2003 Origins Award winners
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The following are the winners of the 29th annual Origins Award
, held in 2003:
Origins Award
The Origins Awards are American awards for outstanding work in the game industry. They are presented by the Academy of Adventure Gaming Arts and Design at the Origins Game Fair on an annual basis for the previous year, so the 1979 awards were given at the 1980 Origins.The Origins Award is commonly...
, held in 2003:
| Category | Winner | Company |
|---|---|---|
| Game of the Year | Indy HeroClix HeroClix HeroClix is a collectible miniatures game that uses the Clix system. Originally designed and produced by WizKids, it is now owned and marketed by NECA. Players construct teams of comic book heroes, villains, and other characters from popular video games such as Street Fighter, Gears of War, and Halo... |
WizKids Games WizKids WizKids, 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... |
| Abstract Board Game | Zendo Zendo (game) Zendo is a game of inductive logic designed by Kory Heath in which one player creates a rule for structures to follow, and the other players try to discover it by building and studying various koans which follow or break the rule... |
Looney Labs Looney Labs Looney Labs is a small game company based in College Park, Maryland, USA. It is named after its founders, Andrew Looney and Kristin Looney.- Card games :... |
| Board Game Expansion | Zombies 3: Mallwalkers | Twilight Creations |
| Card Game Expansion | Game of Thrones: Ice & Fire Expansion | Fantasy Flight Games Fantasy Flight Games Fantasy Flight Games is a Roseville, Minnesota-based game company that creates and publishes role-playing, board, and card games. Fantasy Flight Publishing was founded in 1995 by its CEO, Christian T. Petersen. Since the release of its first game product in 1997, the company has been doing... |
| Fantasy Miniatures Rules | Warmachine Warmachine Warmachine is a tabletop steampunk wargame produced by Privateer Press.The game is played with white metal and plastic miniatures manufactured by Privateer Press representing military characters from the Iron Kingdoms D20 Role Playing Game setting... |
Privateer Press Privateer Press Privateer Press is an award-winning role-playing game and miniature wargame production and publishing studio founded in 2000 by Brian Snōddy, Matt Staroscik and Matt Wilson. Mike McVey joined the partnership early on as Miniatures Director... |
| Fantasy Miniatures Series | Warmachine Warmachine Warmachine is a tabletop steampunk wargame produced by Privateer Press.The game is played with white metal and plastic miniatures manufactured by Privateer Press representing military characters from the Iron Kingdoms D20 Role Playing Game setting... |
Privateer Press Privateer Press Privateer Press is an award-winning role-playing game and miniature wargame production and publishing studio founded in 2000 by Brian Snōddy, Matt Staroscik and Matt Wilson. Mike McVey joined the partnership early on as Miniatures Director... |
| Fiction, Long | Book of Final Flesh | Eden Studios Eden Studios, Inc. Eden Studios, Inc. is an award-winning American role-playing game publisher founded in 1996 by George Vasilakos, M. Alexander Jurkat, and Ed Healy. Currently run by Mr... |
| Fiction, Short | Podo and the Magic Shield | WizKids Games WizKids WizKids, 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... |
| Fiction, Graphic | Everybody Loves Gilly | Dork Storm |
| Periodical | Dragon magazine Dragon (magazine) Dragon is one of the two official magazines for source material for the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game and associated products, the other being Dungeon. TSR, Inc. originally launched the monthly printed magazine in 1976 to succeed the company's earlier publication, The Strategic Review. The... |
Paizo Publishing Paizo Publishing Paizo Publishing is an American publishing company in Redmond, Washington that specializes in game aids and adventures for "the world's oldest fantasy roleplaying game" and its flagship spin-off game and setting, Pathfinder... |
| Book Design | Redhurst Academy of Magic | Human Head |
| Card Design | Bang! Bang! Bang! is a wild west-themed card game similar to a spaghetti western designed by Emiliano Sciarra and released by Italian publisher daVinci Editrice in 2002... |
Mayfair Games Mayfair Games Mayfair Games is a publisher of board, card, and roleplaying games. They also license German-style board games and publish them in English throughout the world... |
