The following are the winners of the 35th annual (2008) Origins Award, [1] presented at the 2009 Origins Game Fair
Category | Winner | Company | Designer(s) |
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Best Historical Miniature Figure or Line | SS-Panzerdivision ‘Das Reich’ Panzerkompanie (GEAB06) [15mm Line] | Battlefront Games | |
Best Historical Miniature Game Rules Supplement | Rise of Rome (Fields of Glory Supplement) | Osprey Publishing | |
Best Collectible Card Game Rules or Expansion | Magic the Gathering: Shards of Alara 1 | Wizards of the Coast | |
Best Historical Miniatures Rules - TIE | Field of Glory Songs of Drums and Shakos | Osprey Publishing/Slitherine Software Ganesha Games | Richard Bodley-Scott Sergio Laliscia and Andrea Sfiligoi |
Best Historical Board Game | Conflict of Heroes: Awakening the Bear! | Academy Games | Uwe Eickert |
Best Game-Related Book Non-Fiction | Tour de Lovecraft: The Tale | Atomic Overmind Press | Ken Hite |
Best Game-Related Book Fiction | Worlds of Dungeons & Dragons Volume 2 | Devil’s Due | editors: James Lowder and Mike O’Sullivan |
Best Game Accessory | D-Total | Gamescience | Dr. A. F. Simkin, Frank Dutrain and Louis Zocchi |
Best Miniature Figure or Line | Star Wars Miniatures: The Clone Wars | Wizards of the Coast | Rob Watkins |
Best Miniature Game Rules | Classic Battletech: Tactical Operations | Catalyst Game Labs | Randall N. Bills and Herbert A. Beas II |
Best Role Playing Game Supplement | Serenity Adventures | Margaret Weis Productions | Alana Abbot, Billy Aguiar, James Davenport, Ted Reed and James M. Ward |
Best Role Playing Game | Mouseguard | Archaia Studios Press | Luke Crane and David Petersen |
Best Children’s, Family or Party Game | Say Anything | North Star Games | Dominic Craphuchettes and Satish Pillalamarri |
Best Traditional Card Game | Dominion | Rio Grande Games | Donald X. Vaccarino |
Best Board Game | Pandemic | Z-Man Games, Inc. | Matt Leacock |
Best Play By Mail Game | Hyborian War | Reality Simulations Inc. | |
Vanguard Award | Flames of War: Firestorm Campaign |
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