2004 Origins Award winners
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Best of Class Awards
| Category | Winner | Company |
|---|---|---|
| Best Play-By-Mail Game Play-by-mail game Play-by-mail games, sometimes known as "Play-by-post", are games, of any type, played through postal mail or e-mail. One example, chess, has been played by mail for centuries . Another example, Diplomacy, has been played by mail since the 1960s, starting with a printed newsletter written by John... |
Fall of Rome | Enlightened Age Entertainment |
| Best Historical Board Game Board game A board game is a game which involves counters or pieces being moved on a pre-marked surface or "board", according to a set of rules. Games may be based on pure strategy, chance or a mixture of the two, and usually have a goal which a player aims to achieve... |
Sword of Rome | GMT Games GMT Games GMT Games, probably the most prolific of the wargame companies in the 1990s and 2000s, was founded in 1990. The current management and creative team includes Tony Curtis, Rodger MacGowan, Mark Simonitch, and Andy Lewis... |
| Best Historical Miniatures Line | WWI: Western Front 28 mm | Brigade Games |
| Best Historical Miniatures Game | Dawn of the Rising Sun: The Russo Japanese War 1904-1905 | Clash of Arms Games |
| Best Board Game Board game A board game is a game which involves counters or pieces being moved on a pre-marked surface or "board", according to a set of rules. Games may be based on pure strategy, chance or a mixture of the two, and usually have a goal which a player aims to achieve... |
Ticket to Ride | Days of Wonder Days of Wonder Days of Wonder is a board game publisher based in the United States and France. Founded in 2002, Days of Wonder distributes its games to 25 countries. It specialises in German-style board games and have branched out to include some online games. Days of Wonder has published games in English,... |
| Best Miniatures Game | Attack Vector: Tactical Attack Vector: Tactical Attack Vector: Tactical is a space combat wargame published by Ad Astra Games. The game is consciously designed to model comparatively realistic space combat and eschew common conventions of space warfare... |
Ad Astra Games Ad Astra Games Ad Astra Games is a company that produces boardgames, miniatures wargames and role-playing games. It was founded in 2004 by Ken Burnside. The chief operating officer is former West End Games founder Daniel Scott Palter, and the office manager is Sam Pray, husband of horror and gothic romance... |
| Best Miniatures Line | Elmore Dragons | Dark Sword Miniatures, Inc. |
| Best Collectible Card Game Collectible card game thumb|Players and their decksA collectible card game , also called a trading card game or customizable card game, is a game played using specially designed sets of playing cards... |
Seven Masters Vs. The Underworld | Z-Man Games Z-Man Games thumbZ-Man Games is a company incorporated in 1999 in the USA to produce games. The headquarters is in Mahopac, New York, near New York City. It is named after its proprietor, Zev Shlasinger... |
| Best Traditional Card Game Card game A card game is any game using playing cards as the primary device with which the game is played, be they traditional or game-specific. Countless card games exist, including families of related games... |
Cthulhu 500 | Atlas Games Atlas Games Atlas Games is a company which publishes role-playing games, board games and card games. Its current president is John Nephew.Games published include:... |
| Best Role Playing Game | Ars Magica Ars Magica Ars Magica is a role-playing game set in Mythic Europe, a quasi-historical version of Europe around AD 1200 with added fantastical elements. The game revolves around wizards and their allies... : 5th Edition |
Atlas Games Atlas Games Atlas Games is a company which publishes role-playing games, board games and card games. Its current president is John Nephew.Games published include:... |
| Best Role Playing Game Supplement | Eberron Campaign Setting Eberron Campaign Setting Eberron Campaign Setting is a hardcover accessory for the 3.5 edition of the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game.-Contents:The Eberron Campaign Setting book introduced Eberron, and is the core campaign setting, providing the campaign specific rules and details on the continent of Khorvaire... |
Wizards of the Coast Wizards of the Coast Wizards of the Coast is an American publisher of games, primarily based on fantasy and science fiction themes, and formerly an operator of retail stores for games... |
| Best Fiction Publication | Path of the Bold | Guardians of Order Guardians of Order Guardians of Order was a Canadian company founded in 1996 by Mark C. MacKinnon in Guelph, Ontario. The company's business output consisted of role-playing games . Their first game is the anime inspired Big Eyes, Small Mouth. In 2006 Guardians of Order ceased operations due to overwhelming... |
| Best Non Fiction Publication | Pyramid Magazine Pyramid (magazine) Pyramid is a gaming magazine, publishing articles primarily on role-playing games, but including board games, card games, and other sorts of games. It began life in 1993 as a print publication of Steve Jackson Games for its first 30 issues, though it has been published on the Internet since March... |
Steve Jackson Games Steve Jackson Games Steve Jackson Games is a game company, founded in 1980 by Steve Jackson, that creates and publishes role-playing, board, and card games, and the gaming magazine Pyramid.-History:... |
| Best Game Accessory | Cardboard Heroes Castles | Steve Jackson Games Steve Jackson Games Steve Jackson Games is a game company, founded in 1980 by Steve Jackson, that creates and publishes role-playing, board, and card games, and the gaming magazine Pyramid.-History:... |
Vanguard Awards
- All Wound Up (Twilight Creations, Inc.)
