Origins Awards 2009

I reported live from the 35th Annual Origins Awards via the Critical Hits twitter feed, but here’s the results, with all the nominees and winners:

Play By Mail

• Atlas Games Play by Post Forums by Atlas Games
• Heldenwelt by SSV Klapf-Bachler OEG. (Austria)
• Hyborian War by Reality Simulations Inc.
• Starweb by Flying Buffalo Inc.
• The One Ring Legends Module by Harlequin Games

WINNER: Hyborian War

Collectible Card Game Rules or Expansion

• Chaotic: M’arrillian Invasion Beyond the Doors Booster Pack 8
  TC Digital Games LLC
  MRN, To Be Continued LLC, Sam Murakami, and David Baumgartner
• Highlander the Card Game: Search for Vengeance 11
  HighlanderTGC
  Mike Sager
• Magic the Gathering: Shards of Alara 1
  Wizards of the Coast
  Bill Rose and Devin Low
• Portal
  Score Entertainment
  Aik Tongtharadol, Josh Morris, Dan Posey, and Carl Braun
• World of Warcraft the Trading Card Game: Servants of the Betrayer 2
  Upper Deck
  Mike Hummel, Antonio DeRosa, Ken Ho, Jeff Liu, and Patrick Sullivan

WINNER: Magic the Gathering: Shards of Alara 1

Children’s, Family, and Party Games

• Backseat Drawing
  Out of the Box Publishing
  Peggy Brown
• duck! duck! Go!
  APE Games
  Kevin G. Nunn
• Extraordinary Adventures of Baron Munchausen, The
  Mongoose Publishing
  James Wallis
• Living Labyrinth
  Bucephalus Games
  Julie Haehn
• Rorschach: The Inkbot Party Game
  Bucephalus Games
  Dan Tibbles, Jeremy Holcomb, Joe Huber, and Stephen McLaughlin
• Say Anything
  North Star Games
  Dominic Craphuchettes and Satish Pillalamarri

WINNER: Say Anything

Historical Miniature Figure or Line

• 28mm Imperial Romans
  WARLORD GAMES
• King Philips War 28MM
  Brigade Games Inc.
• SS-Panzerdivision ‘Das Reich’ Panzerkompanie (GEAB06) [15mm Line]
  Battlefront Games
• 28mm Celts
  WARLORD GAMES
• 15mm Ancient Saxons
  Splintered Light

WINNER: SS-Panzerdivision ‘Das Reich’ Panzerkompanie

Historical Miniature Figure Game Rules Supplement

• RISE OF ROME (Fields of Glory Supplement)
  Osprey Publishing
• Operation Cobra, The Normandy Breakout –FW206 Cobra FLAMES OF WAR
  Battlefront Games
• WWII Eastern Front Skirmish Scenarios
  Britton Publishers
• STARS AND STRIPES FOREVER
  Test of Battle Games
• AGE OF EAGLES: Napoleon Vs Europe  1813 – 14, AOE Scenario Book
  Quantum Printing

WINNER: Rise of Rome Fields of Glory

Historical Miniature Figure Game Rules

• Fields of Glory Miniature Rules
  Osprey Publishing / Slitherine Software
  Richard Bodley-Scott
• Volley & Bayonet: Road To Glory
  Test of Battle Games
  Frank Chadwick and Greg Novak
• Cold Steel and Canister
  Decker Game Company
  Jack Decker
• Song of Drums and Shakos
  Ganesha Games
  Andrea Sfiligoi
• Chevauchee: Rules for Battles with Medieval Miniatures
  Skirmisher Publishing LLC
  Michael J. Varhola, Robert “Mac” McLaughlin, and the Skirmisher Games Development Group

WINNER: TIE between Fields of Glory and Songs of Drums and Shakos

Historical Board Games

• Conflict of Heroes: Awakening the Bear
  Academy Games
  Uwe Eickert
• Espana 1936
  DEVIR US LLC / Phalanx
  Antonio Catalain
• The Battle of Monmouth
  Clash of Arms Games
  Rich Kane
• The Campaigns of King David
  Clash of Arms Games
  Robert Markham
• Pursuit of Glory
  GMT Games
  Brad Stock and Brian Stock

WINNER: Conflict of Heroes: Awakening the Bear

Non-Fiction

• KOBOLD Guide to Game Design, Vol. 1
  by Wolfgang Baur, Nicolas Logue
  Open Design
• Lost Leaves From the Inn of the Last Home
  by Margaret Weis
  Margaret Weis Productions
• No Quarter Magazine
  editor-in-chief Nathan Letsinger
  Privateer Press
• Things We Think About Games
  by Will Hindmarch & Jeff Tidball
  Gameplaywright Press
• Tour de Lovecraft: the Tale
  by Ken Hite
  Atomic Overmind Press

