: the Tale, by Ken Hite (Atomic Overmind Press) |
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Miniature Figure Game Rules |
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Classic Battletech: Tactical Operations |
Catalyst Game Labs |
Randall N. Bills and Herbert A Beas II | ||
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Monsterpocalypse Collectible Miniature Game |
Privateer Press, Inc. |
Matt Wilson, Bryan Cutler, Jason Soles, Rob Stoddard, and Kevin Clark | ||
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WARMACHINE: Legends |
Privateer Press, Inc. |
Matt Wilson, Jason Soles, and Rob Stoddard | ||
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WH40K: 5th Edition |
Games Workshop |
Alessio Cavatore | ||
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World of Warcraft Miniatures Game |
Upper Deck Company |
Justin Gary, David Baumgartner, John Fiorillo, Matt Hyra, and Anthony Shaheen | ||
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Miniature Figure or Line of Miniature Figures |
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Monsterpocalypse Collectible Miniature Game |
Privateer Press, Inc. |
Matt Wilson, Bryan Cutler, Jason Soles, Rob Stoddard, and Kevin Clark | ||
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Star Wars Miniatures: The Clone Wars |
Wizards of the Coast |
Wizards of the Coast | ||
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WARMACHINE Steam-Powered Miniatures Combat |
Privateer Press, Inc. |
Matt Wilson, Ron Kruzie, and Chris Walton | ||
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WH40K: Space Marines |
Games Workshop |
Games Workshop | ||
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World of Warcraft Miniatures Game |
Upper Deck Company |
Justin Gary, David Baumgartner, John Fiorillo, Matt Hyra, and Anthony Shaheen | ||
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Historical Miniature Figure Game Rules |
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Fields of Glory Miniature Rules |
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Volley & Bayonet: Road To Glory |
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Cold Steel and Canister |
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Song of Drums and Shakos |
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Chevauchee: Rules for Battles with Medieval Miniatures |
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Historical Miniature Figure Game Rules Supplements |
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Osprey Publishing |
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Operation Cobra, The |
Battlefront Games |
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WWII Eastern Front Skirmish Scenarios” |
Britton Publishers |
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Stars and Stripes Forever |
Test of |
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Age of Eagles: Napoleon Vs | ||||
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Historical Miniature Figure or Line of Miniature Figures |
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28mm Imperial Romans |
Warlord Games |
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King Philips War 28MM |
Brigade Games Inc. |
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SS-Panzerdivision ‘Das Reich’ Panzerkompanie (GEAB06) [15mm Line] |
Battlefront Games |
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28mm Celts |
Warlord Games |
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15mm Ancient Saxons |
Splintered Light |
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Role-Playing Games |
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CthulhuTech |
Catalyst Game Labs |
Matthew Grau, Fraser McKay, and Mike Vaillancourt | ||
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Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition Players Handbook |
Wizards of the Coast |
Rob Heinsoo, Andy Collins, and James Wyatt | ||
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Mouseguard Role-Playing Game |
Archaia Studios Press |
Luke Crane and David Petersen | ||
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Star Wars Saga Edition Core Rulebook |
Wizards of the Coast |
Chris Perkins, Owen K.C. Stephens, and Rodney Thompson | ||
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Trail of Cthulhu, The |
Pelgrane Press Ltd |
Kenneth Hite, Robin D Laws, Jerome Huegenin, and Simon Rogers | ||
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Role-Playing Game Supplements |
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Buccaneers of |
Green Ronin Publishing |
Ari Marmell, Anthony Pryor, Rodney Thompson, and Robert Vaughn | ||
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Forgotten Realms Campaign Guide |
Wizards of the Coast |
Bruce Cordell, Ed Greenwood, and Chris Sims | ||
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Hero Lab |
Lone Wolf Development |
Rob Bowes and Colen McAlister | ||
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Serenity Adventures |
Margaret Weis Productions |
Alana Abbot, Billy Aguiar, James Davenport, Ted Reed, and James M. Ward | ||
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Star Wars: Knights of the |
Wizards of the Coast |
Rodney Thompson, | ||
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Game Accessories |
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Chibithulhu |
Steve Jackson Games |
Steve Jackson | ||
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Classic Battletech: Record Sheets 3039 |
Catalyst Game Labs |
Randall N. Bills, Bjorn Schmidt, and David L. McCulloch | ||
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D-Total |
Gamescience |
Dr. A. F. Simkin, Frank Dutrain, and Louis Zocchi | ||
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Duel Decks: Jace vs Chandra |
Wizards of the Coast |
Erik Lauer and Ken Nagle | ||
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Living Arcanis T-Shirt |
Paradigm Concepts, Inc |
Pedro Barrenechea, Henry Lopez, Nelson Rodriguez, and Eric Weiner | ||
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Wicked Munchkin Bag & Die |
Q-Workshop |
John Kovalic and Patryk Strzelewicz | ||
For the winners of the 2008 Origins Awards, click here.
