1996 Origins Award winners

Products January 2020 January 2020 February 2025 The following are the winners of the 23rd annual (1996) Origins Award, presented at Origins 1997: Category Winner Company Designer(s)Best Fantasy or Science Fiction Figure Miniatures Series of 1996Warhammer 40,000: ChaosGames WorkshopDeveloper: Robin Deus - Designer: Jeff GoodwinBest Vehicular Miniatures Series of 1996Battletech: Mechs & VehiclesRal Partha EnterprisesDeveloper: Chuck Crain - Designers: Chris Atkin, Jim Johnson, Robert Kyde, David Summers, Jeff WilhelmBest Fantasy or Science Fiction Miniatures Rules of 1996Warhammer Fantasy BattlesGames WorkshopDesigners: Andy Chambers, Bill King, Rick PriestleyBest Pre-20th Century Board Game of 1996Age of RenaissanceAvalon HillDesigner: Jared ScarboroughBest Modern-Day Board Game of 1996Harpoon4Clash of ArmsDesigner: Larry Bond, Chris CarlsonBest Fantasy or Science Fiction Board Game of 1996Settlers of CatanMayfair GamesDesigner: Klaus TeuberBest Card Game of 1996 (three-way tie)Legend of Five Rings: Battle of Beiden PassFive Rings PublishingDesigner: Dave WilliamsBest Card Game of 1996 (three-way tie)Lunch MoneyAtlas GamesDesigner: Charlie WiedmanBest Card Game of 1996 (three-way tie)MythosChaosiumDesigner: Charlie KrankBest Roleplaying Rules of 1996DeadlandsPinnacle Entertainment Group, Inc.Designer and Writer: Shane HensleyBest Roleplaying Adventure of 1996The Complete Masks of NyarlathotepChaosiumDesigners and Writers: Larry DiTillio, Lynn WillisBest Roleplaying Supplement of 1996Six Guns and SorceryR. TalsorianWriters: Edward Bolme, James Cambias, Eric Floch, Angela Hyatt, Jim Parks, Derek Quintanar, Barrie Rosen, Mark Schumann, Chris WilliamsBest Graphic Presentation of a Roleplaying Game, Adventure, or Supplement of 1996DeadlandsPinnacle Entertainment Group, Inc.Graphic Designers: Tim Link, Jay Lloyd Neal, Charles RyanBest Game Accessory of 1996Cthulhu for PresidentChaosiumDesigners and Writers: Shannon Appel, Les Brooks, Charlie Krank, Paul LidbergBest Fantasy or Science Fiction Computer Game of 1996Master of Orion IIMicroproseDesigners: Steve Barcia, Ken BurdBest Game-Related Fiction of 1996The Cthulhu CycleChaosiumEditor: Robert M. Price - Authors: Donald R. Burleson, Leonard Carpenter, Pierre Comtois, August W. Derleth, Lord Dunsany, Alan Dean Foster, C. J. Henderson, M. R. James, H. P. Lovecraft, Will Murray, Steven Paulsen, David C. Smith.Best Professional Game Magazine of 1996Shadis MagazineAlderacPublisher: John Zinser - Editor: Rob VauxBest Amateur Game Magazine of 1996Mechforce QuarterlyPublisher: Mech ForceEditor: Jean RabeBest Historical Figure Miniatures Series of 1996Daimyo 25mmReaper MiniaturesDesigner: Bob CharretteBest Historical Miniatures Rules of 1996Hostile Aircraft 2nd Ed.Goblintooth EnterprisesDesigner: Brian Reddington-WildeBest Miniatures Accessory Series of 1996Wild West Hollow 25mm HouseTactical Conflict SystemsDesigner: Leo WalshBest Graphic Presentation of a Board Game of 1996Battletech 4th ed.FASA Corp.Art Director: Jim NelsonBest Play-by-Mail Game of 1996Middle Earth Play-By-MailGame Systems, Inc.Designers: William B. Feild, Jr., Peter G. StassunBest New Play-by-Mail Game of 1996Starship CommandElite SimulationsDesigner: Brian HansenBest Military or Strategy Computer Game of 1996Wooden Ships & Iron MenAvalon HillExecutive Producer: Mike DaninnellaBest Graphic Presentation of a Card Game or Expansion of 1996Middle Earth: The DragonsIron Crown EnterprisesGraphic Designers: Pete Fenlon, Jason Hawkins, Nick Morawitz, Jessica Ney-Grimm1997 Adventure Gaming Hall of Fame InducteesDarwin Bromley1997 Adventure Gaming Hall of Fame InducteesAdvanced Dungeons & DragonsTSR, Inc.Designer: E. Gary Gygax1997 Adventure Gaming Hall of Fame InducteesCosmic EncounterEon Products, Inc.Designers: Bill Eberle, Jack Kittridge, Bill Norton, Peter Olotka1997 Adventure Gaming Hall of Fame InducteesTravellerGame Designers WorkshopDesigner: Marc Miller External links 1996 Origins Awards Winners Category:1996 awards Category:1996 awards in the United States Category:Origins Awards by year