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members.

PRESS RELEASE
FOR RELEASE JULY 4, 1998
Blacksburg, Virginia

July 3, 1998

Origins Awards Winners Announced at Origins 98!

At a gala ceremony at the 1998 Origins International Game Expo and =
Fair, the Academy of Adventure Gaming Arts & Design today announced =
the winners of the 1997 Origins Awards, the premier awards for design =
and production excellence in adventure games. In addition, the =
Academy inducted eight classic games and game magazines into the =
Adventure Gaming Hall of Fame.

The Origins Awards are a 24-year tradition of the Academy of =
Adventure Gaming Arts & Design. Each year, nominees are selected by =
the Academy membership, then voted on by the gaming public (using =
ballots published in many gaming magazines) and the Academy. Winners =
are traditionally announced at the Origins game show. This year's =
Awards ceremony was held the night of Friday, July 3rd, at Origins in =
Columbus, Ohio.

The winners of the 1997 Origins Awards are:

Best Abstract Board Game of 1997
Kill Doctor Lucky
Designer: James Ernest
Cheapass Games

Best Historical Board Game of 1997
Successors
Designers: Mark Simonitch, Richard Berg
The Avalon Hill Game Company

Best Science Fiction or Fantasy Board Game of 1997
Roborally Grand Prix
Designers: Glenn Elliot, Adam Conus, Tom Wylie
Wizards of the Coast

Best Graphic Presentation of a Board Game of 1997 (tie)
Wadjet: a Family Adventure Game
Graphic Designer: Dee Pomerleau
Timbuk II, Inc.

Successors
Graphic Designer: Kurt Miller
The Avalon Hill Game Company

Best Action Computer Game of 1997
Tomb Raider
Eidos Software

Best Roleplaying Computer Game of 1997
Final Fantasy VII
Eidos Software

Best Strategy Computer Game of 1997
Sid Meier's Gettysburg
Designers: Sid Meier, Jeff Briggs, Brian Reynolds
Firaxis

Best Amateur Game Magazine of 1997
Starry Wisdom
Editors: Dustin Wright, Eric Vogt, Shannon Appel, Drashi Khendup
Chaosium, Inc.

Best Professional Game Magazine of 1997
Knights of the Dinner Table Magazine
Developers: Jolly Blackburn, Brian Jelke, Steve Johansson, David =
Kenzer
Kenzer & Co.

Best Trading Card Game of 1997
Shadowrun Trading Card Game Limited Edition
Designers: Mike Nielsen, Jim Nelson, Mike Mulvihill
FASA Corp.

Best Traditional Card Game of 1997
Give Me the Brain
Designer: James Ernest
Cheapass Games

Best Card Game Expansion or Supplement of 1997
L5R=8BTime of the Void
Designer: Dave Williams 
Five Rings Publishing

Best Graphic Presentation of a Card Game of 1997
Shadowrun Trading Card Game Limited Edition
Graphic Designers: Jim Nelson, Mike Nielsen
FASA Corp.

Best Game-Related Novel of 1997
Planar Powers
Author: J. Robert King
TSR, Inc.

Best Game-Related Short Work of 1997
A Forty Share in Innsmouth
Author: C.J. Henderson
Chaosium

Best Roleplaying Adventure of 1997
Independence Day
Designers: Chris Snyder, Matt Forbeck
Pinnacle Entertainment Group, Inc.

Best Roleplaying Supplement of 1997
Delta Green
Designers: Dennis Detwiller, Adam Scott Glancy, John Tynes
Pagan Publishing

Best Roleplaying Game of 1997
Legend of the Five Rings Roleplaying Game
Designer: John Wick
Alderac Entertainment Group

Best Graphic Presentation of a Roleplaying Game, Adventure, or =
Supplement of 1997
In Nomine
Graphic Designers: Jeff Koke, Derek Pearcy, Dan Smith
Steve Jackson

Best Historical Figure Miniatures Series of 1997
Charlie Company U.S. Army Figures
Designer: Bob Murch
RAFM

Best Science Fiction or Fantasy Figure Miniature of 1997
Sisters of Battle Battle Squad (Seraphin)
Designer: Jes Goodwin
Games Workshop

Best Vehicular Miniature of 1997
Call of Cthulhu Roadster
Designer: Bob Murch
RAFM

Best Historical Miniatures Rules of 1997
Flint & Steel
Designer: Richard Kane
Clash of Arms Games

Best Science Fiction or Fantasy Miniatures Rules of 1997
Deadlands: the Great Rail Wars
Designer: Shane Lacy Hensley
Pinnacle Entertainment Group, Inc.

Best New Play-by-Mail Game of 1997
Middle-earth PBM Fourth Age Circa 1000
Designers: William B. Feild Jr., Peter G. Stassun
Game Systems, Inc.

Best Ongoing Play-by-Mail Game of 1997
Star Web
Designer: Rick Loomis
Flying Buffalo, Inc.

1998 Inductees to the Adventure Gaming Hall of Fame:

Nuclear War
Designer: Douglas Malewicki
Flying Buffalo, Inc.

BattleTech Mechs & Vehicles
Developer: Charles Crain
Ral Partha

Berg's Review of Games
Publisher: Richard Berg

Illuminati Play-by-Mail
Designer: Draper Kauffman
Adventure systems, Flying Buffalo, Inc.

Middle-earth Play-by-Mail
Designers: William B. Feild Jr., Peter G. Stassun
Game Systems, Inc.

The Courier
Publisher: Dick Bryant
Courier Publications

Fire & Movement
Baron Publishing, Diverse Talents, Inc.,
Steve Jackson Games

Strategy & Tactics
SPI, 3W, Decision Games

"Diplomacy is the art of saying "nice doggy" until you can find a rock."

Ray Rangel, V.P. Operations
Lone Star Historical Miniatures
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