- Flames of WarFlames of WarFlames of War is a World War II tabletop miniatures wargame produced by the New Zealand company Battlefront Miniatures Ltd...
(Battlefront) - Fire as She Bears! 2.1 (Starboard Tack Press)
- Pirates of the Spanish MainPirates of the Spanish MainThe Pirates Constructible Strategy Game is a tabletop game manufactured by WizKids, Inc., with aspects of both miniatures and collectible card genres. Pirates of the Spanish Main is the world's first "constructible strategy game," referring to the mechanics of creating game pieces from components...
(WizKids, Inc.WizKidsWizKids, Inc. is an American New Jersey-based company that first made its mark in the game industry producing collectible miniatures wargames. WizKids was purchased by and is a subsidiary of National Entertainment Collectibles Association. The company was founded in 2000 by Jordan Weisman, a...
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Gamers' Choice Awards
- Legends (PBM)Legends (PBM)Legends is an award-winning computer moderated play-by-mail fantasy strategy game. Legends was created in 1986 by Jim Landes from his previous game, Epic. The original system had three paper manuals and operated by print-based turn-sheets via snail mail...
(Harlequin GamesHarlequin GamesHarlequin Games is a business which designs and moderates PBM games by email of which there Legends engine is the most recognized. From there "" page - "We fuse wild imagination with good game-play in everything we produce and do so with professionalism and love for the hobby...
) - Desert Rats – British in the Desert (Battlefront)
- Axis and AlliesAxis and AlliesAxis & Allies is a popular series of World War II strategy board games, with nearly two million copies printed. Originally designed by Larry Harris and published by Nova Game Designs in 1981, the game was republished by the Milton Bradley Company in 1984 as part of the Gamemaster Series of board...
D-Day (Avalon HillAvalon HillAvalon Hill was a game company that specialized in wargames and strategic board games. Its logo contained its initials "AH", and it was often referred to by this abbreviation. It also published the occasional miniature wargaming rules, role-playing game, and had a popular line of sports simulations...
) - A Call to Arms (Babylon 5) (Mongoose PublishingMongoose PublishingMongoose Publishing is a prolific British manufacturer of role-playing games, miniatures, and card games, actively publishing material since 2001...
) - VS SystemVS SystemVs. System , also written as VS System and abbreviated as VS, is a collectible card game designed by Upper Deck Entertainment . In the game, players build and play a deck of Vs. System cards in an attempt to win a game against their opponent. It was first published in 2004 and is set in the...
, Marvel Origins and X-Men VS The Brotherhood (The Upper Deck Entertainment) - Cthulhu 500 (Atlas GamesAtlas GamesAtlas Games is a company which publishes role-playing games, board games and card games. Its current president is John Nephew.Games published include:...
) - World of DarknessWorld of Darkness"World of Darkness" is the name given to three related but distinct fictional universes created as settings for supernatural horror themed role-playing games. It is also the name of roleplaying games in the second and third settings...
Storytelling System Rulebook (White Wolf, Inc.White Wolf, Inc.White Wolf Publishing is an American gaming and book publisher. The company was founded in 1991 as a merger between Lion Rampant and White Wolf Magazine, and was initially led by Mark Rein·Hagen of the former and Steve and Stewart Wieck of the latter. Since White Wolf Publishing, Inc. merged with...
) - Betrayal at House on the HillBetrayal at House on the HillBetrayal at House on the Hill is a board game published by Avalon Hill. Players all begin as allies, exploring a haunted house filled with dangers, traps, items and Omens...
(Avalon HillAvalon HillAvalon Hill was a game company that specialized in wargames and strategic board games. Its logo contained its initials "AH", and it was often referred to by this abbreviation. It also published the occasional miniature wargaming rules, role-playing game, and had a popular line of sports simulations...
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Hall of Fame inductees
- Duke Seifried
- Tom Shaw