This years Origins Award Winners were announced at the Origins Game Fair in Columbus, Ohio, this last weekend. Among the categories were two RPG ones (Best Role-Playing Game of the Year; Best Role-playing Supplement of the Year) that had some strong contenders vying for the statuette.
This years winners are:
Best Board Game of the Year: Gloomhaven by Cephalofair Games!
Best Card Game of the Year: Ex Libris by Renegade Games
Best Family Game of the Year: Azul by Plan B Games
Best Role-playing Game of the Year: Adventures in Middle-Earth Player’s Handbook by Cubicle 7 Entertainment
Best Role-playing Supplement of the Year: Dungeons & Dragons Xanathar’s Guide to Everything by Wizards of the Coast
Best Miniatures of the Year:Warhammer 40,000 8th Edition by Games Workshop
Best Game Accessories of the Year: Terraforming Mars Organizer by The Broken Token
Best Collectible Game: Star Wars Destiny: Awakenings Booster by Fantasy Flight Games
Eric M. Lang and Ken St. Andre were also inducted into the Academy of Adventure Gaming Arts & Design Hall of Fame.
Other contenders for this years best RPG were: Blades in the Dark, Blue Rose, Cthulhu Confidential, The Dark Eye, The Extraordinary Adventures of Baron Munchausen, My Little Pony: Tales of Equestria, Monsterhearts 2, Puppetland, Starfinder, Star Trek Adventures, Tales from the Loop, Traveller Starter Set and Vurt.
The other contenders for the Best RPG supplement were: Rhovanian Region Guide (Adventrues in Middle-earth), Loremaster’s Guide (Adventures in Middle-earth), Narrator’s Kit (Blue Rose), The Grand Grimoire of the Cthulhu Mythos (Call of Cthulhu), The Two Headed Serpent (Call of Cthulhu), Codex Germania (Castles & Crusades), Codex Slavorum (Castles & Crusades), Cypher System Expanded Worlds, Predation (Cypher System), Gamemaster’s Companion (Doctor Who), Atlas of Earth Prime (Mutants & Masterminds) and the Demon Lord’s Companion (Shadow of the Demon Lord).
This years winners are:
Best Board Game of the Year: Gloomhaven by Cephalofair Games!
Best Card Game of the Year: Ex Libris by Renegade Games
Best Family Game of the Year: Azul by Plan B Games
Best Role-playing Game of the Year: Adventures in Middle-Earth Player’s Handbook by Cubicle 7 Entertainment
Best Role-playing Supplement of the Year: Dungeons & Dragons Xanathar’s Guide to Everything by Wizards of the Coast
Best Miniatures of the Year:Warhammer 40,000 8th Edition by Games Workshop
Best Game Accessories of the Year: Terraforming Mars Organizer by The Broken Token
Best Collectible Game: Star Wars Destiny: Awakenings Booster by Fantasy Flight Games
Eric M. Lang and Ken St. Andre were also inducted into the Academy of Adventure Gaming Arts & Design Hall of Fame.
Other contenders for this years best RPG were: Blades in the Dark, Blue Rose, Cthulhu Confidential, The Dark Eye, The Extraordinary Adventures of Baron Munchausen, My Little Pony: Tales of Equestria, Monsterhearts 2, Puppetland, Starfinder, Star Trek Adventures, Tales from the Loop, Traveller Starter Set and Vurt.
The other contenders for the Best RPG supplement were: Rhovanian Region Guide (Adventrues in Middle-earth), Loremaster’s Guide (Adventures in Middle-earth), Narrator’s Kit (Blue Rose), The Grand Grimoire of the Cthulhu Mythos (Call of Cthulhu), The Two Headed Serpent (Call of Cthulhu), Codex Germania (Castles & Crusades), Codex Slavorum (Castles & Crusades), Cypher System Expanded Worlds, Predation (Cypher System), Gamemaster’s Companion (Doctor Who), Atlas of Earth Prime (Mutants & Masterminds) and the Demon Lord’s Companion (Shadow of the Demon Lord).