O Origin Award é um prêmio entregue anualmente pela Academy of Adventure Gaming Arts and Design em reconhecimento à excelência de profissionais da indústria do jogo.
Desde 1987 o Origins premia os melhores Board Games, Card Games, WarGames e RPGs, consagrando jogos como Dungeons & Dragons, Call of Cthulhu, Cosmic Encounter, Mage Knight, Magic: The Gathering, The Settlers of Catan, Warhammer 40000, entre outros.
Confira a lista dos indicados (das categorias mais relevantes) ao Origin Award 2011:
Melhor Jogo de Tabuleiro
– Castle Ravenloft – Wizards of the Coast
– Defenders of the Realm – Eagle Games
– Fresco – Queen Games
– Lords of Vegas – Mayfair Games
– Nuns on the Run – Mayfair Games
Melhor RPG
– DC Adventures – Green Ronin Publishing
– Dragon Age, Set 1 – Green Ronin Publishing
– The Dresden Files RPG – Evil Hat Productions
– Fiasco – Bully Pulpit
– Gamma World RPG – Wizards of the Coast
Melhor Suplemento de RPG
– A Song of Ice and Fire Campaign Guide (A Song of Ice and Fire RPG) – Green Ronin
– The Dresden Files: Our World (The Dresden Files RPG) – Evil Hat Productions
– Advanced Player’s Guide (Pathfinder RPG) – Paizo Publishing
– Sixth World Almanac (Shadowrun RPG)- Catalyst Game Labs
– Sunward: The Inner System (Eclipse Phase RPG) – Posthuman Studios
Melhores Regras para Miniaturas (Wargames):
– Adventures in the Lost Lands – Two Hour Wargames
– BattleTech Technical Readout: 3085 – Catalyst Game Labs
– DC HeroClix Blackest Knight Starter Game – WizKids/NECA
– Hordes: Primal MK2 – Privateer Press
– MERCS Games Rule – MERCS Miniatures, LLC
Melhor Card Game Tradicional
– Ascension: Chronicle of the Godslayer – Gary Games
– Back to the Future: The Card Game – Looney Labs
– Hecho – Glowfly
– Hex Hex XL – Smirk & Dagger
– Railways of the World: The Card Game – Eagle Games