We spotted the GAMA poster of the Origins Award winners at GenCon last weekend and realized we hadn't reported them since they were announced at the Origins show last month, so we're listing them here.  The Origin Awards are a 28-year tradition sponsored by the Academy of Adventure Gaming Arts & Design.  Nominees are selected by the Academy and then voted on by the gaming public and the Academy.  The Origins Awards are the most comprehensive set of gaming awards, and in many ways the most prestigious.  The Academy of Adventure Gaming Arts & Design is a subcommittee of GAMA (the Game Manufacturers Association). 

As was the case last year, GAMA has produced a poster featuring all the winners of this year's Origins Awards.  The poster is perfect for in-store display and is being distributed to every retailer, distributor and manufacturer on GAMA's mailing list. Retailers who are not members can join GAMA for a small fee (see http://www.gama.org ) and receive the poster along with other benefits.  Of course, a display of the winning games is a good way to draw attention to high quality products with good odds of creating satisfied customers. 

The Awards

The awards were well dispersed this year, with only Wizards of the Coast winning three (for Chainmail, Forgotten Realms, and Clan War 7th Scroll: The Lion), and five companies winning two each--Dork Storm, WizKids, Hasbro, Decipher, and Chaosium. 

Best Accessory:
D20 System Character Record Folio (Green Ronin Publishing)

Best Amateur Periodical:
Alarums & Excursions (Lee Gold)

Best Professional Periodical:
Dork Tower (Dork Storm Press)

Best Play-By-Mail Game:
Middle Earth FA0 1000 (Game Systems)

Best Game-Related Novel:
Clan War 7th Scroll: The Lion by Stephen D. Sullivan (Wizards of the Coast)

Best Game-Related Short Work:
Prometheus Unwound by Matt Forbeck (Eden Studios)

Best Historical Miniatures Rules:
Fear God and Dread Nought (Clash of Arms Games)

Best Science Fiction or Fantasy Miniatures Rules:
D&D Chainmail (Wizards of the Coast)

Best Historical Figure Series:
World of the Greeks (Wargames Foundry)

Best Science Fiction or Fantasy Figure:
Mage Knight Great Fire Dragon sculpted by Kevin Barrett (WizKids)

Best Vehicular Miniature:
Mage Knight Atlantis War Machine: The Fist of Fezk sculpted by Kevin Barrett (WizKids)

Best Abstract Boardgame:
Cosmic Coasters (Looney Labs)

Best Historical Board Game:
Axis & Allies: Pacific (Hasbro/Avalon Hill)

Best Science Fiction or Fantasy Board Game:
Risk 2210 (Hasbro/Avalon Hill)

Best Card Game Expansion or Supplement:
Apples to Apples Expansion Set 3 (Out of the Box Publishing)

Best Trading Card Game:
The Lord of the Rings Trading Card Game (Decipher)

Best Traditional Card Game:
Munchkin (Steve Jackson Games)

Best Graphic Presentation of a Board Game:
Zombies!!! (Journeyman Press)

Best Graphic Presentation of a Card Game:
The Lord of the Rings Tradiong Card Game (Decipher)

Best Graphic Presentation of a Book Product:
Call of Cthulhu 20th Anniversary Edition (Chaosium)

Best Illustration:
Dork Shadows Cover Illustration by John Kovalic (Dork Storm Press)

Best Role-Playing Game Adventure:
Unseen Masters (Chaosium)

Best Role-Playing Game Supplement:
Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting (Wizards of the Coast)

Best Role-Playing Game:
Adventure! (White Wolf Game Studios)

Game of the Year:
Hackmaster (Kenzer and Co.)

Hall of Fame:
Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman
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