Академия приключенческих игр (Academy of Adventure Gaming Arts and Design) опубликовала списки номинантов 39-ой ежегодной премии Origins Awards. Лауреатов объявят в июне, на игровой ярмарке Origins Game Fair.

Лучшая ролевая игра:

• Iron Kingdoms Full Metal Fantasy RPG Core Rules (Privateer Press);
• Marvel Heroic Roleplaying Basic Game (Margaret Weis Productions);
• Monsterhearts (Buried Without Ceremony);
• Nights of the Crusades (Aetheric Dreams);
• Primeval RPG (Cubicle 7 Entertainment Ltd.).

Лучшее дополнение к ролевой игре:

• Marvel Heroic Roleplaying Civil War Essentials Edition Event Book (Margaret Weis Productions);
• Menzoberranzan: City of Intrigue (Wizards of the Coast);
• Mutants & Masterminds: Threat Report (Green Ronin);
• Rimward: The Outer System (Posthuman Studios);
• The Mythos Dossiers (Cubicle 7 Entertainment).

Лучшая настольная игра:

• Hot Rod Creeps (Cryptozoic);
• Kingdom Builder (Queen Games);
• Lords of Waterdeep (Wizards of the Coast);
• Mage Knight (WizKids);
• Mage Wars (Arcane Wonders).

Лучшая коллекционная карточная игра:

• Card Fight! Vanguard Breaker of Limits (Bushiroad);
• Kaijudo: Rise of the Duel Masters (Wizards of the Coast);
• Legend of the 5 Rings: Embers of War (AEG);
• World of Warcraft: War of the Ancients (Cryptozoic);
• Yu-Gi-Oh! Battlepacks (Konami).

Лучшая традиционная карточная игра:

• Doctor Who the Card Game (Cubicle 7 Entertainment/Treefrog Games);
• Legendary (Upper Deck);
• Locke & Key (Cryptozoic);
• Penny Arcade: Rumble in R’lyeh (Cryptozoic);
• Smash Up (AEG).

Лучшая игра для детей, семей и вечеринок:

• Catan Junior (Mayfair Games);
• Escape: The Curse of the Temple (Queen Games);
• Love Letter (AEG);
• Once Upon A Time 3rd Edition (Atlas Games);
• Quarriors! Dice Building Game (WizKids Games).

Лучший игровой аксессуар:

• Castle Panic: The Wizard’s Tower (Fireside Games);
• Dungeon Tiles: Castle Grimstead (Wizards of the Coast);
• Metal Steampunk Dice Set (Q Workshop);
• Pathfinder Battles Miniatures: Rise of the Runelords (WizKids games);
• Pathfinder Serpent’s Skull Dice Set (Q Workshop).

Лучшие правила для игр с миниатюрами:

• Dungeon Command: Curse of Undeath (Wizards of the Coast);
• Heavy Gear Blitz! Perfect Storm: The NuCoal Field Guide (Dream Pod 9);
• The Battlefield: Miniature Modern Warfare (Bombshell Games/Brent Spivey);
• The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Campaign Starter Set (WizKids Games);
• WARMACHINE: Colossus (Privateer Press).

Лучшая линейка исторических миниатюр:

• Ancient Greeks (Victrix Ltd);
• Austrian Napoleonic Infantry (Perry Miniatures);
• Early Imperial Romans (Aventine Miniatures);
• Early War Polish WWII (Forged In Battle);
• German BP44 Armored Train (Battlefront Miniatures).

Лучшая историческая настольная игра:

• 1812: The Invasion of Canada (Academy Games);
• Andean Abyss (GMT);
• Clash of Wills (Mayfair Games);
• Frontline General: Spearpoint 1943 Village and Defensive Line Map Expansion (Collins Epic War Games);
• Samurai Battles («Звезда»).

Лучшее дополнение к правилам для игр с историческими миниатюрами:

• Bolt Action: Armies of Germany (Osprey Publishing/Warlord Games);
• Clash of Empires (Great Escape Games);
• Flames of War: Nuts (Battlefront Miniatures);
• Hail Caesar Army Lists: Late Antiquity to Early Medieval (Warlord Games);
• SAGA: Raven’s Shadow (Gripping Beast/Studio Tomahawk).

Лучшие правила для игр с историческими миниатюрами:

• Brink of Battle: Skirmish Gaming Through the Ages (Strategic Elite);
• Bolt Action: WWII Wargaming Rules (Osprey Publishing/Warlord Games);
• Deus Vault (Fireforge Games);
• Flames of War: Open Fire! (Battlefront Miniatures);
• Mad Dogs With Guns (Pulp Action Library).

Лучшая линейка миниатюр:

• The Aberration — Carnevale: The Miniature Game (Vesper-On Games);
• Marvel HeroClix: Galactic Guardians (WizKids Games);
• Mountain King — Trollbloods Gargantuan (Privateer Press);
• Radru-Rashaar — Carnevale: The Miniature Game (Vesper-On Games);
• Trontek 29ers Corporation Team (Mantic Games).

Лучшая околоигровая публикация:

• Death’s Heretic (Paizo Publishing, LLC);
• Battletech: Weapons Free (Catalyst Game Labs);
• Time Traveled Tales (GAMA);
• Eighth Day Genesis: A World Building Codex (Alliteration Ink);
• Never Unprepared: The Complete Game Master’s Guide to Session Prep (Engine Publishing).