The five finalists in each category of the Origins Awards were chosen by retailers attending the recent GAMA Trade Show in
Board Games |
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| Game | Company | Designers | ||
| 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 | ||
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Children’s, Family, and Party Games |
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| Game | Company | Designers | ||
| 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 | ||
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Historical Board Games |
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| Game | Company | Designer | ||
| Conflict of Heroes: Awakening the Bear | Academy Games | Uwe Eickert | ||
| Espana 1936 | DEVIR | Antonio Catalain | ||
| The | 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 | ||
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Card Games |
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| Game | Company | Designer | ||
| Dominion | | 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 | ||
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Collectible Card Games |
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| Games | Company | Designers | ||
| 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 | ||
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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) | ||||
| Lost Leaves From the | ||||
| 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) |
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Miniature Figure Game Rules |
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| Game | Company | Designer | ||
| 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 | ||
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Miniature Figure or Line of Miniature Figures |
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| Game | Company | Designer | ||
| 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 | ||
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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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| RISE OF | 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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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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| Game | Company | Designers | ||
| 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 | ||
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Role-Playing Game Supplements |
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| Game | Company | Designers | ||
| Buccaneers of | 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 | Wizards of the Coast | Rodney Thompson, | ||
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Game Accessories |
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| Game | Company | Designers | ||
| 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 | ||
For the winners of the 2008 Origins Awards, click here.