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31st Annual Origins Award Winners Announced

Posted by Zonk on from the table-top-fun dept.

Gamingreport.com has the list of this year's Origins Awards winners. Best RPG went to Ars Magica: 5th Edition by Atlas, Best RPG Supplement went to The Eberron Campaign Setting by WotC, and Best Board Game went to Ticket To Ride by Days of Wonder.

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  1. What? by SeekerDarksteel · · Score: 2, Funny

    That's bullshit! Gendolen's Guide to Farsical Fairyland and Forest Fauna is SO much better than The Eberron Campaign Setting And Cardboard Heroes Castles taking home Best Game Accessory? Who paid off these judges!
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    On an unrelated note (and combining two obligs in one)... slowest. first post. ever.

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  2. Attack Vector: Tactical by Maserati · · Score: 4, Interesting

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    Their second game (August 05) will be based on the Honor Harrington series. The Saganami Island Tactical Simulator will use the same system and be supported by a line of miniatures.

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  3. Ars Magica, hmm by zhevek · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I used to love Ars Magica, but it is a very hard game to get played in the way it was written for, that is, troupe style. The players take turns being the story teller, while their own player character mage is off doing research (or whatever). However, since there is no one person who knows all the secrets, it is kinda hard to do a long term story. And believe me, I have tried to make Ars Magica work this way multiple times.

    It still is a great game! And the background for the game was some of the inspiration for the original white wolf games (especially mage and vampire) many years ago. Also, the original designer (Jonathan Tweet) later worked as the lead designer for 3rd edition D&D. And I could definitely see many aspects of Ars Magica in 3rd edition, like the way all stats are +/- in a progressive manner.