Nominees for the 35th Annual Origins Awards
Anthony Gallela, chair of the Academy of Adventure Gaming Arts and Design (AAGAD), has released a list of the nominees for the 35th Annual Origins Awards. The nomination and award process works as follows: First, publishers and designers submit their creations to a jury composed of members of AAGAD and the Game Manufacturer’s Association (GAMA), and the jury selects ten items in the various categories. Retailers who attend GAMA’s annual trade show then narrow the list down to five nominees, with the winner being determined by those who attend the Origins Game Fair, which takes place June 24-28 in Columbus, Ohio in 2009. The nominees for 2009 are:
Board Games
• Agricola, by Uwe Rosenberg (Z-Man Games)
• Ninja vs. Ninja, by Tushar Gheewala (Out of the Box Publishing)
• Pandemic, by Matt Leacock (Z-Man Games)
• TOMB, by John Zinser (Alderac Entertainment Group)
• Wealth of Nations, by Nico Carroll (TableStar Games)
Historical Board Games
• Conflict of Heroes: Awakening the Bear, by Uwe Eickert (Academy Games)
• Espana 1936, by Antonio Catalain (DEVIR US LLC / Phalanx)
• Pursuit of Glory, by Brad Stock and Brian Stock (GMT Games)
• The Battle of Monmouth, by Rich Kane (Clash of Arms Games)
• The Campaigns of King David, by Robert Markham (Clash of Arms Games)
Card Games
• Dominion, by Donald X. Vaccarino (Rio Grande Games)
• Monty Python Fluxx, by Andrew Looney (Looney Labs)
• Red Dragon Inn 2, by Geoff Bottone, Colleen Skadl, and Cliff Bohm (Slugfest Games)
• Ticket to Ride: The Card Game, by Alan R. Moon (Days of Wonder)
• Trailer Park Wars, by Lisa Steenson (Gut Bustin’ Games)
Children’s, Family, and Party Games
• Backseat Drawing, by Peggy Brown (Out of the Box Publishing)
• duck! duck! Go!, by Kevin G. Nunn (APE Games)
• Living Labyrinth, by Julie Haehn (Bucephalus Games)
• Rorschach: The Inkbot Party Game, by Dan Tibbles, Jeremy Holcomb, Joe Huber, and Stephen McLaughlin (Bucephalus Games)
• Say Anything, by Dominic Craphuchettes and Satish Pillalamarri (North Star Games)
• The Extraordinary Adventures of Baron Munchausen, by James Wallis (Mongoose Publishing)
Posted by W. Eric Martin on Apr 25, 2009 at 12:30 PM in Game News, The Industry at Large / 1550
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Don’t be surprised when Monty Python Fluxx beats Dominion. Looney Labs has always been effective at mobilizing the vote on the show floor. Posted by Rob Cannon on Apr 25, 2009 at 06:27 PM | #
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Also, does this vote mean anything without any FFG games there? I guess they don’t play the Origins Award, but their games would be natural vote getters with the Origin attendees. The battle between Agricola and Pandemic should be interesting. Agricola would probably win with BGG voters, but Origins attendees might prefer Pandemic. Posted by Rob Cannon on Apr 25, 2009 at 06:32 PM | #
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Living Labyrinth is horrid - not sure why it would ever be a contender for an award. Its not often that I down a game like this but it wasn’t even fun to play. But more importantly, The Extraordinary Adventures of Baron Munchausen? when did this come out!? Sliding over to BGG now… Posted by tom moughan on Apr 26, 2009 at 06:50 AM | #
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Nevermind! Same storytelling game from way back when. Posted by tom moughan on Apr 26, 2009 at 06:52 AM | #
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Living Labyrinth is horrid - not sure why it would ever be a contender for an award.
Posted by Surya Van Lierde on Apr 27, 2009 at 05:50 AM | #
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Dominion, Monty Python Fluxx, and Trailer Park Wars all chosen in the card game category? That’s like having a male beauty contest with Brad Pitt, Danny DeVito, and Jason Alexander as the finalists. Posted by Jonathan Degann on Apr 28, 2009 at 02:40 PM | #
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Is just me that thinks that the category “Children’s, Family, and Party Games” should be spit up. It’s not really useful to any of those to bundle them together and on what basis does one compare say Tier auf Tier with Wits and Wagers? Posted by Fraser McHarg on May 4, 2009 at 10:37 PM | #
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Even just the list of finalists is embarassing to my mind. It would be nice to see an award thats been around as long as Origins actually mean something. Peace Posted by Brent Lloyd on May 5, 2009 at 04:16 PM | #
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Origins awards are a joke and have long been just that. Nice sticker, but most bumper stickers have more meaning. If attendees decide what games win, that’s fine. But how in the world do some of the worst games get NOMINATED? Anybody play Conquest of Pangea? Yeah… I just threw up a little, too. Play the games before you nominate them, people. Posted by William Baldwin on May 7, 2009 at 05:51 AM | #
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Sorry… I posted about an older game… but I can see little changes. Posted by William Baldwin on May 7, 2009 at 05:52 AM | #
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