1979 Origins Award winners

The following are the winners of the 6th annual (1979) Origins Award, presented at Origins 1980.[1]

## Charles Roberts Awards[edit]

Category  | Winner  | Company  | Designer(s)

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Best Pre-20th Century Game  | Napoleon at Leipzig | OSG | Kevin Zucker
Best 20th Century Game  | City Fight | SPI | Joseph Balkoski
Best Fantasy or Science Fiction Game  | The Creature That Ate Sheboygan | SPI | Greg Costikyan
Best Initial Release  | Ironclads | Yaquinto | John Fuseler
Best Professional Magazine  | Fire & Movement | Rodger MacGowan & Baron Publishing  |
Best Amateur Magazine  | Perfidious Albion | Charles Vasey  |

## The H.G. Wells Awards[edit]

Category  | Winner  | Company  | Designer(s)

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Best Historical Figure Series of 1979  | System Seven Napoleonics | GDW |
Best Fantasy or Science Fiction Figure Series of 1979  | Collectables  | Ral Partha |
Best Vehicular Model Series of 1979  | OGRE series | Martian Metals |
Best Miniatures Rules of 1979  | System Seven Napoleonics | GDW |
Best Roleplaying Rules of 1979  | Commando | SPI |
Best Roleplaying Adventure of 1979  | Kinunir | GDW
Best Magazine Covering Miniatures of 1979  | The Courier |  |
Best Magazine Covering Roleplaying of 1979  | Journal of the Travellers Aid Society | GDW |
All Time Best 20th Century Naval Rules of 1979  | General Quarters | Brookhurst  |
All Time Best Ancient Medieval Rules of 1979  | Chivalry & Sorcery | Fantasy Games Unlimited |

## Adventure Gaming Hall of Fame Inductee[edit]

* David Isby

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Origins Award Winners 1980" (PDF). Retrieved January 10, 2024 - via The Academy of Adventure Gaming Arts & Design.

## External links[edit]

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