The categories for role playing games in the Origins Awards have been changed, Academy of Adventure Gaming Arts & Design parent GAMA is announcing today. This change was made “…based on feedback and input from the RPG jury and publishers,” GAMA Executive Director John Stacy explained.
The categories for games released in 2020 had undergone a number of changes; new categories were announced last month (see “GAMA Makes More Changes to the Origins Awards for the 2020/2021 Cycle”).
The new changes to the RPG categories replace classifications based on genre with classifications based on type of product. The new RPG awards will be:
- Role Playing Games - Core Rule Set
- Role Playing Games - Supplement
- Role Playing Games - Adventures
The full list of awards categories is now:
- Board Game - Family
- Board Game - General
- Board Game - Historical
- Board Game - Party/Light
- Board Game - Strategy/Heavy
- Card Game
- Collectible Game
- Digital Adaptation of a Physical Game (NEW)
- Miniatures Game
- Miniatures Game - Historical
- Role Playing Games - Core Rule Set
- Role Playing Games - Supplement
- Role Playing Games - Adventures
- Game Accessory
The change is being communicated to publishers and on social media today. “We hope that this structure will be more reflective of recognizing best in class for each of these categories,” Stacy said of the changes.