1987 Origins Award winners

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The following are the winners of the 14th annual (1987) Origins Award, [1] [2] presented at Origins 1988:

CategoryWinnerCompanyDesigner(s)
Best Pre-20th Century Boardgame of 1987 Shogun Milton Bradley Mike Gray
Best Boardgame Covering the Period 1900-1946 of 1987 Scorched Earth GDW John Astell
Best Boardgame Covering the Period 1947-Modern Day of 1987 Team Yankee GDW Marc Miller, Frank Chadwick
Best Fantasy or Science Fiction Boardgame of 1987 Arkham Horror Chaosium Richard Launius, Lynn Willis, Charlie Krank
Best Graphic Presentation of a Boardgame of 1987 Shogun Milton Bradley Co Alec Jutsum, James Brenner
Best Play-by-Mail Game of 1987 Alamaze Pegasus Productions
Best Fantasy or Science Fiction Computer Game of 1987 Pirates Microprose Sid Meier
Best Military or Strategy Computer Game of 1987 Project: Stealth Fighter Microprose Jim Synosid, Arnold Hendrick
Best Screen Graphics in a Home Computer Game of 1987 Pirates Microprose Michael Hair
Best Professional Adventure Gaming Magazine of 1987 Computer Gaming World Golden Empire PublishingRussell Sipe ed
Best Amateur Adventure Gaming Magazine of 1987 Polyhedron TSR Jean Rabe, ed
Best Historical Figure Series of 1987The New Samurai Ral Partha Dennis Mize, Bob Charette
Best Fantasy or Science Fiction Figure Series of 1987Julie Guthrie's Fantasy Line Grenadier Models Julie Guthrie
Best Vehicular or Accessory Series of 1987Star Trek Miniatures FASA Randy Hoffa, Steve Apolloni
Best Miniatures Rules of 1987Harpoon GDW Rick Priestley
Best Roleplaying Rules of 1987 Star Wars West End Games Greg Costikyan
Best Roleplaying Adventure of 1987 Tournament of Dreams (for Pendragon) Chaosium Sam Shirley, Les Brooks, Greg Stafford
Best Roleplaying Supplement of 1987 Star Wars Sourcebook (for Star Wars) West End Games Curtis Smith, Bill Slavicsek
Best Graphic Presentation of a Roleplaying Game, Adventure, or Supplement of 1987 Miskatonic University Kit (for Call of Cthulhu) Chaosium Lynn Willis
Adventure Gaming Hall of Fame Greg Stafford
Special Award for Outstanding Achievement of 1987 The Dragon TSR
Special Award for Outstanding Achievement of 1987 The Courier Courier PublishingDick Bryan

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