2009 Origins Award winners

We’ve known the nominees for a while now, and resisted judging too harshly for having a t-shirt in the “Game Accessory” category. This year’s winners were awarded in a ceremony overseen by James Ernest last night at Origins. A notable winner was the Mouseguard RPG for Best RPG, despite being up against the Dungeons & Dragons Fourth Edition Player’s Handbook and Trail of Cthulhu. (I could say it “eeked” out a win, but then I’d feel ashamed.) Serenity Adventures won for Best RPG Supplement, and Magic: The Gathering – Shards of Alara was named Best CCG Supplement. As many expected, Dominion took the title as Best Card Game, while Pandemic got he nod as Best Board Game. Click below for the full list of nominees and winners.

Play By Mail

• Atlas Games Play by Post Forums by Atlas Games
• Heldenwelt by SSV Klapf-Bachler OEG. (Austria)
• Hyborian War by Reality Simulations Inc.
• Starweb by Flying Buffalo Inc.
• The One Ring Legends Module by Harlequin Games

WINNER: Hyborian War

Collectible Card Game Rules or Expansion

• 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

WINNER: Magic the Gathering: Shards of Alara 1

Children’s, Family, and Party Games

• 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 Inkblot Party Game
  Bucephalus Games
  Dan Tibbles, Jeremy Holcomb, Joe Huber, and Stephen McLaughlin
• Say Anything
  North Star Games
  Dominic Craphuchettes and Satish Pillalamarri

WINNER: Say Anything

Historical Miniature Figure or Line

• 28mm Imperial Romans
  WARLORD GAMES
• King Philips War 28MM
  Brigade Games Inc.
• SS-Panzerdivision ‘Das Reich’ Panzerkompanie (GEAB06) [15mm Line]
  Battlefront Games
• 28mm Celts
  WARLORD GAMES
• 15mm Ancient Saxons
  Splintered Light

WINNER: SS-Panzerdivision ‘Das Reich’ Panzerkompanie

Historical Miniature Figure Game Rules Supplement

• RISE OF ROME (Fields of Glory Supplement)
  Osprey Publishing
• Operation Cobra, The Normandy Breakout –FW206 Cobra FLAMES OF WAR
  Battlefront Games
• WWII Eastern Front Skirmish Scenarios
  Britton Publishers
• STARS AND STRIPES FOREVER
  Test of Battle Games
• AGE OF EAGLES: Napoleon Vs Europe 1813 – 14, AOE Scenario Book
  Quantum Printing

WINNER: Rise of Rome Fields of Glory

Historical Miniature Figure Game Rules

• Fields of Glory Miniature Rules
  Osprey Publishing / Slitherine Software
  Richard Bodley-Scott
• Volley & Bayonet: Road To Glory
  Test of Battle Games
  Frank Chadwick and Greg Novak
• Cold Steel and Canister
  Decker Game Company
  Jack Decker
• Song of Drums and Shakos
  Ganesha Games
  Andrea Sfiligoi
• Chevauchee: Rules for Battles with Medieval Miniatures
  Skirmisher Publishing LLC
  Michael J. Varhola, Robert “Mac” McLaughlin, and the Skirmisher Games Development Group

WINNER: TIE between Fields of Glory and Songs of Drums and Shakos

Historical Board Games

• Conflict of Heroes: Awakening the Bear
  Academy Games
  Uwe Eickert
• Espana 1936
  DEVIR US LLC / Phalanx
  Antonio Catalain
• The Battle of Monmouth
  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

WINNER: Conflict of Heroes: Awakening the Bear

Non-Fiction

• KOBOLD Guide to Game Design, Vol. 1
  by Wolfgang Baur, Nicolas Logue
  Open Design
• Lost Leaves From the Inn of the Last Home
  by Margaret Weis
  Margaret Weis Productions
• 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

WINNER: Tour de Lovecraft: The Tale

Fiction

• Hungerblade
  by Robin D Laws
  Red Juggernaut Inc.
• Infernal Sorceress
  by Gary Gygax
  Paizo Publishing
• Killing Ground, The
  by Graham McNeill
  Black Library
• Pirate King, The
  by R.A. Salvatore
  Wizards of the Coast
• Worlds of Dungeons & Dragons Volume 2
  edited by James Lowder & Mike O’Sullivan
  Devil’s Due

WINNER: Worlds of Dungeons & Dragons Volume 2

Miniature Figure or Line of Miniature Figures

• 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
• WARMACHINE Steam-Powered Miniatures Combat
  Privateer Press, Inc.
  Matt Wilson, Ron Kruzie, and Chris Walton
• WH40K: Space Marines
  Games Workshop
• World of Warcraft Miniatures Game
  Upper Deck Company
  Justin Gary, David Baumgartner, John Fiorillo, Matt Hyra, and Anthony Shaheen

WINNER: Star Wars Miniatures: The Clone Wars

Miniature Figure Game Rules

• 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

WINNER: Classic Battletech: Tactical Operations

Game Accessories

• Chibithulhu
  Steve Jackson Games
• 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

WINNER: D-Total

Role-Playing Game Supplements

• Buccaneers of Freeport
  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 Old Republic
  Wizards of the Coast
  Rodney Thompson, Sterling Hershey, John Jackson Miller, and Abel Pena

WINNER: Serenity Adventures

Role-Playing Games

• 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
• Trail of Cthulhu, The
  Pelgrane Press Ltd
  Kenneth Hite, Robin D Laws, Jerome Huegenin, and Simon Rogers

WINNER:Mouseguard

Card Games

• Dominion
  Rio Grande Games
  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

WINNER:Dominion

Board Games

• 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

WINNER: Pandemic

VANGUARD AWARD

WINNER: Flames of War Firestorm Campaign

Thanks to Critical Hits for being at the awards and getting the word out.