The following are the winners of the 2023 annual Origins Awards, held in June 2024 at the Origins Game Fair. ICv2 noted that the categories "expanded substantially" to 24 whereas the previous year only had 16 categories; additionally, the "Retail Game of the year category was eliminated".
Events
Fan Favorite Distilled (Paverson Games)
Academy of Adventure Gaming Arts & Design Hall of Fame In 2023, the Academy of Adventure Gaming Arts & Design inducted three people and two games in their Hall of Fame:
Martin Wallace (board game designer) Mark Rosewater (trading card game designer) Jeff Easley (artist) Cyberpunk RPG (R. Talsorian Games) 1829 (Lookout Games)
Finalists and winners
CategoryFinalistsWinnerBest Cooperative Board GameSky Team (SCORPION MASQUE)Best Gateway Board GameWandering Towers (Capstone Games)Best Light Strategy GameLeaf (Weird City Games)Best Thematic Board GameFreelancers: A Crossroads Game (Plaid Hat Games)Best Heavy Strategy GameDune: Imperium - Uprising (Dire Wolf)Best Party/Social Board GameSmug Owls (Runaway Parade Games)Best Solo Board GameLegacy of Yu (Renegade Game Studios)Best Children's & Family Board GameDiced Veggies (KTBG)Best Fixed Constructible GameMagic: The Gathering Universes Beyond - The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-Earth Commander Decks (Wizards of the Coast)Best Randomized Constructible GameMagic: The Gathering Universes Beyond The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-Earth Collector Booster (Wizards of the Coast)Best Miniatures Game ProductStar Wars: Shatterpoint (Atomic Mass Games)Best Puzzle GameThreads of Fate (Post Curious)Best Role-playing Game AdventureHeckna! Deluxe Box Set (Hit Point Press)Best Role-playing Game Core ProductDIE: The Roleplaying Game (Rowan, Rook and Decard)Best Role-playing Game Starter ProductDreams and Machines: Starter Set (Modiphius Entertainment)Best Role-playing Game SupplementDune: Power and Pawns (Modiphius Entertainment)Best Dice/Dice Related AccessoryGlyphic Blind Dice Bags Series 3.5 (Level Up Dice)Best Game AccessoryFrameamajigs (Hit Point Press)Best Role-playing Game Related AccessoryD&D Icons of the Realms: Adventure in a Box - Mind Flayer Voyage (WizKids)Best 2D ArtworkKwanchai Moriya, Empire's End (Brotherwise Games)Best 3D ComponentThreads of Fate - Puzzle Box (Post Curious)Best Game Related WritingGrace Collins, Shadow in the Night Part 2, Cozy Companion Magazine (Snowbright Studio)Best Media ProductionEleni Papadopoulou, Making Board Games - The CGE Documentary (8-Part Series)
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