Winners at Origins 98’.

 

The annual Origins awards (the gaming worlds equivalent of the Oscars) where held at the start of the month, some surprises some clear winners. Here is the listing of the winners in full.

 

Best Abstract Board Game
Kill Doctor Lucky - Cheapass Games

 

Best Historical Board Game
Successors - Avalon Hill

 

Best Science Fiction or Fantasy Board Game
Roborally Grand Prix - Wizards of the Coast

 

Best Graphic Presentation of a Board Game
Successors - Avalon Hill
Wadjet - Timbuk II, Inc (Tie)

 

Best Trading Card Game
Shadowrun Trading Card Game Limited Edition - FASA

 

Best Graphic Presentation of a Card Game
Shadowrun Trading Card Game Limited Ed. - FASA

 

Best Card Game Expansion or Supplement
L5R-Time of the Void - Five Rings Publishing

 

Best Traditional Card Game
Give Me the Brain - Cheapass Games

 

Best Historical Miniatures Rules
Flint & Steel - Clash of Arms Games/TOME

 

Best Science Fiction or Fantasy Miniatures Rules
Deadlands: the Great Rail Wars - Pinnacle

 

Best Historical Figure Miniatures Series
Charlie Company U.S. Army Figures - RAFM

 

Best Science Fiction or Fantasy Figure Miniature
Sister of Battle Squad (Seraphim) - Games Workshop

 

Best Vehicle Miniature
Call of Cthulhu Roadster - RAFM

 

Best Action Computer Game
Tomb Raider - Eidos Software

 

Best Roleplaying Computer Game
Final Fantasy VII - Eidos Software

 

Best Strategy Computer Game
Sid Mejer’s Gettysburg - Firaxis

 

Best Amateur Game Magazine
Starry Wisdom - Chaosium

 

Best New Play-By-Mail Game
Middle-earth RBM 4th age Circa 1000 - Games Systems, Inc.

 

Best Professional Game Magazine
Knights of the Dinner Table Magazine - Kenzer & Co.

 

Best Ongoing Play-By-Mail Game
Star Web - Flying Buffalo, Inc.

Best Game-Related Novel
Planar Powers - TSR, Inc.

 

Best Game-Related Short Work
A Forty Share in Innsmouth - Chaosium

 

Best Roleplaying Game
Legends of the Five Rings Roleplaying Game - Alderac

 

Best Roleplaying Supplement
Delta Green - Pagan Publishing

 

Best Roleplaying Adventure
Independence Day (Deadlands) - Pinnacle

 

Best Graphic Presentation of a Roleplaying Game, Adventure, or Supplement
In Nomine - Steve Jackson Games

 

 

Homepage - Roleplaying - Wargaming - Rumour Control - SoapBox - Links - Banner page

Web Rings - E-mail - Submissions - Staff Writers - Tomb Raider - Fiction - Gamers Web Plus

British Dyslexia Association- Archive - News - Ask Auntie Cally- Retro