2016 Origins Awards Nominees Announced!

Another year, another Origins Awards.  This year with added apathy! 

The Origins Awards has taken a beating over recent years versus newer awards, like the Ennies.  However, I have remained a staunch supporter of the Origins for it's multiple categories and a dedication to miniatures and wargaming. 

That all got chucked out the window this year, as committee threw out all sub-categories, and two categories altogether.  Best Miniatures Rules is all we've got now. 

Best Board Game

• Champions of Midgard 
• La Granja - Stronghold Games
• New York 1901 – Blue Orange Games
• Orleans - Tasty Minstrel Games
• Star Wars: Imperial Assault - Fantasy Flight Games

No horses in the race for me.  Barely heard of the first four, and Star Wars is the 900-lb gorilla in the room to begin with. 

Best Card Games (includes dice and deck-building games)

• 7 Wonders Duel – Repos Productions (Asmodee NA
• The Grizzled  - Cool Mini or Not
• Medieval Academy – IELLO
• Welcome to the Dungeon  - IELLO

No horses in this one either.  Three I have no clue on, and I just learned about the concepts in The Grizzled this weekend.  Cool, but not good enough to warrant a vote.

Best Collectible Game (all games with a collectible component)

• DC Comics Dice Masters: War of Light
• Force of Will - Force of Will, LLC
• Yugi’s Legendary Decks - Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc

Three very competitive groups, but nothing I'm interested in. 

Best Role-playing Game

• Cthulhu Britannica London Boxed Set - Cubicle 7
• Dracula Dossier Director’s Handbook - Pelgrane Press
• Fall of Magic - Heart of the Deernicorn
• Lone Wolf Adventure Game - Cubicle 7
• Star Wars: Force and Destiny - Fantasy Flight Games

Despite constant marketing on Ken and Robin Talk About Stuff, Cthulhu Britannica is simply gorgeous.

Best Family Game

• Codenames - Czech Games Edition
• Co-Mix - Ares Games
• Dohdles! - Thames & Kosmos
• Fuse - Renegade Game Studios
• Me Want Cookies – IELLO

I don't remember solicitations for any of these games, and if I find them, they're proably because of sub-par graphic design. 

Best Miniatures Game

• Frostgrave - Osprey Publishing
• Guild Ball – Steamforge,
• Star Wars Armada - Fantasy Flight Games
• Warhammer: Age of Sigmar - Games Workshop
• Wrath of Kings  - Cool Mini or Not

Sigmar may sadly get the nod, but Frostgrave does what others want to do, yet in a concise and affordable manner.

Best Game Accessory

• Blowing Up the Movies - Atlas Games
• Castle Panic: The Dark Titan -Fireside Games
• Feng Shui 2 GM Screen: A Fistful of Fight Scenes - Atlas Games, Morgan Ellis,T.S. Luikart,
• Pathfinder Battles: Dungeons Deep – WizKids,
• Terrain Tiles - Lost Battalion Games