1997 Origins Award winners

The following are the winners of the 24th annual (1997) Origins Award, presented at Origins 1998:[1]

Category  | Winner  | Company  | Designer(s)

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Best Abstract Board Game of 1997  | Kill Doctor Lucky | Cheapass Games | Designer: James Ernest
Best Historical Board Game of 1997  | Successors | The Avalon Hill Game Company | Designers: Mark Simonitch, Richard Berg
Best Science Fiction or Fantasy Board Game of 1997  | Roborally Grand Prix | Wizards of the Coast | Designers: Glenn Elliot, Adam Conus, Tom Wylie
Best Graphic Presentation of a Board Game of 1997 (tie)  | Wadjet: a Family Adventure Game | Timbuk II, Inc.  | Graphic Designer: Dee Pomerleau
Best Graphic Presentation of a Board Game of 1997 (tie)  | Successors  | The Avalon Hill Game Company | Graphic Designer: Kurt Miller
Best Action Computer Game of 1997  | Tomb Raider | Square Software/Eidos Software |
Best Roleplaying Computer Game of 1997  | Final Fantasy VII | Eidos Software |
Best Strategy Computer Game of 1997  | Sid Meier's Gettysburg | Firaxis | Designers: Sid Meier, Jeff Briggs, Brian Reynolds
Best Amateur Game Magazine of 1997  | Starry Wisdom | Chaosium, Inc. | Editors: Dustin Wright, Eric Vogt, Shannon Appel, Drashi Khendup
Best Professional Game Magazine of 1997  | Knights of the Dinner Table Magazine  | Kenzer & Co. | Developers: Jolly Blackburn, Brian Jelke, Steve Johansson, David Kenzer
Best Trading Card Game of 1997  | Shadowrun Trading Card Game Limited Edition | FASA Corp. | Designers: Mike Nielsen, Jim Nelson, Mike Mulvihill
Best Traditional Card Game of 1997  | Give Me the Brain | Cheapass Games | Designer: James Ernest
Best Card Game Expansion or Supplement of 1997  | L5R—Time of the Void  | Five Rings Publishing | Designer: Dave Williams
Best Graphic Presentation of a Card Game of 1997  | Shadowrun Trading Card Game Limited Edition | FASA Corp. | Graphic Designers: Jim Nelson, Mike Nielsen
Best Game-Related Novel of 1997  | Planar Powers | TSR, Inc. | Author: J. Robert King
Best Game-Related Short Work of 1997  | A Forty Share in Innsmouth | Chaosium | Author: C.J. Henderson
Best Roleplaying Adventure of 1997  | Independence Day | Pinnacle Entertainment Group, Inc. | Designers: Chris Snyder, Matt Forbeck
Best Roleplaying Supplement of 1997  | Delta Green | Pagan Publishing | Designers: Dennis Detwiller, Adam Scott Glancy, John Tynes
Best Roleplaying Game of 1997  | Legend of the Five Rings Roleplaying Game | Alderac Entertainment Group | Designer: John Wick
Best Graphic Presentation of a Roleplaying Game, Adventure, or Supplement of 1997  | In Nomine | Steve Jackson Games | Graphic Designers: Jeff Koke, Derek Pearcy, Dan Smith
Best Historical Figure Miniatures Series of 1997  | Charlie Company U.S. Army Figures  | RAFM | Designer: Bob Murch
Best Science Fiction or Fantasy Figure Miniature of 1997  | Sisters of Battle Battle Squad (Seraphim)  | Games Workshop | Designer: Jes Goodwin
Best Vehicular Miniature of 1997  | Call of Cthulhu Roadster  | RAFM | Designer: Bob Murch
Best Historical Miniatures Rules of 1997  | Flint & Steel | Clash of Arms Games | Designer: Richard Kane
Best Science Fiction or Fantasy Miniatures Rules of 1997  | Deadlands: the Great Rail Wars | Pinnacle Entertainment Group, Inc. | Designer: Shane Lacy Hensley
Best New Play-by-Mail Game of 1997  | Middle-earth PBM Fourth Age Circa 1000  | Game Systems, Inc.  | Designers: William B. Feild Jr., Peter G. Stassun
Best Ongoing Play-by-Mail Game of 1997  | Star Web | Flying Buffalo, Inc. | Designer: Rick Loomis
1998 Inductees to the Adventure Gaming Hall of Fame  | Nuclear War | Flying Buffalo, Inc. | Designer: Douglas Malewicki
1998 Inductees to the Adventure Gaming Hall of Fame  | BattleTech Mechs & Vehicles  | Ral Partha | Developer: Charles Crain
1998 Inductees to the Adventure Gaming Hall of Fame  | Berg's Review of Games | Publisher: Richard Berg |
1998 Inductees to the Adventure Gaming Hall of Fame  | Illuminati Play-by-Mail | Adventure Systems, Flying Buffalo, Inc. | Designer: Draper Kauffman
1998 Inductees to the Adventure Gaming Hall of Fame  | Middle-earth Play-by-Mail | Game Systems, Inc.  | Designers: William B. Feild Jr., Peter G. Stassun
1998 Inductees to the Adventure Gaming Hall of Fame  | The Courier | Courier Publications  | Publisher: Dick Bryant
1998 Inductees to the Adventure Gaming Hall of Fame  | Fire & Movement | Baron Publishing, Diverse Talents, Inc.  |
1998 Inductees to the Adventure Gaming Hall of Fame  | Steve Jackson Games |  |
1998 Inductees to the Adventure Gaming Hall of Fame  | Strategy & Tactics | SPI, 3W, Decision Games |

## References

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1. ^ "Origins Award Winners for the Best Games 1997". The Duelist. No. 29\. September 1998. pp. 68–69.

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