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The 2014 Origins Award Winners For Tabletop Gaming – With A Few Surprises
By Christopher Helton
This past weekend was the Origins Game Fair in Columbus, Ohio, one of the bigger tabletop gaming conventions outside of Gen Con. One of the highlights of the convention is the first of tabletop gaming's awards, the Origins Awards. The winners in all of the categories were announced:
Best Role Playing Game
Numenera – Monte Cook Games, designed by: Monte Cook
Fan Favorite: Shadowrun: Core Rulebook – Catalyst Game Labs, designed by: Jason Hardy, Aaron Pavao, Adam Large, Mark Dynna, Steven "Bull" Ratkovich, Peter M. Andrew Jr., Michael Wich
Best Role Playing Supplement
Night's Watch – Green Ronin Publishing, designed by: Joseph Carriker, Lee Hammock, Brett Rebischke-Smith, Ian Ireland, Michelle Lyons, John Hay
Fan Favorite: DC Adventures Universe – Green Ronin Publishing, designed by: Darren Bulmer, Seth Johnson, Steve Kenson, Jon Leitheusser, John Polojac, Aaron Sullivan
Best Board Game
Trains– Alderac Entertainment Group, designed by: Hisashi Hayashi
Fan Favorite: Trains – Alderac Entertainment Group, designed by: Hisashi Hayashi
Best Traditional Card Game
Love Letter– AEG, designed by: Seiji Kanai
Fan Favorite: DC Comics – Cryptozoic Entertainment, designed by: Matt Hyra, Ben Stoll
Best Family, Party, or Children's Game
Three Little Pigs – Iello, designed by: Laurent Pouchain
Fan Favorite: Walk the Plank – Mayday Games, designed by: Shane Steely, Jared Tinney
Best Miniatures Figure or Line
Malifaux: The Guild's Judgement – Wyrd Miniatures, designed by: Wyrd Miniatures
Fan Favorite: HeroClix Wolverine and the X-men – WizKids Games, designed by: WizKids Games
Best Miniatures Rules or Expansion
Marvel HeroClix: Avengers Vs X-men Starters – WizKids Games, designed by: WizKids Games
Fan Favorite: Marvel HeroClix: Avengers Vs X-Men Starters – WizKids Games, designed by: WizKids Games
Best Collectable Card Game or Expansion
Pokemon Black & White Legendary Treasures– The Pokemon Company, Intl., designed by: The Pokemon Company
Fan Favorite: Pokemon Black & White Legendary Treasures – The Pokemon Company, Intl., designed by: The Pokemon Company
Best Game Accessory
Space Gaming Mat – HC+D Supplies, designed by: Andre Garcia
Fan Favorite: Pathfinder Battles: Skull and Shackles – WizKids Games, designed by: WizKids Games
Best Game-Related Publication
TableTop – Wil Wheaton, Felicia Day
Fan Favorite: Tabletop – Wil Wheaton, Felicia Day
Best Historical Board Game
1775: Rebellion – Academy Games, designed by: Beau Beckett, Jeph Stahl
Fan Favorite: 1775: Rebellion – Academy Games, designed by: Beau Beckett, Jeph Stahl
Best Historical Miniatures Rules or Expansion
Fields of Fire – Proving Ground Games, designed by: Larry Yeager, Chris Brutsche, Mark Brown
Fan Favorite: Fire and Sword – Wargamer, designed by: Konrad Sosinski, Rafal
Best Historical Miniatures Figure or Line
Malifaux: The Guild's Judgement – Wyrd Miniatures, designed by: Wyrd Miniatures
Fan Favorite: HeroClix Wolverine and the X-Men – WizKids Games, designed by: WizKids Games
There was a bit of controversy on Twitter in Wil Wheaton's feed:
What?! I didn't even know we were nominated! RT @clarkvalentine: Game Related Publication: TableTop #OriginsAwards
— Wil Wheaton (@wilw) June 15, 2014
This isn't unusual. GAMA (the Game Manufacturers Association), a trade organization for tabletop game publishers of miniatures, card, board and roleplaying games, hadn't put put the information about winners of the awards on their website, Twitter or Facebook pages. This list was actually taken from the Facebook page of Monte Cook Games, one of the winners at the awards.
Christopher Helton is a blogger, podcaster and tabletop RPG publisher who talks about games and other forms of geekery at the long-running Dorkland! blog. He is also the co-publisher at the ENnie Award winning Battlefield Press, Inc. You can find him on Twitter at @dorkland and on G+ at https://plus.google.com/+ChristopherHelton/ where he will talk your ear off about gaming and comics.
Christopher has a crowdfunding page to help raise money to defray the costs for going to the Gen Con gaming convention and cover it for his Dorkland! blog and Bleeding Cool. Please click here to go to the page and help out.