Though the news trickled out in other ways, the 2010 Origins Award winners have finally been announced. Among the highlights: the rerelease of Space Hulk beat out Small World for Best Board Game; Looney Labs continues its streak with a Best Party Game win for Are You the Traitor?; the return of WizKids and HeroClix gets a nod for Best Miniatures Line; and Eclipse Phase wins for Best RPG. (Click through to read the full list.)
36th Annual Origins Awards results:
Best Card Game
- The Isle of Dr. Necreaux (Alderac Entertainment Group)
- Martian Fluxx (Looney Labs)
- Poo (Catalyst Game Labs)
- The Stars Are Right (Steve Jackson Games)
- Thunderstone (Alderac Entertainment Group)
WINNER: Poo
Best Board Game
- Castle Panic (Fireside Games)
- Endeavor (Z-Man Games)
- Small World (Days of Wonder)
- Space Hulk (Games Workshop)
- Steam (Mayfair Games)
WINNER: Space Hulk
Best Children’s, Family, or Party Game
- Are You The Traitor? (Looney Labs)
- Duck! Duck! SAFARI! (APE Games)
- Pack and Stack (Mayfair Games)
- Ren Faire (Atlas Games)
- Word on the Street (Out of the Box Publishing)
WINNER: Are You The Traitor?
Best Roleplaying Game
- Doctor Who: Adventures in Time and Space (Cubicle 7 Entertainment)
- Eclipse Phase (Catalyst Game Labs)
- FantasyCraft (Crafty Games)
- A Song of Ice And Fire (Green Ronin Publishing)
- Supernatural Roleplaying Game (Margaret Weis Productions)
WINNER: Eclipse Phase
Best Roleplaying Game Supplement
- Big Damn Heroes Handbook (Margaret Weis Productions)
- The Day After Ragnarok (Atomic Overmind Press)
- Seattle 2072 (Catalyst Game Labs)
- Warriors & Warlocks (Green Ronin Publishing)
- Weird War II (Pinnacle Entertainment Group)
WINNER: Big Damn Heroes Handbook
Best Miniatures Figure or Line of Figures
- Duke Rathar, Dragon Lord (Fantization Miniatures)
- Kings of War: Elves (Mantic Games)
- Marvel HeroClix: Hammer of Thor Expansion (WizKids)
- Monsterpocalypse Series 4 (Privateer Press)
- Warhammer Armies: Skaven (Games Workshop)
WINNER: Marvel HeroClix: Hammer of Thor Expansion
Best Miniatures Rules
- BattleTech: Strategic Operations (Catalyst Game Labs)
- HAVOC: Tactical Miniatures Warfare (Voodoo Ink Publishing)
- Larger Than Life (Two Hour Wargames)
- Warhammer 40K: Planetstrike (Games Workshop)
- Warmachine Prime Mk II (Privateer Press)
WINNER: BattleTech: Strategic Operations
Best Game Accessory
- Arkham Horror Dice Set (Q-Workshop/Fantasy Flight Games)
- d20Pro (Mindgene, LLC)
- Forsaken Lands Poster Map (Maps of Mystery)
- Fortress of Redemption (Games Workshop)
- Knights of the Dinner Table (Kenzer and Company)
WINNER: Knights of the Dinner Table
Best Game-Related Book
- BattleTech: 25 Years of Art and Fiction (Catalyst Game Labs)
- The Best of All Flesh (Elder Signs Press)
- Cthulhu 101 (Atomic Overmind Press
- Deluge (Pinacle Entertainment Group)
- Legend of the Five Rings: Death at Koten (Alderac Entertainment Group)
WINNER: BattleTech: 25 Years of Art and Fiction
Best Historical Board Game or Expansion
- The Hell of Stalingrad (Clash of Arms Games)
- Richard III: War of the Roses (Columbia Games)
- Conflict of Heroes: Storms of Steel (Academy Games)
- D-Day at Omaha Beach (Decision Games)
- Unhappy King Charles (GMT Games)
WINNER: Conflict of Heroes: Storms of Steel
Best Historical Miniatures Figure or Line of Figures
- Wings of War Albatross D.III (Fantasy Flight Games)
- 15mm Parachute Rifle Company (Battlefront Miniatures)
- 15 mm Ming Chinese (Old Glory Miniatures)
- 28mm British Napoleonic Infantry (Victrix Miniatures)
- 28 mm World War I: Great War in Africa (Brigade Games)
WINNER: Wings of War Albatross D.III
Best Historical Miniatures Rules
- Flames of War: Open Fire (Battlefront Miniatures)
- Wings of War: World War II, Deluxe Edition (Fantasy Flight Games)
- Napoleon’s Battles, 3rd Edition (Lost Battalion Games)
- “La Salle” Napoleonic Tactical Wargame Rules (Sam Mustafa, Warlord Games)
- Black Powder Rulebook (Warlord Games)
WINNER: Wings of War: World War II, Deluxe Edition
Best Historical Miniatures Rules Supplement
- Flames of War: North Africa (Battlefront Miniatures)
- Eternal Empire: The Ottomans at War (Osprey Publishing)
- Battles of the Seven Years War: Austria vs. Prussia (Test of Battle Games)
- Fields of Battle: Atacar es Vencer! – Spanish Civil War 1936 (Iron Ivan Games)
- Commonwealth Skirmish Scenarios (Southern Maryland Press)
WINNER: Flames of War: North Africa