2012 Origins Award Winners

Jun 4, 2012

Another Origins Game Fair has come and gone and one of the highlights of the show is the announcement of the winners of the year’s Origins Awards in various categories. This year there aren’t as many obvious head scratchers, at least for myself, as I’d seen in years past and we’re pleased to bring you a list of the games and supplements that took home the prize this time around.

Best Game Accessory—Shadowrun Runner’s Toolkit from Catalyst Game Labs
Best Play by Mail or Correspondence Game—Heroic Fantasy from Flying Buffalo
Best Game-Related Publication—The Kobold Guide to Board Game Design from Open Design
Best Historical Miniatures Rules or Expansion—Flames of War: Cassino from Battlefront Miniatures
Best Historical Miniatures Figure or Line—Bolt Action WW2 from Warlord Games
Best Historical Board Game—Strike of the Eagle from Academy Games
Best Traditional Card Game—Nuts! from Wildfire
Best Collectible Card Game or Expansion—Magic the Gathering: Innistrad from Wizards of the Coast
Best Miniatures Rules or Expansion—Battletech: The Wars of Reaving from Catalyst Game Labs
Best Miniatures Figure or Line—Storm Strider from Privateer Press
Best Roleplaying Game—Arcanis from Paradigm Concepts
Best Roleplaying Supplement or Adventure—Shadows Over Scotland for Call of Cthulhu from Cubicle 7
Best Family, Party or Children’s Game—Get Bit! from Mayday Games
Best Board Game—Conquest of Nerath from Wizards of the Coast

Author
Recent Posts

Jeff McAleer

Founder/Editor-in-chief of The Gaming Gang website and host of The Gaming Gang Dispatch and other TGG media, Jeff tackles any and all sorts of games but has a special fondness for strategy, conflict sims, and roleplaying games. Plus, he's certainly never at a loss for an opinion...