| Board Design | A Game of Thrones A Game of Thrones (board game) A Game of Thrones is a strategy board game created by Christian T. Petersen and released by Fantasy Flight Games in 2003. The game is based on the A Song of Ice and Fire fantasy series by George R. R. Martin... |
Fantasy Flight Games Fantasy Flight Games Fantasy Flight Games is a Roseville, Minnesota-based game company that creates and publishes role-playing, board, and card games. Fantasy Flight Publishing was founded in 1995 by its CEO, Christian T. Petersen. Since the release of its first game product in 1997, the company has been doing... |
| Historical Board Game | Attack! | Eagle Games Eagle Games -Background:Founded in 2001, the Eagle Games company is based in Plainfield, Illinois and was found by Glenn Drover.In 2007, the company was bought by Ashland, Oregon-based Gryphon Games. In 2010, the company produced 28 new board games designed principally by other gamers from around the world... |
| Historical Miniatures Rules | El Cid | Warhammer Historical Warhammer Historical Wargames Warhammer Historical Wargames, also known as Warhammer Historical, is the publisher of Warhammer Ancient Battles and other game systems. It is was imprint from the BL Publishing division of Games Workshop... |
| Historical Miniatures Series | 28mm Ancient Celts | Renegade Miniatures |
| Miniatures Accessories or Terrain | Aurora Class Drop Ship | WizKids Games WizKids WizKids, 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... |
| Play-by-Mail | Starweb Starweb Starweb is a play-by-mail game of strategy and diplomacy invented in 1976 by Rick Loomis. The game has won a number of awards over the years Starweb is a play-by-mail game of strategy and diplomacy invented in 1976 by Rick Loomis. The game has won a number of awards over the years Starweb is a... |
Flying Buffalo Flying Buffalo Flying Buffalo Incorporated is a Scottsdale, Arizona game company that publishes role playing games, card games, gaming materials, and runs Play-by-mail games.... |
| Role-Playing Game Adventure | Black Sails over Freeport | Green Ronin Publishing Green Ronin Publishing Green Ronin Publishing is an American company based in Seattle, Washington. Founded in 2000 by Chris Pramas, they have published several role-playing game–related products... |
| Role-Playing Game | Angel Buffyverse role-playing games The Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel Role-playing Games are complementary, officially licensed role-playing games published by Eden Studios, Inc. The Buffy the Vampire Slayer Core Rulebook was published in 2002, while the Angel Corebook followed in 2003... |
Eden Studios Eden Studios, Inc. Eden Studios, Inc. is an award-winning American role-playing game publisher founded in 1996 by George Vasilakos, M. Alexander Jurkat, and Ed Healy. Currently run by Mr... |
| Role-Playing Game Supplement | Redhurst Academy of Magic | Human Head |
| Sci-Fi Miniatures Rules | Shadowrun Duels | WizKids Games WizKids WizKids, 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... |
| Sci-Fi Miniatures Series | Mechwarrior Liao Incursion | WizKids Games WizKids WizKids, 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... |
| TCG | .hack//enemy .hack//ENEMY .hack//Enemy is a trading card game released in 2003 by Decipher, Inc. The game is based on the .hack anime franchise and fictional universe..hack//Enemy won the Origins Award for Best Tradeable Card Game of 2003.... |
Decipher Decipher, Inc. Decipher, Inc. is an American gaming company based in Norfolk, Virginia, USA. They began with three puzzles called "Decipher" then moved on to party games and Pente sets, but since 1994 produced collectible card and role-playing games. Their longest-running offering is the How to Host a Murder... |
| Traditional Board | A Game of Thrones A Game of Thrones (board game) A Game of Thrones is a strategy board game created by Christian T. Petersen and released by Fantasy Flight Games in 2003. The game is based on the A Song of Ice and Fire fantasy series by George R. R. Martin... |
Fantasy Flight Games Fantasy Flight Games Fantasy Flight Games is a Roseville, Minnesota-based game company that creates and publishes role-playing, board, and card games. Fantasy Flight Publishing was founded in 1995 by its CEO, Christian T. Petersen. Since the release of its first game product in 1997, the company has been doing... |
| Traditional Card Game | Bang! Bang! Bang! is a wild west-themed card game similar to a spaghetti western designed by Emiliano Sciarra and released by Italian publisher daVinci Editrice in 2002... |
Mayfair Games Mayfair Games Mayfair Games is a publisher of board, card, and roleplaying games. They also license German-style board games and publish them in English throughout the world... |