WINNER: Tour de Lovecraft: The Tale

Fiction

• Hungerblade
  by Robin D Laws
  Red Juggernaut Inc.
• Infernal Sorceress
  by Gary Gygax
  Paizo Publishing
• Killing Ground, The
  by Graham McNeill
  Black Library
• Pirate King, The
  by R.A. Salvatore
  Wizards of the Coast
• Worlds of Dungeons & Dragons Volume 2
  edited by James Lowder & Mike O’Sullivan
  Devil’s Due

WINNER: Worlds of Dungeons & Dragons Volume 2

Miniature Figure or Line of Miniature Figures

• Monsterpocalypse Collectible Miniature Game
  Privateer Press, Inc.
  Matt Wilson, Bryan Cutler, Jason Soles, Rob Stoddard, and Kevin Clark
• Star Wars Miniatures: The Clone Wars
  Wizards of the Coast
• WARMACHINE Steam-Powered Miniatures Combat
  Privateer Press, Inc.
  Matt Wilson, Ron Kruzie, and Chris Walton
• WH40K: Space Marines
  Games Workshop
• World of Warcraft Miniatures Game
  Upper Deck Company
  Justin Gary, David Baumgartner, John Fiorillo, Matt Hyra, and Anthony Shaheen

WINNER: Star Wars Miniatures: The Clone Wars

Miniature Figure Game Rules

• Classic Battletech: Tactical Operations
  Catalyst Game Labs
  Randall N. Bills and Herbert A Beas II
• Monsterpocalypse Collectible Miniature Game
  Privateer Press, Inc.
  Matt Wilson, Bryan Cutler, Jason Soles, Rob Stoddard, and Kevin Clark
• WARMACHINE: Legends
  Privateer Press, Inc.
  Matt Wilson, Jason Soles, and Rob Stoddard
• WH40K: 5th Edition
  Games Workshop
  Alessio Cavatore
• World of Warcraft Miniatures Game
  Upper Deck Company
  Justin Gary, David Baumgartner, John Fiorillo, Matt Hyra, and Anthony Shaheen

WINNER: Classic Battletech: Tactical Operations

Game Accessories

• Chibithulhu
  Steve Jackson Games
• Classic Battletech: Record Sheets 3039
  Catalyst Game Labs
  Randall N. Bills, Bjorn Schmidt, and David L. McCulloch
• D-Total
  Gamescience
  Dr. A. F. Simkin, Frank Dutrain, and Louis Zocchi
• Duel Decks: Jace vs Chandra
  Wizards of the Coast
  Erik Lauer and Ken Nagle
• Living Arcanis T-Shirt
  Paradigm Concepts, Inc
  Pedro Barrenechea, Henry Lopez, Nelson Rodriguez, and Eric Weiner
• Wicked Munchkin Bag & Die
  Q-Workshop
  John Kovalic and Patryk Strzelewicz

WINNER: D-Total

Role-Playing Game Supplements

• Buccaneers of Freeport
  Green Ronin Publishing
  Ari Marmell, Anthony Pryor, Rodney Thompson, and Robert Vaughn
• Forgotten Realms Campaign Guide
  Wizards of the Coast
  Bruce Cordell, Ed Greenwood, and Chris Sims
• Hero Lab
  Lone Wolf Development
  Rob Bowes and Colen McAlister
• Serenity Adventures
  Margaret Weis Productions
  Alana Abbot, Billy Aguiar, James Davenport, Ted Reed, and James M. Ward
• Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
  Wizards of the Coast
  Rodney Thompson, Sterling Hershey, John Jackson Miller, and Abel Pena

WINNER: Serenity Adventures

Role-Playing Games

• Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition Players Handbook
  Wizards of the Coast
  Rob Heinsoo, Andy Collins, and James Wyatt
• Mouseguard Role-Playing Game
  Archaia Studios Press
  Luke Crane and David Petersen
• Trail of Cthulhu, The
  Pelgrane Press Ltd
  Kenneth Hite, Robin D Laws, Jerome Huegenin, and Simon Rogers

WINNER: Mouseguard

Card Games

• Dominion
  Rio Grande Games
  Donald X Vaccarino
• Monty Python Fluxx
  Looney Labs
  Andrew Looney
• Red Dragon Inn 2
  Slugfest Games
  Geoff Bottone, Colleen Skadl, and Cliff Bohm
• Ticket to Ride Card Game
  Days of Wonder
  Alan R. Moon
• Trailer Park Wars
  Gut Bustin’ Games
  Lisa Steenson

WINNER: Dominion

Board Games

• Agricola
  Z-Man Games, Inc.
  Uwe Rosenberg
• Ninja vs. Ninja
  Out of the Box Publishing
  Tushar Gheewala
• Pandemic
  Z-Man Games, Inc.
  Matt Leacock
• TOMB
  Alderac Entertainment Group
  John Zinser
• Wealth of Nations
  TableStar Games
  Nico Carroll

WINNER: Pandemic

VANGUARD AWARD

WINNER: Flames of War Firestorm Campaign

Thanks to James Ernest for being a juggling host with nightmares, and to GAMA for running the event and providing an easily copy and paste-able list of nominees.