„The Academy of Adventure Gaming Arts & Design“ hat die diesjährigen Origin Awards verliehen, ein Preis, der in etwa mit dem deutschen „Spiel des Jahres“ verglichen werden kann. Hier sind die Gewinner:
- Best Game Accessory: Shadowrun Runner‘s Toolkit (Catalyst Game Labs)
- Best Play by Mail or Correspondence Game: Heroic Fantasy (Flying Buffalo)
- Best Game-Related Publication: The Kobold Guide to Board Game Design (Open Design)
- Best Historical Miniatures Rules or Expansion: Flames of War Cassino (Battlefront Miniatures)
- Best Historical Miniatures Figure or Line: Bolt Action WW2 (Warlord Games)
- Best Historical Board Game: Strike of the Eagle (Academy Games)
- Best Traditional Card Game: Nuts! (Wildfire)
- Best Collectible Card Game or Expansion: Magic the Gathering: Innistrad (Wizards of the Coast)
- Best Miniatures Rules or Expansion: Battletech: The Wars of Reaving (Catalyst Game Labs)
- Best Miniatures Figure or Line: Storm Strider (Privateer Press)
- Best Roleplaying Game: Arcanis (Paradigm Concepts)
- Best Roleplaying Supplement or Adventure: Shadows Over Scotland for Call of Cthulhu (Cubicle 7)
- Best Family, Party or Children‘s Game: Get Bit! (Mayday Games)
- Best Board Game: Conquest of Nerath (Wizards of the Coast)