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| Board Game | A Game of Thrones A Game of Thrones (board game) A Game of Thrones is a strategy board game created by Christian T. Petersen and released by Fantasy Flight Games in 2003. The game is based on the A Song of Ice and Fire fantasy series by George R. R. Martin... |
Fantasy Flight Games Fantasy Flight Games Fantasy Flight Games is a Roseville, Minnesota-based game company that creates and publishes role-playing, board, and card games. Fantasy Flight Publishing was founded in 1995 by its CEO, Christian T. Petersen. Since the release of its first game product in 1997, the company has been doing... |
| Card Game | Munchkin Fu | 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:... |
| Role-Playing Game | Savage Worlds Savage Worlds Savage Worlds is an award-winning, universal generic, role-playing game and miniatures wargame, written by Shane Lacy Hensley, and published by Great White Games doing business as Pinnacle Entertainment Group... |
Pinnacle Great White Games Pinnacle Entertainment Group is a publisher of role-playing games and wargames that is owned and operated by Shane Lacy Hensley and was founded in 1994. Some time before 2003, the company was renamed Great White Games and in 2005 returned to the original name... |
| Miniatures | WarMachine Warmachine Warmachine is a tabletop steampunk wargame produced by Privateer Press.The game is played with white metal and plastic miniatures manufactured by Privateer Press representing military characters from the Iron Kingdoms D20 Role Playing Game setting... |
Privateer Press Privateer Press Privateer Press is an award-winning role-playing game and miniature wargame production and publishing studio founded in 2000 by Brian Snōddy, Matt Staroscik and Matt Wilson. Mike McVey joined the partnership early on as Miniatures Director... |
| Periodical | Knights of the Dinner Table Knights of the Dinner Table Knights of the Dinner Table is a comic book/strip created by Jolly R. Blackburn and published by Kenzer & Company. It primarily focuses on a group of role playing gamers and their actions at the gaming table, which often result in unfortunate, but humorous consequences in the game... |
Kenzer & Company Kenzer & Company Kenzer & Company is a Waukegan based publisher of comic books, role-playing games, board games, card games, and miniature games.... |
| Play-by-Mail | Middle Earth Play-By-Mail Middle-earth PBM Middle-Earth PBM is a turn-based, strategy play by email and play-by-mail game set in the world of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit, including elements from ICE's Middle-earth Role Playingunder licence from GSIL.... |
Game Systems, Inc. |
| Game Aid | Bag o’ Zombies | Twilight Creations |
| Electronic | Pyramid Online 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:... |
| Historical | Settlers of the Stone Age | Mayfair Games Mayfair Games Mayfair Games is a publisher of board, card, and roleplaying games. They also license German-style board games and publish them in English throughout the world... |
Hall of Fame inductees
- Larry BondLarry BondLarry Bond is an American writer and wargame designer. He is the designer of the Harpoon and Command at Sea gaming systems and several supplements for the games. His numerous novels include Dangerous Ground, Day of Wrath, The Enemy Within, Cauldron, Vortex and Red Phoenix...
- Bob Charrette
- Ed GreenwoodEd GreenwoodEd Greenwood is a Canadian writer and editor who created the Forgotten Realms. He invented the Forgotten Realms as a child, as a fantasy world in which to set the stories he imagined, and later used this world as a campaign setting for his own personal Dungeons & Dragons playing group...
- Reiner KniziaReiner KniziaReiner Knizia is a prolific German-style board game designer. Born in Germany, he developed his first game at the age of eight. He has a PhD in mathematics, and has been a full-time game designer since 1997, when he quit his job from the board of a large international bank...
- Klaus TeuberKlaus TeuberKlaus Teuber is a German designer of board games. He won the Spiel des Jahres award four times, for The Settlers of Catan, Barbarossa, Drunter und Drüber and Adel Verpflichtet. He retired from his profession as a dental technician to become a full-time game designer in 1999. , he lives in ...
- Loren WisemanLoren WisemanLoren Wiseman is an award-winning wargame and role-playing game designer, game developer, and editor.-Game Designers' Workshop:Loren Wiseman published Eagles , his first wargame, through Game Designers’ Workshop in 1974...