Origins Awards Nominees Announced
The awards are presented by the Academy of Adventure Gaming Arts and Design for outstanding games in the industry. This year, the Awards had thirteen categories.
The Origins Awards are the oldest and only peer-based award system for the hobby games market.
The winner of each category will be voted on by members of the Academy of Adventure Gaming Arts and Design. In addition, the Origins attendees will have the chance to vote on the Fan Favorite in each category. The winners will be presented their awards by the Academy at the Origins Awards Ceremony on Saturday, June 6th at 7:00pm at Origins.
Lets take a look at those nominees:
Best Board Game
- Abyss
Asmodee, designed: by Bruno Cathala, Charles Chevallier - The Battle of Five Armies
Ares Games, designed by: Roberto DiMeglio, Marco Maggi, and Francesco Nepitello - Cash N Guns 2nd Edition
Repos Production, designed by: Ludovic Maublanc - Dead of Winter: A Crossroads Game
Plaid Hat Games, designed by: Jonathon Gilmour, Isaac Vega - Sheriff of Nottingham
Arcane Wonders, designed by: Sergio Halaban, Bryan Pope, Andre Zatz
Best Card Game
- Among the Stars
Stronghold Games, designed by: Antonis Papantoniou, Odysseas Stamoglou Linko!-Ravensburger Spieleverlag GmbH, designed by: Michael Kiesling, Wolfgang Kramer - Star Realms
White Wizard Games, designed by: Robert Dougherty, Darwin Kastle - Splendor
Asmodee, designed by: Marc Andre - Sushi Go!
Gamewright, designed by: Nan Rangisma, Tobias Schweiger, Phil Walker-Harding
To see the full list visit: Origin Awards