List of Winners
Presented at Origins 1996
Best Historical Figure Series
Celts 25mmMirilton
Best Fantasy or Science Fiction Figure Series
Star WarsWest End Games
Best Vehicular Series
BattleTech: Vehicles & 'MechsRal Partha Enterprises
Sculptors: C. Atkin, R. Kyde, J. Johnson, D. Summers, J. Wilhelm
Best Miniatures Accessory Series
American Civil War Buildings 15mmStone Mountain Miniatures
Sculptor: Kris Marquardt
Best Miniatures Rules
WarzoneHeartbreaker Hobbies & Games
Designer: Bill King
Best Game Accessory (tie)
BattleTech Tech Readout 3058 (Battletech)
FASA Corp.
Designers: Hugh Brown, Chris Hartford, Sam Lewis, Bryan Nystul
Mage: The Ascension Tarot Deck (Mage: The Ascension)
White Wolf Game Studio
Designers: Jackie Cassada, Nicky Rea
Best Roleplaying Rules
Mage: The Ascension 2nd EditionWhite Wolf Game Studio
Designer: Phil Brucato, Stewart Wieck
Best Roleplaying Adventure
Giovanni Chronicle: The Last Supper (Vampire)White Wolf Game Studio
Designer: Daniel Greenberg
Best Roleplaying Supplement
Birthright (Advanced Dungeons & Dragons)TSR, Inc.
Designer: Slade Hansen
Designers: Rich Baker, Colin McComb
Best Graphic Presentation of a Roleplaying Game, Adventure, or Supplement
Bug City (Shadowrun)FASA Corp.
Art Director: Jim Nelson
Best Pre-20th Century Board Game (tie)
Colonial Diplomacy
The Avalon Hill Game Company
Designer: Dr. Peter Hawes
Three Days of Gettysburg
GMT Games
Designer: Richard Berg
Best Modern-Day Board Game
Empire of the Rising SunThe Avalon Hill Game Company
Designer: Bruce Harper
Best Fantasy or Science-Fiction Board Game
Dragon DiceTSR, Inc.
Designer: Lester Smith
Best Graphic Presentation of a Board Game
Armed and Dangerous (RoboRally)Wizards of the Coast
Designer: Richard Garfield
Best Card Game
Middle-earth: The WizardsIron Crown Enterprises
Designer: Coleman Charlton
Best New Play-by-Mail Game
Swords of Pelarn, Legends 2Midnight Games
Best Play-by-Mail Game (tie)
Illuminati Play by Mail
Flying Buffalo, Inc.
Designer: Draper Kauffman
Middle-earth Play By Mail
Game Systems Inc.
Designers: Bill Feild & Peter Stassun
Best Fantasy or Science Fiction Computer Game
MechWarrior IIActivision
Designers: Tom Doud & Sean Vesce
Production Director: John Spinale
Producer: Josh Resnick
Best Military or Strategy Computer Game
Panzer GeneralStrategic Simulations, Inc.
Best Game-Related Fiction
Tactics of Duty (BattleTech)FASA Corp.
Author: Willam H. Keith
Best Professional Gaming Magazine
Shadis MagazineAlderac Entertainment Group
Editor: D. J. Trindle
Best Amateur Gaming Magazine
Berg's Review of GamesEditor: Richard Berg
Adventure Gaming Hall of Fame
Axis & Allies
Nova Games, Milton Bradley
Designer: Lawrence Harris
Design Support: Joseph Angiolillo & Al Leonardi
Call of Cthulhu
Chaosium Inc.
Designers: Sandy Petersen & Lynn Willis
Liz Danforth
Special Achievement Awards
Encyclopedia Cthulhiana
Chaosium, Inc.
Author: Daniel Harms
Supermarina I (Command At Sea)
Clash of Arms Games
Designers: Gresham & Markawitz