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Origins Awards

Games award

The Origins Awards are American awards for outstanding work in the gaming industry. They are presented by the Game Manufacturers Association (GAMA) at the Origins Game Fair on an annual basis for games released in the preceding year. For example, the 1979 awards were given at the 1980 game fair. Award categories include board games, card games, tabletop role-playing games, strategy games, and game accessories.

History

History of Categories

The Origins Awards were initially presented at the Origins Game Fair in five categories: Best Professional Game, Best Amateur Game, Best Professional Magazine, Best Amateur Magazine and Adventure Gaming Hall of Fame. Since the first ceremony, the game categories have widened to include Board games (Traditional, Historical and Abstract), Card games (Traditional and Trading), Miniature wargaming (Historical, Science Fiction and Fantasy), Role-playing games and play-by-mail games. There are additional categories for Graphic Design, for game expansions and accessories, and for game-related fiction. During the 1980s and 1990s, awards were also given to Computer games. Starting in 2003, the Origins Awards began a new category called the Vanguard Award, which honored highly innovative games.

Charles S. Roberts Awards

Originally, the Charles S. Roberts Awards and the Origins Awards were one and the same. Starting with the 1987 awards, the Charles S. Roberts were given separately, and they moved away from Origins entirely in 2000, leaving the Origins Awards as a completely separate system. In 1978, the awards also hosted the 1977 H. G. Wells awards for role-playing games and miniature wargaming.

Hall of Fame

Members

Aaron Allston
Dave Arneson
Richard Berg
Jolly R. Blackburn
Larry Bond
Gerald Brom
Darwin Bromley
Bob Charrette
Frank Chadwick
Vlaada Chvátil
Loren Coleman
Greg Costikyan
Liz Danforth
James F. Dunnigan
Larry Elmore
Mike Elliott
Don Featherstone
Nigel Findley
Richard Garfield
Don Greenwood
Ed Greenwood
Julie Guthrie
E. Gary Gygax
Tracy Hickman
John Hill
David Isby
Steve Jackson (US)
Jennell Jaquays
Reiner Knizia
Wolfgang Kramer
Eric M. Lang
Rick Loomis
Rodger MacGowan
Tom Meier
Marc Miller
Dennis Mize
Alan R. Moon
Sandy Petersen
Michael Pondsmith
Alex Randolph
Charles Roberts
Sid Sackson
Duke Seifried
Tom N. Shaw
Redmond Simonsen
Kenneth St. Andre
Michael Stackpole
Greg Stafford
Lisa Stevens
Klaus Teuber
Don Turnbull
Jonathan Tweet
Jim Ward
Margaret Weis
Jordan Weisman
Loren Wiseman
Reinhold Wittig
Erick Wujcik
Lou Zocchi

Games and publications

Ace of Aces
Acquire
Advanced Dungeons & Dragons *
Amber Diceless Roleplaying
Apples to Apples
Axis & Allies
Battletech Mechs & Vehicles
Berg's Review of Games
BoardGameGeek
Call of Cthulhu
Champions
Chivalry & Sorcery
Cosmic Encounter
The Courier
Diplomacy
Dragon Magazine
Dungeons & Dragons *
Empire
Fire & Movement Magazine
GURPS
Illuminati play-by-mail game
Mage Knight
Mage Knight Board Game
Magic: The Gathering
Middle-Earth Play-By-Mail
Mythos
Nuclear War
Paranoia
Risk
The Settlers of Catan
Squad Leader
Star Fleet Battles
Strategy & Tactics
Traveller
TwixT
Vampire: The Masquerade
Warhammer Fantasy Battle
Warhammer 40,000
Yahtzee

- Dungeons & Dragons and Advanced Dungeons & Dragons were deemed different enough to be inducted on separate occasions.

References

Meehan, Alex. (2022-05-19). "Masks will be required at Origins Game Fair after concerns from attendees".
"Origins Game Fair in 45th Year".
Hall, Charlie. (2018-06-22). "Accusations of sexual harassment rock the board gaming community".
"2023 Origins Awards Winners".
(June 1979). "The Evolution of Origins: The National Convention at Five". [[Moves (magazine).
"Academy - Hall of Fame".

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